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Do the accessibility regulations cover your student app?
GOV.UK says apps for a defined group such as students fall outside the 2018 regulations. Why the Equality Act still applies, and what to ask a supplier for.
- Accessibility
- Regulation
The Varsio blog.
Practical writing for UK universities on reaching students, student data, accessibility and campus apps. Every claim links its source.
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Before you switch on an AI assistant for students
Five checks before an AI assistant answers students, covering its sources, what it may do, what it hands to staff, how mistakes show and what happens to data.
- AI
- Student data
- Student support
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Apple's guideline 4.2.6 and your university's own app
Apple rejects template apps a supplier submits for its clients. What that means for a branded university app, from accounts and fees to roles.
- App stores
- Launching an app
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Why open rates can't tell you if students read your email
Apple's Mail Privacy Protection loads tracking pixels whether or not anyone reads the email. What universities can measure instead, and how.
- Student communications
- Student data
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NSS question 26: how students rate wellbeing communication
The NSS asks how well universities communicate their mental wellbeing support. The exact question, who answers it, the 2025 and 2026 results, and what helps.
- Student support
- Student communications
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OfS condition E6: the single source, and where an app fits
What condition E6 asks of English universities' information on harassment, what the single source must hold, and what an app can and cannot do.
- Regulation
- Student support
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Buying a campus app under the Procurement Act 2023
The 2026 threshold, how a contract's value is worked out, whether your university is a contracting authority, and what that means for buying a campus app.
- Buying a campus app
- Regulation
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Questions to ask a campus app supplier about student data
Ten questions your data protection officer can put to any campus app supplier, from sub-processors and hosting to AI training and exit.
- Student data
- Buying a campus app