Canalside Studios launches 'Appy Student'
Pictured at Freshers' Fair with the app running on their devices from left to right are Pc Laura Jackson (Student Safety Officer), David Keegan (Head of Wellbeing), James Denton (Kirklees Safer Communities Officer), Tom Whitcombe and Josh Flitcroft (University Computer Games students and the app's developers).
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:45:00 BST
As new students flock into town for Freshers’ Week, Canalside Studios and West Yorkshire Police have launched a mobile phone app aimed at keeping students safe ‘Appy Student’. The joint project, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been made possible through a £10,000 grant from West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson.
Mr Burns-Williamson said: "This project demonstrates how West Yorkshire is leading the way in using mobile technology to ensure students receive advice on keeping safe at university."
PC Laura Jackson, the student safety officer at the University who helped devise the project said: "The result of the students’ hard and innovative work is a fantastic final product that’s as useful as it is entertaining."
