University campuses are changing every day. With the constant
updates in technology it is essential that Universities make sure they adapt to
that change to meet every need of their students and provide them with the best
experience and education available.
skignz can help speed up that change, as it
can provide all services that a student needs for when they are at University
and even beyond the campus. I will explain how skignz can help in more detail
below.
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| Teesside University Main Campus |
Let me just start off with informing you about the work that skignz has currently provided for Teesside University by working with them to
adapt to the changing needs of the University campus and students themselves. skignz is a new way for students to navigate around campus. It is a free app
that everyone can download to their mobile devices.
skignz provides students
with a lot less worry for when they arrive at Teesside University. Prior to
coming they will download the app and ensure that everything is set up for when
they arrive. To find where they need to be on campus they can simply navigate
through loading up skignz on their phone and scanning the campus environment to
see where the building is they need to locate.
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| Teesside University Enhanced by skignz |
It simply is a sign in the sky. Teesside
University were the first to use skignz and have ensured that it is a huge
benefit for everyone to the University; staff, students and visitors, providing
them with the simplicity of being reassured when on the campus.
No need to try
and understand them maps anymore! Students can download the app as soon as they
get the offer letter from their university.
Don't just take our word for it, here a few students tell us what they think about skignz being on the Teesside University Campus:
Abigail Allick - 2nd Year Degree Student
“I’m not very good at navigating
myself around, especially if I don’t know the area”
“I find the app a lot more easier,
like getting myself around Uni and different places where I actually am”
Timi Odeyemi – MA
Student
“If you think about the fact that a
lot of students come here relatively clueless, and you want to know where
buildings are, you want to know what exactly is going on”
“To meet and discover, wow, this is being
set up right here. It just sort of gave that potential, made it feel real, that
certain things can be developed”
“It’s essentially like a visual
google or something of the sort”
As you can see from above, students who have experienced skignz already on campus have said how much it really helps for people
attending University.
“It’s
essentially like a visual google or something of the sort”
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| Freshers at Teesside University |
skignz has provided a new exciting, interesting and essential
service to current and new students, including everyone at Teesside University.
It is new technology developed and Teesside University have jumped right on
board of taking advantage to be the first to use this, and they have done right
to do so! The difference it has already made is fantastic.
So what are the benefits of skignz?
skignz has many benefits to what it provides. I could talk
about them all and go into much detail; the possibilities of where it
could go and what it could do are vast.
skignz provides a new way for 'EVERYONE' to navigate about. It
doesn’t just have a certain place it can be used or a certain audience that can
use it, it is for everyone. You no longer need to be lost. You no longer need
to feel alone. You can now prepare and know where you are at all times. Plus it
is not boring like looking and trying to read or understand a map. It is simply
straight there on your device. It is always with you wherever you are. No need
to go in search of a map or some form of location help.
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| Whats in it for you? The social side of skignz! |
And there's more ... skignz is not just for navigating. It has a whole social
side to it beyond University campus. It is the social element of taking skignz into other parts of your life.
You can use it when you go shopping. Say you fancied going shopping in a new place you hadn’t been before, you can set
up skignz before you go and easily locate the shops and where you need to be
when you arrive.
It saves you time from looking around and wasting valuable time
what can be used to shop. You can find your car in a very busy car park.
Most of us forget from time to time where we have parked, so simply set up a skignz above your car for when you having finished where you need to be and
find where you have parked you will be able to see it through skignz on your
mobile device. It can also be used when you are at concerts or festivals
with your friends.
Getting lost from your friends or group is very easy: going to the bar or to the toilet - how will you be sure to find
them again in that huge crowd? Well, before you go to the festival you and your friends can each download skignz and set it up before you head off to your festival.
Therefore when you arrive you will each already have skignz set up, so if you go to the bar and lose your friends, just load up skignz on your mobile, scan
the crowd and there you will see a little sign just above your friend's head
informing you of where they are.
Just like Timi Odeyemi – MA Student
stated:
“Imagine going to somewhere like London or
Tokyo and trying to meet someone or find jobs or anything. You could try to
find bars, you could try to, well, meet people socially, that kind of thing.
So, to me, I see the possibilities of this particular app to be, like, endless.
It could be the next big thing, in my opinion”
skignz really is the next big thing. It has a lot of benefits
for people who use it and can be used in any way you wish.
So what does skignz mean to student experience?
It provides new students who are coming to University a way
to feel comforted and reassured that they are going to know where they are
going when they arrive on campus. Everything will already be set up for
them putting them at ease and giving them time to get used to the app. It is
also available for them to download before they come to University prior to
them receiving the offer letter.
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| TU Freshers understanding skignz! |
They can also find it to find new friends. Such as students
who may not be very good at making new friends, they can use it in a social way
to talk to new people. They could set up a skignz for themselves to inform
people that they are new, what course they are on or if anyone else is doing
the same, going to the same lesson as them and so on.
It provides a new way for them
to interact with other students if they do not feel they are best at doing
that.
It can help foreign students also who have mentioned to us that when they arrive on campus they are generally
alone. This way they
will be able to find each other and a new way to make friends who they feel
comfortable with. It is not always easy for foreign students to make new
friends as they have said before to the university.
Professor Eileen
Martin (Deputy Vice Chancellor)
“It’s a really important tool when students
first arrive on campus because it’s an easy navigation, as they are used to using mobile technologies. This is a really good addition”
As you can see above, Professor Eileen Martin of Teesside
University stated that it is an important tool for when students first arrive
on University campus, providing them with easy navigation to where they need to
be.
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| Party Time with skignz at TU Students Union |
skignz also provides students with excitement when they
come to University. They can use skignz not only to find new friends but for
nights out or if they wanted to interact with others to have some fun.
It
provides value in their learning ability as it will put them at ease to find
other students who they can relate to and also to have some friends and fun for
the nights out in the Student Union and around town.
For example: if they were having a house party for new students then they could
place a skignz above their house to let people know that’s where the party is
or even to try a few places with new friends. If they were to go for food and a
few drinks they could each set up skignz on their phone, plan out where they
wish to go and then each find where they need to be.
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| Understanding skignz on Campus |
It is a new town for some students
arriving. They need to feel at home where they are and that they are well
looked after by the University.
Professor Eileen
Martin
(Deputy Vice Chancellor)
“I guess it adds a USP (unique
selling proposition/point). It brings some fun and excitement into the
student experience as well”
“I think it’s a really exciting
and also very innovative and
creative development. And I think we’re only just starting to understand the
potential and the very different ways in which we can use it, both across the
social world of the student but also actually in terms of their learning as
well”
skignz really is the new best piece of technology that
University campuses can take on. It will provide a whole new outlook to
students on University campus and improve their life in social and learning
aspects. It will give the University a huge boost in providing good technology
and keeping up to date in all the advancements. skignz can be used in any way
anyone wishes. To sum it all up below is a short video for you to see.
Like Timi Odeyemi – MA Student says: It can be or will be… “…the next big thing”
To find out more information on skignz then please see our
websites and social media sites.
www.skignz.com
#discoverskignz
“Basically, find out anything that you want to find out, whenever and wherever you are”
