Beacon is your intelligent digital coach to guide and help you through your university experience. Just like you, it will be learning more and more skills and knowledge over the years to come, some of the things it can do include:
- View your timetable
- Search the staff directory
- View the contact details for your lecturers, personal tutor and course leader
- Check PC availability
- Request important documents
- Browse news and events
- Order a new student card
- Search the societies and clubs you can join
- Get direction to rooms and places on the campus
- Get answers to common questions across all our services: Careers, Counselling, Digital, International Student, Library, Student Enabling, Student Services and Students' Union
Beacon is accessible direct via a web browser at https://beacon.staffs.ac.uk, or as a downloadable app for your compatible iOS/Android device.
In addition, the Beacon widget is also embedded within Microsoft Teams, meaning that staff and students can chat with Beacon without leaving Teams.
Got a question, ask Beacon!