Essential Apps for Heriot-Watt Students
81 Months Ago
While you’re all busy swiping right on Tinder or playing Fortnite, why don’t you fill your phone with some of these must-have apps for Heriot-Watt students? They’ll make your life so much easier when you arrive in September.
myHWU
This is an essential app for every Heriot-Watt student, it has everything you'll ever need at University, and it's called myHWU. You can download it to your phone or tablet from the App Store or Google Play or even use it on your computer. It's an easy-to-use, personalised and effective system for you to manage everything you need to make a success of your learning. Through it you'll be able to access to your emails, your Library account, a map of the campus, and content tailored to you and your course as well as a lot more.
Bus & Tram, Transport for Edinburgh:
You’d quite literally be lost without this one. Known affectionately as “the Bus App”, this little beauty provides real-time information on when the next bus/tram is, where your nearest stop is, the routes every bus takes, and updates on diversions. It even has a journey planner that lets you save locations such as home and work, and it lets you buy mobile tickets so you don’t have to carry change on you. (Note there’s a separate app for this called Transport for Edinburgh M-Tickets).
UNiDAYS:
A great way to find savings on anything from fashion through to food, music, technology and more. Plus, if you install the app on your phone you won't lose your student discount when you can't find your student card!
Blackboard Mobile Learn:
The University’s virtual learning environment will soon become your best friend. It’s called Vision. Here, your lecturers will post announcements, lecture slides, tests, motivational advice, and more. Exciting stuff! With the mobile app, you can access this all on the go! There really is no excuse for not staying up-to-date!
RefMe:
Referencing is one of those things you’ll learn to hate but it’s a vital part of university life. If you don’t get to grips with it then you’ll be at risk of plagiarism and that’s a big no-no. Don’t worry; your school will tell you all about it, and the library offers free workshops (Power Hours) to guide you through. The RefMe app will show you how to reference properly once you pop in your source data. You can even scan your book’s barcode on your phone and it’ll do all the hard work for you. It then manages all your references into one handy ‘project’ so you can separate your many essays and then export the final list. It’s super handy and also works on your computer as well.
Uber/Gett/
These apps are a great way to get a private hire/taxi without the hassle of having to ring up. They give you a real-time countdown of where your driver is and are linked to your credit or debit card so that you don’t need to worry about having cash on you. You can even split the cost of the fare with your mates so you don’t need to worry about who owes who when you get back to campus.
Grammarly:
Not sure whether to use a colon or a semicolon? Don't understand what a compound sentence is? Grammarly is an app that automatically detects potential grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, and style mistakes in writing and helps you get it right. Ideal to help improve your assignments.
LibAnywhere:
Yes, you will have to eventually step into the library building. The app lets you browse the catalogue from the comfort of your room so you can see if the book you want is available or not. This will make sure you don’t have a wasted trip! You can also log into your library account and see your outstanding loans and renew them if you wish.
JustEat/Uber Eats/Deliveroo:
Perfect if you can’t be bothered cooking or if you’re having a feast with your friends!
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