ABERYSTWYTH University has launched a new bilingual app to make it easier for students to plan their day.

ApAber has been designed to bring together a range of study-related services on a single screen.

Students can check what lectures and seminars they have, access their AberLearn virtual learning pages, look at local bus timetables and see what public computers are available.

ApAber also allows users to check their network usage, their attendance record, how much money they have on their AberCard or how much they may owe in library fines.

Urgent messages can be posted via the app by the university if, for example, lectures have to be cancelled because of heavy snow.

Pro vice-chancellor and chief operating officer at Aberystwyth University, Rebecca Davies said: “We know that most students use their mobile phones to organise their lives so Ap­Aber should make it easy for them to access all the information they need to plan their time effectively.

“It’s all part of our commitment at Aber­ystwyth to continually improve the student experience and respond to the needs of today’s learners.”

ApAber was piloted as MyAber at the beginning of the 2016-17 academic term and has already been downloaded by more than 5,000 students and members of staff.

It’s now being launched as ApAber, a fully bilingual app which allows students to choose Welsh or English as their default language.

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