How the SafeZone app works
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Downloading the SafeZone app
Downloading the SafeZone app is very easy.
If you own an Android device, you may install it from .
If you have an iOS, you may download it from the .
Checking-in with your SafeZone app
Checking-in with the SafeZone app, whether for security reasons or to meet your academic engagement requirements as a visa holder, is very easy.
Read our instructions manual on how to do this.
Joining user groups to customise text alerts
In addition to signing up to receive emergency alerts, you can choose to receive information from our Security team about non-emergency incidents. This service uses the SafeZone app without requiring it to be open or active on your phone.
We have four main user groups:
- Accessibility group, for alerts about accessibility interruptions on campus
- Adverse Weather group, for updates about local weather such as snow and ice, wind, extreme heat, or information on flooding
- Car Parks Users group, for alerts about car parks and campus roads
- Public Transport Users group, for alerts about disruption to bus or train travel in the local area
How to receive user group alerts
- Open the SafeZone app and tap the main menu icon (the stack of three horizontal lines).
- Select 'Notifications'.
- Select 'Manage Groups'.
- Select the user groups you want to join.
Making the most of your SafeZone app
Location services
To make full use of all the features, we advise you allow location services on your device and stay 鈥榗hecked in鈥� while on campus or in University buildings. Your location is only visible when you are on University premises and checked in, or while you have an Alert active outside of these areas.
Even when you鈥檙e not on campus or in University buildings, SafeZone can provide useful location-based functionality, for example notifying you of accidents or emergencies in the local area.
Please note shared location data is deleted after 30 days. The exception to this is data collected for visa engagement compliance, which we are required to keep for longer by UK Visas & Immigration.
App power management settings
Some Android devices stop apps from running in the background in order to save battery life.
If SafeZone is stopped in this way, your device will stop updating us with information about your check-in. To avoid this happening, please change your Android power management settings to 鈥榙o not optimise battery usage鈥�.
Useful, screen-by-screen guidance on how to update your phone App Power Management settings (for different types of mobile phones) is available on the .
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