Plans for students.
Good Company Students: study groups with people on your course, society meets, sport and nights out — with every member ID-verified, in small groups.
Study, work and play
Study
Revision groups, past-paper sessions, dissertation accountability — with verified people on your course, who you haven’t met yet.
Work
CV swaps, mock interviews, side-project teams and co-working hours. The people-who-get-things-done side of uni life.
Play
Five-a-side, society taster nights, climbing, quiz nights and nights out — in small, ID-verified groups.
Why this exists
Starting somewhere new is easiest when someone says “come along.” Lectures are big, group chats are noisy, and the people you’d actually get on with are two seats away. Good Company Students turns that gap into specific plans: a table in the library at 2pm, a taster night at the climbing wall, a quiz team that needs a sixth.
The need is real, but the data is dated. In an ONS survey of more than 2,700 students in February–March 2021 (during Covid restrictions), 26% said they felt lonely “often or always”, against 8% of adults in Great Britain. We cite it for context, not as a current figure. Source: ONS, reported by the Shropshire Star.
See it in the app
How it works for students
Verify twice
Government ID and a live selfie, like everyone — then a code sent to your university email to unlock student plans.
Add your course
Optional, and only shown to members of student plans you join. It’s what makes course-only study groups possible.
Join or host
Browse Study, Work and Play, or post your own and choose who can see it: everyone, your university, or your course.
Built for the way students actually meet
- Plans first. You say yes to a specific time and place, not a profile.
- Your course, your uni, or everyone. Hosts choose the audience for every plan.
- Small groups. Nights out are capped at 12 so nobody’s lost in a crowd.
- Alcohol-free badge. Hosts can mark society nights and nights out as alcohol-free so people know what to expect.
- Host approval or instant join. Your plan, your call.
- Safety check-in. Tell a trusted contact where you’re going; if you don’t confirm you’re home, they get alerted.
- Honest ratings, block and report. People see only an average. One tap to block or report.
How it differs from what universities already offer
Many universities run their own online communities and chat spaces for offer-holders and new students (Unibuddy Communities is one example) and every students’ union has societies. Those are valuable, and we’d never tell you to skip them. Good Company Students is different in two ways: it’s built around in-person plans you can join this week, and every member has passed a government-ID check rather than just holding a student email.
What we collect from students
| What | Why | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| University email address | Prove you’re a student | Only us. Not shown to members. |
| University (from the email), optional university name, course, year | Student plans and course matching | Course and “verified student” are shown only to members of students-only plans you’re in. |
Remove student status any time in Profile → Communities → Students; your university email, course and year are erased. Details are in the privacy policy and on Your data. We don’t share student data with universities or unions.
Who it’s for — and not for
- For: undergraduates, postgraduates and mature students aged 18+, with a current university email (not an alumni address).
- Not yet: anyone under 18, or students whose university address isn’t on our launch list. Tell us your university and we’ll prioritise it.
- Launching city by city alongside the main app, so there may be no student plans near you yet.
Questions
Who can use Good Company Students?
Anyone 18 or over with a working university email address (at launch: addresses ending .ac.uk, .edu, .edu.au or .ac.nz). Alumni addresses can’t be used. Undergraduates, postgraduates and mature students are all welcome. If you’re under 18 you can’t join yet — the whole service is adults-only.
Do I still have to verify my ID?
Yes. Every member, student or not, verifies with a government ID and a live selfie. Your university email is an extra step on top that unlocks student plans — it never replaces the ID check.
What do you do with my university email?
We email you a six-digit code to prove you can read that mailbox, then keep only the address and which university it belongs to. It isn’t shown to other members, and we don’t share anything with your university. Student status lasts about 13 months; after that we ask you to confirm your university email again, so the student side stays for current students.
How does the same-course matching work?
You tell us your course (a module code works best). When someone posts a course-only study group, only verified students at the same university on a matching course name can see and join it. Course names are matched on text, so “Computer Science” and “computer-science” are treated as the same.
Can people from other universities see my plans?
Only if you choose. When you post you pick who can see it: everyone, students at your university, or students on your course. Students-only plans are invisible to everyone outside that group.
What about nights out?
Nights out are capped at 12 people, every member is ID-verified, hosts can approve each request, and you can start a safety check-in with a trusted contact. Hosts can mark a plan alcohol-free. Verification lowers risk but can’t remove it — our safety guidance applies on a night out as much as anywhere.
Is it free?
Yes, like the rest of Good Company: free for members, with no subscriptions or paywalls.
I run a society or students’ union. Can we use it?
Yes — societies can host plans like any member, and we’re happy to talk about how unions and universities could work with us. Get in touch at hello@goodcompanyapp.uk. We’re not affiliated with any university today.
Will my university know I use Good Company?
No. A partner university gets anonymous monthly totals, such as how many verified students met up and how many study groups ran, with any number under 10 hidden. It never learns whether you use the app, what you joined or what you wrote.
Be first at your university
Sign-ups open soon. When they do, tell us your city or university — it helps us decide where to launch.
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