About whatson

Birmingham has hundreds of student societies, and almost all of them announce events on their own Instagram. Unless you follow every one, you miss most of what is happening. whatson puts those events on one page, sorted by day, with the time and the room.

How the list is made

Once a week we read the public Instagram posts of every society that lists an account in the Guild of Students directory. Any post that announces an event with a date goes on the list, with the time and location exactly as the society wrote them.

• The list is rebuilt every Monday morning.
• Only public posts are read. We do not read stories, private accounts or messages.
• If a society did not give a room, the listing says so and links to their page.
• Private addresses, such as house parties, are never shown.

How accurate is it?

The details are only as good as the post they came from, and plans change. Rooms move, events sell out and things get cancelled after the list is built. Always check the society’s own page before you go; every listing links to it.

For societies

Listings are free and you do not need to sign up for anything.

• To be listed: put the date, time and room in the caption of your event post. Details that only appear on the poster image are easy to miss.
• To fix a listing: message us with the correct details and we will update it as soon as we can.
• To remove a listing, or stop being listed at all: message us and we will take it down. You do not need to give a reason.

Privacy

whatson has no accounts, no adverts and no tracking or analytics. The only thing saved on your device is your filter preference. The page loads its typeface from Google Fonts, which means Google receives your IP address when the page loads.

Who runs this

whatson is run by students at the University of Birmingham in their own time. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the University of Birmingham or the Guild of Students.