Phone Mail: British University Debuts Text Messaging to Students

University lecturers are sending students revision tips, timetables, appointment times and coursework feedback using mobile phone texting said a report today on BBC.com. This initiative at Britain's Wolverhampton University is costing some £4.5m but university officials say the investment will be a cost savings over paper notices.

The text messages are being sent in bulk to first-year undergraduates and contain up to 160 characters. Hopefully the mobile messages will save time for those students living off-campus who would otherwise have to travel in to check notice boards.