Meet the expert

Ever wondered who the team behind Salford Business School really are? Find out and hear from our academics on their fields of expertise, and how they could help your business.

Mirage Islam

Meet the expert: Mirage Islam

Mirage Islam is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing here at the University of Salford’s Business School, as well as the School’s Innovation Lead. Mirage is a seasoned senior strategic digital marketer, who has worked with several leading brands in the industry including, Sky, TalkTalk, Channel 4, Microsoft, British Council, and Saatchi & Saatchi North Americas, to name a few.

Dr Yun Chen

Meet the Expert: Dr Yun Chen

Meet Dr Yun Chen, a Senior Lecturer of Business IT, as well as Head of Digital Business and Information Systems here at the University of Salford’s Business School. Yun also leads the University’s Disruptive Technologies Research Cluster and is an expert on all things digital transformation and innovation, as well as digital technologies in business operations.

Professor Ralph Darlington

Meet the Expert: Professor Ralph Darlington

Meet Professor Ralph Darlington, Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations here at the University of Salford. Ralph joined the University in 1991 and has had an incredible career spanning more than three decades with the institution.

Professor Rose Baker

Meet the Expert: Professor Rose Baker

Meet Professor Rose Baker, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, at Salford Business School. Rose is a celebrated Physicist, Mathematician and Statistician who spent 37 years here at the School, later becoming Emeritus Professor of Statistics. Rose had a remarkable career, before retiring in 2014 and continues to conduct interesting and important research, including in sports and healthcare.

Solmaz Rohani

Meet the Expert: Dr Solmaz Rohani

Meet Dr Solmaz Rohani, Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Programme Leader for BSc Business Management with Finance, and Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Salford. Solmaz's love for teaching dates back to her time as a music teacher.

Meet the expert Mohammed Albakri

Meet the Expert: Dr Mohammed Albakri

Meet Dr Mohammed Albakri, Senior Fellow of Higher Education (SFHEA), Programme Director for BSc Business Management with Innovation and Technology, and Lecturer in Digital and Business at the University of Salford. Salford Business School has long been his home, where he earned both his undergraduate and master's degrees.

Meet the Expert: Evelyn Oginni

Meet the Expert: Evelyn Oginni

Meet Evelyn Oginni, Lecturer in People Management at the University of Salford. Originally from Nigeria, Evelyn came to Salford to study her PhD and decided to transition into lecturing full time after being an hourly-paid academic at the University.

Meet the Expert Tracy Boahene

Meet the Expert: Tracy Boahene

Welcome to our new series which gives you the chance to find out a little more about our experts within Salford Business School. Meet Tracy Boahene, Lecturer in Law at the University of Salford. Originally from Ghana, Tracy came to Salford to study her PHD, and has since started working as a lecturer sharing her knowledge and experience with our students.

Our web app development module and why it’s so special!

Are you looking for a Business Management programme where you can learn technical skills, like web app development? Are you interested in working in the digital space after you complete your degree? Or are you a business looking to work with a university because you need students with a business perspective who can manage the […]

Why aren’t there more women in tech? 

A number of recent studies tell a pretty dismal story of gender imbalance in the tech sector. For some hard figures, a recent survey of 1500 women working in tech, conducted by Women in Tech, found that only 1 in 6 tech specialists are women, and sadly only 1 in 10 women are IT leaders. […]