On Wednesday 27th of November, staff and students came together to celebrate sustainability achievements at the University of Salford Green Impact Awards! About Green Impact Green Impact is a sustainability engagement programme, run internationally by SOS-UK. It’s a simple, fun and flexible way for departments to improve their environmental performance and champion sustainability at the […]
On the 13th of November 2024 it was the EAUC Green Gown Awards at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. It was an incredible awards ceremony, and it was inspiring to learn about the remarkable sustainability projects taking place across the HE and FE sectors. We were thrilled to receive a Highly Commended award for our Energy […]
Why do we need an Environmental & Energy Management System? There are many benefits to having an externally certified environmental and energy management system (EEMS) in place. Firstly, it gives us reassurance that we understand and are meeting the wide range of compliance obligations that apply to the Estates & Facilities division. This includes extensive […]
About Myself Hello, I’m Zoe and I’m nearing the end of my internship with the Sustainability Team within Estates, which is the department that looks at the operational side of the University – this includes issues/impacts to the environment occurring from travel, energy, construction, and waste. But I’m not leaving the University anytime soon as […]
University of Salford awarded the coveted Green Flag Award as it is officially recognised as one of the country’s best green spaces! Our beautiful campus has once again been recognised as one of the best green spaces in the UK by receiving the prestigious Green Flag Award – for the sixth year in a row! […]
About Myself My name is Elena, I graduated from the University of Salford in 2023 with a 1st in BSc Geography. My interests were mainly focused on sustainability and development. My dissertation was titled “Ukrainian preconceptions versus the lived reality of life in North Wales”, I chose this topic because I am interested in engaging […]
What is Plastic Free July? Plastic Free July (Plastic Free July – Be Part of the Plastic Pollution Solution) is a challenge for people to refuse single-use plastics for the month of July. The challenge began in 2011 and has gone on to have over 100 million participants in 190 countries. What events do we […]
Now that our Platinum Project has been submitted to SOS-UK’s Hedgehog Friendly Campus we thought we would reflect on this past year and create a roundup of all the hedgehog related events and activities we have been up to! Throughout this round up we have asked members of the Sustainability Team what their favourite hedgehog […]
On Wednesday the 29th of May, Megan, our Graduate Sustainability Communications & Engagement Officer and Elena, our Sustainability Communications and Campaigns Intern from the Sustainability Office attended the annual SOS-UK Student Sustainability Summit. They attended alongside two students Oliver and Deborah from the newly formed UoS Sustainability & Environment Society. Deborah, Chair of the UoS […]
A two-day BioBlitz was held in and around the University of Salford’s Peel Park campus in March as part of our Go Green Salford activities. To to find out more about our Go Green Salford campaign, check out our blog post here. Here is a more in depth look at what we got up to! […]