At the University of Salford, we are committed to building sustainable communities through engagement, partnerships and outreach. Our initiatives in Sustainable Communities are focused on creating a collaborative environment where sustainability becomes a shared responsibility and a source of inspiration for our community and beyond, through:
In April, Sam from the Sustainability Team joined five passionate students for a powerful event. They attended the 11th annual Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) Student Sustainability Summit 2025. Hosted at the Liverpool Guild of Students and sponsored by Unity Trust Bank, the day highlighted the power of student voices in creating change. The students were funded to attend […]
At the end of March, the Sustainability Team was proud to support the very first Manchester Unhackathon – an interdisciplinary pilot event that bought together four universities, expert voices from social enterprise, and a room full of driven students ready to tackle some of society’s biggest challenges. Held at Sister – a welcoming and energetic […]
We had an incredible time at the Go Green Salford Festival of Sustainability from March 10-22! Our community came together to celebrate and learn about sustainability through a variety of engaging activities. Get the details of all the events
The University of Salford Environmental Sustainability Team is proud to report our savings from reuse have surpassed £250,000! To enable us to better facilitate and track the reuse of items, in 2015 we adopted the reuse portal Warp It to save money and reduce our impact on the planet. Ten years on it has really […]
Since the start of January, you may have noticed that the ground floor toilets across campus have been fitted with machines which vend free period products. These machines are in all ground floor toilets in all buildings across campus* These products are available for anyone to take as and when they (or a friend or family member) need […]
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 […]
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! […]
From 4th-22nd of March 2024, The Sustainability Team at the University of Salford ran its annual Go Green Salford 2024 campaign, to encourage students and staff across its three campuses to take part in its various activities, pop-up displays and events. Monday 4th March: In partnership with Salford Rangers, a hedgerow made up of Dog […]
Between 27/02 – 26/03/2023, we worked with Salford students, colleagues and local community members to organise four weeks of events, useful content and tips for sustainable living in Salford. Below you can find a summary of all of the events. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Don’t forget to follow us on social media, […]