On Friday 10th March staff and students gathered together to take part in the National Union of Students’ Blackout campaign. After a brief training session and donning their Blackout t-shirts, the volunteers split into teams and went to audit non-essential lights and equipment in their allocated areas. The teams noted down the total number of […]
From Monday 13th February – Friday 10th March we will be running a series of free events and activities to raise awareness of sustainability issues and engage with the University community. You can find details below of the activities planned so far and there will be further events announced soon. If you would like any […]
We are very proud to annouce that the University of Salford has won two Green Gown Awards last week for community and student research projects at a prestigious ceremony in the cultural quarter of Leicester. Established in 2004, the Green Gown Awards recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities, colleges and the learning and skills […]
The thin months, the months of the big stomach, the times of silence – these are just some of the ways the farmers behind our breakfast describe the times of the year when they struggle to feed themselves and their families. Millions of farmers and workers in developing countries are going hungry, missing meals or, […]
On Friday March 20th, seventy staff and student volunteers came together to audit and turn off unnecessary lights and equipment for the weekend as part of the National Union of Students’ Blackout campaign. It’s the first campus-wide energy audit the university has held for a number of years. Students met at the Atmosphere Café in […]
We are very proud to announce that two of our Green Impact Award Winners have also been recognised at the national Green Impact Awards. Congratulations to the School of Computing, Science & Engineering’s Daniel Wadsworth, and undergraduate students Laura Reed and Callum Hill!
As part of this year’s University Day celebrations, our Special Awards winners were invited onto the stage to receive their recycled slate awards, marking a year of extra efforts towards making Salford and the wider community a greener place. Our award-winners were photographed with Martin Hall (see below), and Special Mention winners were given framed […]
University’s first Green Impact awards take place (The following appeared as a news story in the US staff magazine on 17 June 2014) Colleagues involved in Green Impact initiatives plant a commemorative olive tree. The efforts of colleagues who are concerned about environmental issues such as global warming have been recognised at the University’s inaugural […]
Congratulations to students living in Eddie Coleman halls of residence who have won the 2013-14 Student Switch Off competition. They saved the most electricity per person over this academic year, reducing their consumption by 7% compared to previous years! Find out how your hall did: https://www.facebook.com/SalfordSSO/app_134332416711689 Eddie Coleman hall will be getting a Ben and […]
