The student guide to all the goings-on in Manchester and Salford.
This June is Pride Month and there are lots of ways you can celebrate in Salford and Manchester. This year is an important year for the LGBTQIA+ community – marking 50 years since the first ever Pride took place in the UK. Pride month is a month dedicated to celebrating LGBTQIA+ communities all around the […]
Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, is a significant yearly Hindu festival. It takes place on Friday 18th March this year and marks the arrival of spring. It’s one of the most significant Hindu festivals and if you hadn’t already guessed, it involves lots of colour! During the festival, Hindus will use a […]
We all love a trip into Manchester, but when the trips to Piccadilly Gardens, the Arndale and St Peter’s Square become a little too regular, you can’t help but feel a bit bored! Don’t you worry, I’ve collated some of my favorite under-rated Manchester attractions that you may not have realised even exist… Ancoats Marina: […]
If you’re anything like me, you absolutely love being in the centre of all the action. Manchester is the perfect place to be, but it can be kind of overwhelming at times. MediaCity, on the other hand, has those city centre vibes, but is a chilled out alternative. Here are my recommendations for things to […]
We are so lucky at the University of Salford to have a huge range of arts and culture on our doorstep, both in Salford itself, and just down the road in Manchester city centre. Somewhere that’s combining my interest in both the North West’s legendary music scene, and the region’s reputation for being at the […]
This June is Pride Month and there’s lots going on in Salford and Manchester to help you celebrate in a safe way! June has been recognised as Pride Month for the past 51 years, to coincide with the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969, which took place in New York. Manchester and Salford “pride” […]
Hello, I am Katia Pantsiou, a postgraduate student from Greece. Here are my top tips in choosing whether to live in Salford or Manchester city centre for your studies. First of all, congratulations if you have an offer to study at Salford already! A new life awaits you. So many opportunities are at your fingertips, […]
‘Dúisigh Éire! Awaken Ireland!’ is the theme of this year’s St Patrick’s Festival. It’s a call for people all over the world to embrace the brighter days ahead. The usual five days of live events, celebrations and half a million people on the streets of Dublin for the St. Patrick’s Day parade is being replaced […]
Chinese New Year, the year of the Ox. Manchester usually comes alive to celebrate Chinese New Year with St Peter’s Square and Chinatown often full of music, colours and fireworks and of course who could forget the 175ft dragon parade! Whilst this year will be different, I’ve got some suggestions on what you can do […]
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and this year it’s going to be a little different. Thanks to the virtual world we’ve got plenty of ways to ring in the new year in a COVID-safe way! Take a look!? 24 HOUR NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVESTREAM PARTY After closing its doors in 1997, Manchester’s […]
Man Ho Calvin Kwan, from Hong Kong, graduated in 2016 and set up his own physiotherapy clinic in Hong Kong just one year later! Hi Calvin, let’s start with your studies…what did you enjoy most studying at the University of Salford? What I loved the most about studying BSc Physiotherapy is the fact that we […]
This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Saturday 25th January, which marks the start of celebrations amongst Asian communities around the world. Chinese New Year festivities last for two weeks, with fireworks, food and red lanterns all part of the fun. In Vietnam, the Tết holiday is the most significant celebration in Vietnamese culture, with […]
Afflecks Palace. The home of all things quirky and off-piste; a beacon at the heart of Manchester’s thriving alternative culture landscape. Your first impression, heading into the maze of independent shops and unique retailers, can be that the whole place feels a little overwhelming; however, hunt around a little, and you can find some hidden […]
The Greater Manchester tram network has made travelling across the sprawl of the city easier than ever. With stops close to all of the key destinations across the city, and the ability to get out beyond the city centre made far more convenient (and much cheaper!), the trams are the perfect way for students to […]
One of the benefits of moving to Salford and Manchester is that our city is ready and waiting for any high street shopping venture once the student loan hits. With the Manchester Arndale being one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres, the Trafford Centre only a bus ride away from our university as well as […]
Have you already got the itch to put those Christmas decorations up? Desperate to be sipping hot toddy under glittering street lights in the bustle of high street shoppers? It happens to the best of us, and if it’s your very first time experiencing the run up to Christmas in Manchester then you are in […]
Salford Crescent train station is based just a 2 minute walk from our Peel Park campus, and you can get to it using the free 50 bus from MediaCityUK too. There’s loads of trains which go to and from Salford Crescent, so why not organise a day out with your friends or flatmates? Take a […]
Student life can be quite hectic sometimes – juggling your workload, social life, commuting and any part time jobs or volunteering you might do on the side. Trying to watch your carbon footprint or worrying about the environment on top of that might seem quite daunting. But now, as the discussion of climate change, plastic […]
Don’t be fooled by the idea that university is meant to be a time where you have everything set in stone, everything decided and you completely 100% know what you want to do now and for the rest of your life. University is a time for discovering yourself and experimenting as much as high school […]
Back in 2018, we took a look at the events taking place in and around Manchester for Chinese New Year, a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year in the traditional Chinese calendar. There was a jam-packed schedule to get through, and this year – the year of the Pig – the celebrations […]