Arunima’s Experiences Studying MSc Artificial Intelligence

Arunima decided to make a slight career shift and study MSc Artificial Intelligence. Read her experiences of studying at Salford.

Studying MSc Artificial Intelligence: Emmanuel’s Story

Emmanuel came from a background in Electrical Engineering but decided he wanted to expand his skills. Read his experiences studying MSc Artificial Intelligence.

Meet our apprentices

Hear from three Salford apprentices about their experience receiving on-the-job training from industry professionals while they study.

Week in the Life of a Biomedical Student – Sara Kassam

Meet Sara Kassam, who is studying our IBMS-accredited BSc Biomedical Science course. What inspired you to choose this field of […]

Chris’s Story – Quantity Surveyor graduate working at KAM Project Consultants

Meet Christopher Gildert, who graduated with a distinction in HNC Construction and a First Class Honours in BSc Quantity Surveying. […]

Sevim’s Wildlife career journey after graduating

Meet Sevim, who studied a BSc Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology and MSc Wildlife Documentary Production. What inspired you to […]

Kabiru’s experience at Salford studying MSC Public Health

Salford can be a place where you unlock your potential, and where you can use your studies to enact change […]

Study a year abroad on our Biochemistry degree – Peter’s story

Hear from third year Biochemistry with Studies in the USA student, Peter Reid, who studied a year abroad at the […]

Kareem’s Software Engineering Placement at Awareness Software Limited

Meet Kareem Mahl, third year Software Engineering student and read on to find out about his placement with Awareness Software […]

Read about Tilly-Rose’s Uganda trip abroad

Hear from Tilly-Rose Wilkin, final year Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology student. Which fieldtrips have you participated in so far […]

Read about Rosie’s career journey after graduating with an undergraduate and a masters

Rosie Leonard studied a BA Geography, graduating in 2020, before starting her MSc Sustainability degree and graduated in 2021. What […]

Site visit opportunities when you study a Real Estate Development and Management degree at Salford

Rahmot Ali from Bolton currently studies a BSc Real Estate Development and Management course. Why did you choose to study this course? In 2016, […]

Read about Jonathan’s experience as part of the Salford Racing Society

What made you decide to join the Salford Racing society and how did you get involved? Sounds cliché but I […]

Graduate masters’ student success story working as a pilot and in the miltary – Vincent

Meet Vincent Vigneau, who graduated this year and studied a Masters in Robotics and Automation. Passionate about aeronautical engineering and […]

MEng Aircraft Engineering with Pilot Studies student experience – Nataniel’s Story

Hear from Nataniel Hewelt, currently studying an integrated MEng in Aircraft Engineering with Pilot Studies. He has completed his three […]

Civil Engineering Placement at MGF – Adil’s Story

Hear from Adil Khurshid, a third year BEng Civil Engineering student, who undertook a three-month placement at MGF through his […]

Week in the life of an architecture student – Matthew’s story

Meet Matthew Turner, second year BSc Architecture student, who tells us about his typical week.   How would you start your […]

Tony’s Experience Studying MSc Safety, Health and Environment

We caught up with Tony to find out about his time studying for the masters’ program MSc Safety, Health and […]

Studying MSc Environmental Assessment and Management – Eleanor’s Story

Eleanor is studying on the master’s program MSc Environmental Assessment and Management at Salford. Read on to find out all […]

Michal’s Computer Science Placement Year at Matillion

Meet current Computer Science student Michal and read on to find out about his placement year with local company Matillion. […]

Construction Alumni lands role at BTTC – Raheema’s Story

Meet Raheema Majid, the latest BSc Construction Project Management graduate from the university to land an impressive graduate role at […]

Acoustical and Audio Engineering Placement – Antonio’s story

Acoustics student Antonio Gomes completed a placement as part of his course with RBA Acoustics. Based in London, he focused […]

Abigail’s Story – First Year As A Geography Student

Meet first year BSc (Hons) Geography student Abigail and read on to find out about her experience studying at Salford […]

Architecture alumni lands Project Manager role at Aecom

Meet Franklin Sibanda, final year BSc Architecture student, who has been offered a Project Manager position at Aecom starting in […]

A Week in the Life of a Biomedicine Student  – Alia’s Story

Meet Alia, third year BSc (Hons) Human Biology and Infectious Diseases student & President of the Biomed Society   “I originally […]

Week in the Life of an Acoustics student – Alex’s story

Meet Alexander Lehman, final year BEng Acoustical and Audio Engineering student. How would you start your morning when you come […]

Marukh’s Week in the Life – Civil Engineering Student

Meet Marukh Syed, third year Civil Engineering with Foundation Year student.  How would you normally start your morning when you […]

International Women’s Day 2023: Our graduates

Monday 8 March marks International Women’s Day, a globally recognised event celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of […]

Mumbai to Salford… via Belgium: Prathmesh’s story

Travelling all the way from Mumbai to study an undergrad in Audio and Acoustical Engineering at Salford when he was […]

Final year undergrad student? Complete your NSS

The National Student Survey (NSS) is an anonymous voluntary survey for undergraduate students in their final year or equivalent. The […]

Studying computer science: Ola’s story

Ola came from Nigeria to study for a bachelor’s In computer science at Salford. He started by doing the International […]

Gaining transferable skills studying BSc Biomedical Science 

At Salford, our focus is on teaching our students the industry-standard skills and transferable skills they need to succeed in […]

Studying MSc Biomedical Science: Sana’s story

Sana from Pakistan dreams of developing novel cancer drugs in future. Read on to find out how her course is […]

Addressing your top study challenges

Attending lectures, asking questions and taking notes are all important parts of going to university. But knowing how and when […]

Maker Space: A cutting-edge facility on campus

Maker Space is an open access workshop located in the basement of the Newton Building. The space is an additive manufacturing […]

The Benefits of Volunteering

At Salford, you have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of volunteering roles throughout your studies. These roles are for students with […]

Meet Micah: My Industry Advice Scheme Experience

Throughout the year we run professional development programmes to aid your development. We decided to chat with some of the students who have previously taken […]

Meet Abdul: My Industry Advice Scheme experience

Throughout the year we run professional development programmes to aid your development. We decided to chat with some of the students who have […]

The benefits of attending Career Fairs

We may have an idea of what we want to do when we finish university: what jobs we want to […]

Cyber Security Q&A with Leonel Dos Santos

Leonel Dos Santos was born in Lisbon and moved to Manchester when he was 13. Leonel completed his undergraduate degree […]

Q&A with environmental activist Anna

Anna White is a BA Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology student at the University of Salford. I chatted to her […]

The Bioscientist magazine– the brains behind the project

This British Science Week I spoke to the co-editors of The Bioscientist. Salford students, Caitlin Owen, Bruce Veloso and Nadia […]

Life in the lab – a PhD perspective

Holly Broadhurst is a PhD student at the University of Salford who holds an undergraduate degree in Zoology with Animal […]

Q&A with Best Performance Award winner – Ataa Yasari

MSc Drug Design and Discovery student, Ataa, tells us about her role at Salford NanoLAB, the Sci-Art installation as part […]

Life of a Salford graduate: 4 years later

Real Estate professional, Li Xinxi, took a career break 4 years ago to improve his theoretical knowledge by studying on […]

Undergrad to postgrad: Meet Becky

Becky Emmerson began her Salford journey as a BSc (Hons) Zoology Clearing applicant – read her first blog here – […]

Securing my dream job: Meet alumnus Salman

Salman studied BEng Aeronautical Engineering, spent one year in Sweden as part of his course and landed his dream job […]

Being part of a global community: Meet Ade

Nigerian graduate, Adepapo Oni, joined the University of Salford to study BEng Mechanical Engineering, and from day one he made […]

Former Hack Manchester winner secures job at the University of Salford’s Energy House: meet Anestis.

We caught up with Greek student, Anestis Sitmalidis, who’s been offered a job at Salford Energy House testing facility just […]

FROM HONG KONG TO SALFORD, AND BACK: INTERVIEW WITH KA KIN

Hong Kong graduate, Ka Kin Kwok, came all the way to Salford to study MSc Acoustics and then returned home […]

Distance Learning – MSc Quantity Surveying (Mechanical and Electrical)

Our taught master’s are a great way to change the direction of your career or become an expert in your […]

How my degree helped me land my dream job at a global company: Arjun Nichani

Life as a university student flies by faster than you think, which is why choosing a place to study is […]

Electronic Engineering to Robotics – Meet Karina

One of the reasons our students love studying at Salford is the support we have on offer for every step […]

From Liverpool to Salford, to Istanbul – Meet Michael

MSc Aerospace Engineering student, Michael MacGlashan, tells us all about his aero journey at the University of Salford… Hi Michael, […]

From Paraguay to Salford – Meet Patrick Wood

At the University of Salford, we welcome students from all around the world. Patrick Wood came all the way from […]

From Kenya to Salford: Interview with Muazzam

Part of what makes studying at Salford so special, is the fact that we have students join us from all […]

Earn as You Learn – Izzi Garvey

Third year, part-time BSc Architectural and Design Technology student, Izzi Garvey, has not only been nominated for the Women in […]

Mechanical Engineering student to Graduate Aeronautical Engineer – Alex Cook

BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering alumnus, Alex Cook, recently secured a permanent position with BAE Systems. We caught up with Alex […]

The Intriguing World of Human Biology and Infectious Diseases

We spoke with second year BSc Human Biology and Infectious Diseases student, Karolina Staniecka, about the importance of seizing every […]

Student to Civil Structural Engineer – Gemma Small

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of meeting Gemma Small, a Salford alumna, who graduated in 2016 with […]

Energy House Placement – Elizabeth Chard

BSc Physics student, Elizabeth Chard, has recently started her industry placement year at our very own Energy House. Energy House […]

The Art of Electronic Engineering – Meet Ivan Holmes

We met up with second year BEng Electronic Engineering student, Ivan Holmes, to find out about his experience at Salford. […]

Suzan and Zoya: Our research placement experience at Manchester Clinical Research Facility

Earlier in the year we shared an interview with two of our BSc Biomedical Science students, Suzan and Zoya, regarding […]

What’s doing a placement with the NHS REALLY like? Meet Zahra

Zahra Alhumaidi is studying BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science at the University of Salford after applying through Clearing, and is currently […]

Why a research-based placement is an opportunity not to be missed

UPDATE: Suzan and Zoya have shared with us a detailed insight into what they learned from their placement and what […]

Mathematics at Salford: Meet Cameron Singleton

If you have been following our Facebook events page, you might know we’ve recently been doing a lot of Applicant […]

Physics student and society president: Q&A with Georgia

Have you ever wanted to get the low-down on our Physics course – whether it’s what modules are available or […]

Maryam: Salford’s globally-recognised Female Engineer

Earlier this month, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting PhD student Sajedeh (Maryam) Mollasalehi who is taking her career […]

Globetrotting with Architecture student Ari Khoshnaw

Ari Khoshnaw is currently studying MArch Architecture at our School of the Built Environment, who’s grabbing every opportunity with both hands. Ari […]

Manchester Science Festival: Myth busting with Dr Chloe James

As some of you may know, I’ve spend the last few weeks being ridiculously excited about the Manchester Science Festival. […]

From degree to Glastonbury: Q&A with Elle Kalavsky

Second year BEng Acoustical and Audio Engineering student Elle, spent 15 months completing her placement year as part of her […]

Top 10 Picks: Manchester Science Festival

The Manchester Science Festival is back and I for one cannot wait. Science is a huge passion of mine, in […]

THE FIRST LONDON RICS SUMMIT 2018

The World Built Environment Forum brings together business leaders, influencers and decision-makers to debate and drive action on the challenges […]

Why studying a master’s degree was right for me: Paul Wilshaw Q&A

Paul Wilshaw has a career spanning 15 years in digital innovation, during which he’s developed a rather impressive CV, to […]

Neeraj: Running a virtual construction magnate

Neeraj Sukumaran is a student who enrolled onto MSc Construction Management at our School of the Built Environment after five […]

Meet Evie Adams: Going International

Evie Adams, a now enterprising Level 6 student of Practical Wildlife Conservation, who has also been elected as the 2018/19 […]

What’s it like to study Biomedical Science?

I spoke to one of our current students Farah Saddique, a BSc Biomedical Science student. I asked her about her time here […]

An alumnus’ perspective: civil engineering at Salford

After graduating with a BEng in Civil Engineering (complete with an integrated foundation year), Haroon Ashraf felt that his time […]

Student interview: Building a career in ADT

Jonathan Moncur is in his final year studying BSc Architectural Design and Technology at the University of Salford. Last week […]

Making university count: Gada Eltahir, BSc Mathematics

Gada Eltahir is a third year BSc Mathematics student, and in addition to her studies has just presented a paper […]

Harry Yeung – Acoustics Audiophile

Harry Yeung came from Hong Kong to study MSc Acoustics at the University of Salford. He tells us why he chose Salford and what […]

Lori Moore – Wildlife Conservation

Lori Moore is a third year BSc Wildlife Conservation with Zoo Biology student. She secured placements that took her from […]

Q&A with Joshua Jones, Formula Salford

Joshua Jones is a third year Mechanical Engineering student and the Team Director of Formula Salford. In only their first […]

Remnant Li Xinxi: Tempted by Salford all the way from China

Remnant Li Xinxi moved to the UK from his home in China to study MSc Real Estate and Property Management […]

Wenxi Hu: Leaving my Chinese roots for Salford

Wenxi Hu has just graduated from our School of the Built Environment after she took a year away from her […]

My Clearing Story: Becky Emmerson

Here at the University of Salford we want to tell the world that Clearing isn’t something to be scared or […]