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The Research Centres Support Team worked with each of the Research Centres to develop a brochure that showcases the innovative and varied research being conducted at the University of Salford. The University of Salford has 9 Research Centres, each sitting within one of the 7 Schools: Arts, Media and Communications Research Centre; Centre for Built Environment, […]
The English research group is delighted to welcome Stephen Hornby as a new postgraduate researcher under the graduate teaching studentship scheme. New PhD Research – Writing Inter-male Sex/uality History Plays Stephens starting point is Marlowe’s Edward II (1594), arguably the first gay historical drama, and currently he finishes with Kelly’s Mr Foote’s Other Leg (2015). […]
Seamus Simpson, Manuel Puppis and Hilde Van den Bulck (2016) (Eds) European Media Policy for the Twenty First Century – Assessing the Past, Setting Agendas for the Future. New York and London: Routledge. 252pp. Media policy issues sit at the heart of the structure and functioning of media systems in Europe and beyond. This book […]
The second occurrence of this conference, organised by Dr Gill James, took place on 9 April 2016 on the third floor of our building at MediaCityUK. The aim of the conference was to look closely at the young adult novel: Who are its readers? What is its nature? Which are its themes? What […]
Access, Participation and the Mediatised World CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS: SUBMISSION DEADLINE WED 22 JUNE SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO: artdes-cmlabstracts@salford.ac.uk Conference date: Monday 14 November 2016 Venue: MediacityUK, Salford, Manchester. This conference is hosted and organized by the University of Salford and is part of the four day 2016 Salford International Media Festival KEYNOTE SPEAKERS […]
Researchers at Salford University are set to demonstrate new ideas and technology for the future of television at the world’s largest broadcast trade show. Dr Ben Shirley and Dr Rob Oldfield of the Acoustics Research Group will be exhibiting their work on enhancing sound for live sports and improving services for the hearing impaired. Ben […]
During 2016, an interactive art installation version of Through the Weather Glass (Knives Forks & Spoons 2015), the hybrid novel Dr Lucy Burnett wrote for her Creative Writing PhD at the University of Salford, will be going on UK tour. The installation will launch at the Kings Arms Salford – minutes from where the book was written – before […]
Professor Kirk Chang has been interviewed by Fiona Macrae, Science Correspondent for the Daily Mail and talked about his latest research in gossip management at work. Prof. Chang, who conducted a series of empirical investigations with colleagues from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and National Chengchi University (Taiwan), said: “Virtually all workers engage in gossip at one time […]
Starting today (1 April 2016), any research paper you have accepted for publication must comply with the HEFCE Open Access Policy to be eligible for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment. The easiest way to achieve compliance is to deposit your accepted manuscript into the University of Salford Institutional Repository (USIR) as soon as […]
Sharp suits, lunchtime cocktails and Lucky Strike cigarettes will come under the spotlight of academic rigour when University of Salford media experts organise an international conference on Mad Men. The University’s Dr Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Media and Performance, and Dr Michael Goddard, Reader in Film and Media, are co-organising the conference, at which […]