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Funding to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in Uganda

Chair of Social Policy, Professor Louise Ackers’ health partnership project has been awarded £200,000 by the Department for International Development (DFID) to help improve healthcare in Uganda. The grant follows a number of successful projects, which have helped to send healthcare experts to Uganda and establish biomedical engineering as a profession within the country. One […]

University of Salford helps to make Dyson appliances quieter

The University is helping Dyson’s pioneering engineers to ‘listen’ to products before they have even made them. The Acoustics Research Group led by Prof Andy Moorhouse the Acoustics Research Group have focused their unique expertise on the next generation of quiet appliances being developed by the world-famous British company. They recently won funding from the […]

Industry award for acoustics engineers

Throwing noisy barbells around in gyms may be good for your health – but spare a thought for the neighbours! Noise and nuisance caused by the proliferation of gyms in apartment blocks is causing a backlash with neighbours complaining of vibrating floors and walls, noise from loud music and the crashing of weights. In the […]

Robotics researchers star at MediaCityUK Industry event

ROBOTICS engineers from the University of Salford were prominent players at a major industry day at MediaCityUK on Friday, September 4. Led by Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani, Dr Steve Davis and Dr Adham Atyabi the team showcased cutting edge research in ‘soft robotics’ industrial automated systems and robotics for healthcare and assisted living. Their work featured […]

Academic appointed to chair Breast Cancer Care partnership

Congratulations to Dr Julie Wray, who has been appointed Chair of Service User Research Partnership (SURP) with support charity Breast Cancer Care.SURP – a group of eight people who have each had a direct experience of breast cancer – ensures that Breast Cancer Care’s research agenda is driven by the needs and experiences of people affected […]

Journal co-founded and co-edited by Salford Academic goes live Monday 28th September 2015

The Open Library of Humanities is extremely pleased to announce that the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry will be the first subscription journal to move to the completely open-access model offered by the OLH. The Open Library of Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded gold open-access publication platform. Unlike many gold open-access […]