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Vera’s Not Alone – A Nested Cinema experience

MediaCity University of Salford Campus, 27-30 June 2023 A world-first cinematic experience that seeks to fully immerse its participants in its story through an audio visual installation, will premiere at the our MediaCity campus in June. Vera’s Not Alone is a new ground-breaking immersive film installation from the University’s own Dr Pavel Prokopic that uses […]

Combining purpose with profit: helping social enterprises to thrive – Book now

Book your free place here: Combining purpose with profit: helping social enterprises to thrive Tickets, Thu 18 May 2023 at 09:00 | Eventbrite When your customer base comprises those hardest hit during a cost of living crisis, navigating times of economic uncertainty can feel like you’re fighting a losing battle. For social enterprises, the current […]

Voicing Silence by Lou Chapelle

Lou Chapelle’s artwork Voicing Silence responds to these questions, engaging with artists and Global Majority groups through a series of model making, poetry, dance and singing sessions contributing to the final collective video piece. The double holographic video installation is presented within a structure inspired by a Thai village house, a place of shelter and protection. In the […]

Creative Sustainability themed workshops and activities as part of Go Green Salford 2023

Go Green Salford is University of Salford’s annual month long festival to celebrate and promote environmental and sustainability activity on campus run by our Environmental Sustainability Team. Here is a round up some of the upcoming arts workshops and activities that you can get involved with and explore a range of environmental and sustainability themes […]

Exhibition: Some Days I Feel Triangle

Gwen Riley Jones & Salford Youth Council with the University of Salford Art Collection 1st February to 28th April 2023 A new exhibition exploring positive social action, health and wellbeing through art and photography opened at the New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery this month. The show is the culmination of a 12-month residency in which socially […]

Engage Online Conference 2022

In December, University of Salford attended Engage Online Conference 2022 organised by National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). It was a great opportunity for our new Public and Community Engagement Officer to connect with people in similar roles nationally to find out more about the current contexts for engagement, share and celebrate practice and […]

Return of the Microbial Puppet Masters

A series of public engagement activities to create knowledge transfer between researchers and the community in a fun and friendly environment accompanied immersive sci/art installation Microcosmic as part of Lightwaves 2022 at our Media City Campus recently. Microbial Puppet Masters was first exhibited at the prestigious The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in July 2022. […]

Microcosmic gave the public a deep dive into science research at University of Salford

A mesmerising, immersive installation commissioned by University of Salford took pride of place in our Media City campus building this week attracting a public audience of over 2500 people as part of Lightwaves 2022, a contemporary light festival produced by Quays Culture. This inspiring sci/art collaboration between artist Paul Miller and Professor Chloe James with […]

Public and Community Engagement is alive and kicking at Salford!

The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) – an independent body which seeks to inspire and support the UK higher education sector in engaging with the public – describes an ‘engaged’ university as being one that ‘does not treat public engagement as an ‘add on’ or fringe activity. It embeds public engagement into the way it approaches its work. Typically, engaged universities will have […]