Grant success for the Salford Institute for Dementia

Dr Anya Ahmed, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and Social Sciences and Diversity and Inclusivity Lead in the Salford Institute for Dementia has been awarded a Joint Health and Well-Being Innovation grant from Salford City Council. The funds will enable her to conduct a study on promoting […]

University of Salford PhD’s – a student’s experience

Congratulations to Dr Antonia Wood who recently completed her Ph.D. titled: Challenging Occupational Norms: An Ethnographic Study of Female Prison Officers in a Women’s Prison. Having gained a first class Honours degree in Criminology from Manchester Metropolitan University, she went on to gain further knowledge in the subject by completing the MRes in Criminology and […]

Social Enterprise Mark CIC Conference 2016

Social Enterprise Mark CIC Conference 2016 to be hosted by University of Salford at MediaCityUK  on Thursday 9th June 2016. The event is open to everyone, either working in/with social enterprises, or those just wanting to know more about credible social enterprises and the difference they make to society. The first day will be an […]

Salford academic to give talk on: ‘New Geography of Football’

University of Salford academic Dr Simon Chadwich is due to give a keynote speech in July at the World Football Forum on ‘New Geography of Football’. The central theme of the World Football Forum in 2016 is the ‘New Geography of Football’ – the high-growth new markets for the international game. Leading the pack of […]

University provides research expertise to Manchester Institute of Health and Performance

The School of Health Sciences has recently signed a collaboration agreement with the newly-formed Manchester Institute of Health and Performance (MIHP), supporting the facility with both new and existing staff. The Institute’s brand new home opened in January 2016 and was developed through an £18m investment from partners Manchester City Council, Sports England and City […]

Dr Deborah Davys awarded Vice Chancellor Scholarship

Deborah is a lecturer in the Directorate of Occupational therapy and was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Research Scholarship to further develop findings from her PhD thesis which was related to the future concerns of siblings of people who have a learning disability. The VC award will help Deborah to gain an in-depth understanding […]

Innovative ‘Walking School Bus’ research now offering amazing competition

goWSB (walking school bus) is part of the Sixth Sense Transport project which investigated how travel decisions could be enhanced using social networking principles and smartphone technology to create ‘visibility’ of transport options in time and space. The research behind the goWSB app involved three years of computer science research into how to provide generalizable […]

Salford academic’s virtual landscapes work featured in Times Higher Education

Umran Ali, University of Salford senior lecturer in creative media and programme leader of BSc in computer and video games has been looking at how the countryside can inspire computer game creators. The PhD researcher aims to encourage digital designers to return to the great English tradition of landscape writing from Wordsworth to Ruskin to inspire […]

Salford academic has new Sports Marketing book published

The global sport industry is now estimated by the United Nations to account for approximately 3% of global economic activity. A recent report by PWC (2011) alternatively indicates that the market for sport will be worth $145 billion by 2015, with North America accounting for 45% of global revenues, EMEA for 35%, Asia Pacific for […]

Centre Newsletter January 2016: about our people and their research

2016 has been a busy and vibrant year in the Centre for Health Sciences Research. We have welcomed a large number of new staff and students and had much reason to celebrate: on the professional side we report various awards, promotions and other achievements of staff and students alike. Moreover, several weddings have taken place […]