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 […]
Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities and this year takes place from 10 – 19 November 2022. Here at Salford we are excited to be part of the festival for the first time this year and have a number of events taking place across the festival period. The festival seeks to […]
We are excited to be partnering once again with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University to host the ESRC Festival of Social Science from 22 October to 13 November 2022. The main theme for this year’s Festival is ‘My Local Area’ and will be a celebration […]
Today, the results of the second iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF2) have been made publicly available and we would like to share some of the key areas of activity (known as ‘perspectives’) where Salford places in the top quintile across the sector. Recognition of our very high levels of engagement in the ‘IP […]
The £6m Greater Manchester Cyber Foundry (GMCF) initiative reached its three-year and 9 months milestone at the end of June 2022, when project delivery was completed. The GMCF was funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and was launched in 2018. The University of Salford (UoS) worked alongside three other institutions in the region […]
The University of Salford is partnering again with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University to host the ESRC Festival of Social Science from 22 October to 13 November 2022. This is a national event and is now in its 20th year. The main theme for this […]
Are you curious about life, the universe and everything? Then this year’s New Scientist Live event should be right up your street! In 2022 New Scientist Live is going hybrid, featuring an in-person exhibition space at Manchester Central, but also enabling those unable to attend in person to enjoy the event from the comfort of […]
The University of Salford’s new Energy House 2.0 research facility is now complete. Before the next phase of work begins, colleagues at Salford have been invited to take a look inside. All of this week (14-18 February 2022) the doors of Energy House 2.0 are open to colleagues to take part in a tour of the facility […]
Led by a team in our Research & Enterprise directorate, an institution-wide Engagement Forum was established in September 2021 to act as an advisory and consultative group at key stages of the design, development and delivery of a wide range of University engagement activities. This encompasses research, teaching, industry collaboration and enterprise, and is informed by University values around widening […]
The ESRC’s flagship celebration of economics and social science took place throughout the month of November, with events themed around social science, the environment and climate change in particular, to reflect the COP26 climate change conference which took place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow. The Festival hosted more than 400 free public events […]