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The University of Salford is a
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in
Salford Salford ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Greater Manchester, England, on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks include the former Salford Town Hall, town hall, ...
,
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, England, west of
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. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status in 1967, following the
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into higher education. It has students () and is in of parkland on the banks of the
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.


History


Origins of the Royal Technical Institute

The university's origins can be traced to the opening in 1896 of the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, a merger of Salford Working Men's College (founded in 1858) and Pendleton
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(founded in 1850). The Royal Technical Institute received royal letters after the then- Duke and Duchess of York (later
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and Queen Mary) officiated at its opening ceremony, an event commemorated in the university's
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and which allowed 'Royal' to be appended to the name of the institute. At the start of the 20th century, mechanical engineering, chemical works, textiles and construction dominated the industrial scene in Salford. This heavily influenced the choice of subjects offered in the nine departments initially opened. These were Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Building, Dyeing, Spinning & Weaving, Domestic, and Art. Some 1,240 students registered for the first session in these departments. There were originally 19 members of staff. In 1921 the institute was renamed the Royal Technical College, Salford. In 1958 the institution split into two organisations: the remaining Royal Technical College and a breakaway institution, Peel Park Technical College. This changed its name first in 1961 to Salford Technical College, before becoming the Salford College of Technology in 1970, and finally University College Salford in 1992.


Royal College of Advanced Technology

The Royal Technical College became a
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in 1956, and became known as the Royal College of Advanced Technology. In 1963, the government completed an inquiry into the state of
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in the United Kingdom and produced the
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, which paved the way for the Royal College of Advanced Technology (and other Colleges of Advanced Technology) to assume university status by
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.


University status

The Royal College of Advanced Technology became the University of Salford on 10 February 1967, when Queen
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handed over the institution's
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. A multistorey chemistry tower was built in the 1960s between the Peel Building and the Salford Library, Museum and Art Gallery, but it was pulled down in the 1980s due to the damage it was causing to the foundations of these nearby buildings. The first
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was Clifford Whitworth, after whom the university's main library is named. The first
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was
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, who remained the university's chancellor until 1991. Prince Philip took a keen interest in the university and he visited the university's award-winning acoustics laboratories in 2008. The breakaway University College Salford merged with the University of Salford in 1996, to form a single institution. In 2012, the University of Salford announced a partnership with the UK's biggest arms company, (
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), and four other universities in northwestern England (Liverpool, Manchester, UCLAN and Lancaster) in order to work on the Gamma Programme, which aims to develop "autonomous systems". On 5 September 2016, Salford was represented for the third time on ''
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'' and faced the
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. The all male team, who sported the poet
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as a mascot lost 210 to 115 points.


Campus and facilities

The main Peel Park campus is less than from Manchester city centre on the banks of the
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, adjacent to Peel Park, possibly the first public park in the world, which opened on 22 August 1846. A former president of the Students' Union described Salford in 2007 as "a relaxed campus close to Manchester, but cheaper and greener."
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is adjacent to the campus, and high frequency bus services operate to Manchester, Salford and
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and
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. There are other university facilities within a mile of the main campus, namely the Frederick Road and Adelphi campuses. Most of the university administration buildings are along Salford Crescent, opposite the Peel Campus. The
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, said to be the first unconditionally free public library in England, is located on the Peel Park Campus.


MediaCityUK

In October 2010 the university opened a learning, teaching and research space at
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. They will study in 39 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.


Major investment projects

The university embarked on a £150 million programme of investment in 2004, to deliver new buildings and carry out major refurbishment projects. These included: *£22m Mary Seacole Building, opened in 2006, the purpose-built five-storey facility for the College of Health and Social Care. *£10m Lady Hale Building for the Salford Law School which opened in February 2008. The whole building acts as its own night storage heating and cooling system thanks to a "Termodeck" system. *£10m Innovation Forum Building *Joule Physics Laboratory provides a suite of new, purpose-built physics teaching laboratories and is named after
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, whose former home is situated opposite the Peel Building. *Opened in October 2011 - A new building for the university's College of Arts, Media & Social Sciences designed by 3XN Architects on the
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site in
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- which will be home to five
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departments. In summer 2013 construction work started on the £55 million New Adelphi building. The building opened in September 2016 and houses music, performance, art, design and architecture students. Facilities include a 350 capacity theatre with flexible seating to suit a range of events, 140sqm studio theatre, 2 large TV acting studios, 36 dedicated rehearsal rooms, 6 industry-standard recording studios, 12 amplified performance spaces (music ensemble rooms), 2 dance studios, 3 floors of dedicated wood, metal, textiles, print and plastics workshops, 7 photographic studios, 14 instrumental tuition rooms, a double-height 100 sq m band-room/live room and a suite of flexible performance and studio spaces. It also features a small gallery space. An extension to the existing Newton Building, which houses the School of Computing, Science and Engineering, was awarded planning permission in May 2016. The £16 million project, known as the Engineering Showcase, was due to feature exhibition space to display engineering solutions, research/demonstration spaces, open-plan collaborative learning spaces, informal and formal presentation spaces, a café and 'maker-space'. Plans for the extension were put on hold in favour of a wider campus redesign, with the possibility of a brand new building to house teaching and laboratory facilities for a range of disciplines in Science, Engineering and Environment. An autonomous vehicle research centre was built in place of the proposed extension. In July 2020 work started on a £65 million new engineering building to replace the aging Newton building, as of the time of writing, the new building is still being completed with work to move the equipment to the new building being carried out over the summer of 2022 with an anticipated opening date in September/October 2022.


Library

The Library was opened in 1971 by Prince Philip, the then chancellor of the university. It was renamed the Clifford Whitworth Library in 1984 following the death of the university's first vice-chancellor, Clifford Whitworth. A two-storey extension was added to the left of the building in the 1990s and was further extended in the 2000s into the top floor of Lady Hale Building via a link bridge. Between 2016 and 2018 the Clifford Whitworth Library went under a major £6.2 million refurbishment.


Facilities

Peel Hall has seating for nearly 400 people, hosts many musical performances and is the main venue for the midday recitals. The hall is housed in the Peel Building, a
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building on the Peel Park Campus. The university's
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Theatre, named after the Salford-born actor, mostly stages live performances of modern works and participatory work for younger audiences. At the heart of the Peel Park Campus, the Chapman Gallery hosts a wide range of modern and contemporary art exhibitions that showcase the work of up and coming artists, university staff, students and the community of Salford. The Tom Husband Leisure Centre is on the Peel Park Campus and adjacent to the Students' Union. It contains a gym, 25m swimming pool, sauna and spa, squash courts, climbing wall, and a multi-use sports hall. The Adelphi Studio Theatre is a small theatre venue based in the School of Music, Media and Performance's Adelphi Building.


Organisation and administration


Chancellors

*
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(1967–1991) *
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(1992–1995) * Sir Walter Bodmer (1995–2006) * Sir Martin Harris (2007–2009) * Irene Zubaida Khan (2009–2014) *
Jackie Kay Jacqueline Margaret Kay (born 9 November 1961) is a Scottish poet, playwright, and novelist, known for her works ''Other Lovers'' (1993), ''Trumpet'' (1998) and ''Red Dust Road'' (2011). Kay has won many awards, including the Somerset Maugham A ...
(2014–2021) *
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(2022–present)


Vice-Chancellors

*Clifford Whitworth (1967–74) * John Harold Horlock (1974–81) * Sir John Michael Ashworth (1981–89) * Thomas Mutrie Husband (1990–97) * Michael Harloe (1997–2009) * Martin Hall (2009–14) *Helen Marshall (2015–2023) *Nic Beech (2023–present)


Research and development centres

The United National Institute for Prosthetics and Orthotics Development is located in the university's Prosthetics and Orthotics division of its School of Health, Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences. It is the only
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and
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higher education provider in England. The KidsCan Children's Cancer Research Centre is in the university's John Armstrong Welsh Laboratories at the Centre for Biochemistry, Drug Design and Cancer Research. It was established in 2002 to develop treatments with fewer side effects for children and young adults.


Academic profile

The university was organised into seven schools: *School of Arts and Media *
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*School of Health Sciences *School of Health and Society **NB — The university's Schools of Health Sciences and Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and Social Sciences have strong links with teaching NHS hospitals in the north-west of England and maintain a presence at the
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. *School of Computing, Science and Engineering *School of Environment and Life Sciences *School of the Built Environment After a series of mergers, in 2018 and 2019, the university is now organised into four schools: *School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology *School of Science, Engineering and Environment *School of Health and Society *Salford Business School International students come from China, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Greece, Nigeria, the Republic of Ireland, Romania, Malaysia and Bulgaria. Previously, with its three colleges, 12 schools, nearly 20,000 students, and over 2,500 staff, Salford had a turnover of some £156m in 2006/07. A report from social and economic impact report published in 2019, sets the turnover to £180.5m in 2019, The university is a founding member of the Northern Consortium of universities. In October 2008 it was announced that compulsory redundancies were likely at the university, as part of a plan to save £12.5 million over three years. A notice by the university registrar said that Salford needed to invest £300 million in university estate and £40 million in moving the arts and media faculty to the "MediaCityUK" site at
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, where the
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is to establish its northern headquarters. The notice went on to say that these additional costs came in the context of a number of pressures: salary bills that had "exceeded the university's expectations"; a "serious problem" with student retention; the "credit crunch"; and three "seriously underperforming" schools. Affected schools include the School of Nursing, Salford Business School and the School of Community Health Sciences and Social Care.


Teaching quality and rankings

In the 2018 ''Guardian'' University League Tables, the University of Salford placed 99th, down from 83rd in 2017. ''
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'' newspaper ranked Salford 105th out of 123 UK institutions in 2015, from 84th of 114 in 2010.


Student life

University House on the Peel Park Campus is home to the University of Salford Students' Union (USSU). As well as representing students, the union plays host to a number of services, including shops and a bar. The Two Cities Boat Race is an annual boat race that has been running since 1972. It is now an established event in the sporting and social calendar of Salford and Manchester. The event is also significant for the amount of work put in by volunteers from both universities, to help with event set-up, stewarding, and programme selling, raising money for many different charities. In 2007 the recipient of the proceeds was SPARKS, a charity that supports medical research for children. In 1971–72, the University Rugby League club won the UAU Championship, beating Sheffield University in the final at The Willows, then home of Salford Rugby League Club.


Accommodation

There are five self-catered
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: *Peel Park Quarter *Eddie Colman and John Lester Courts *Bramall Court *iQ Salford, Seaford Road *Sanctuary Students - Tramways, Seaford Road Peel Park Quarter encompasses nine buildings of flats owned by Campus Living Villages, comprising a total of 1,367 rooms. There are six variations of rooms, including wheelchair accessible en-suite rooms. This complex opened for students in summer 2015. Eddie Colman and John Lester Courts are two blocks of flats containing 755 rooms in total, and each flat is shared between two, three or four people. The flats are the closest accommodation to Salford Shopping City in Pendleton – colloquially referred to as the Precinct.
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and John Lester Courts were sold by the University of Salford to Campus Living Villages in December 2008. These became CLV's first British properties. Eddie Colman was a resident of nearby Archie Street, the model for the television series ''Coronation Street'', and was a player for Manchester United. He was killed in the Munich Disaster of 6 February 1958 along with seven other players. Constantine Court was the only ''en suite'' university-owned accommodation, which consisted of 80 rooms in seven houses. This accommodation was in the centre of the main university campus, close to the Students' Union shop, a bank and
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. Adjacent Horlock Court comprised 168 rooms in 14 houses. Bramall Court contains flats close to the Adelphi Campus. The flats are shared between two, three or four. Bramall Court is now owned by Campus Living Villages. Castle Irwell Student Village was the largest area of accommodation, housing up to 1,600 students, and is on the site of the old
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. Castle Irwell was a popular choice for first years, due to the cheap rent, however Castle Irwell is no longer in use and has been superseded by the on-campus Peel Park Quarter. In 2016 the main building on the Castle Irwell site, known as 'the pav', was burned down in an arson attack. Shortly after, demolition of the burnt and other derelict buildings on site commenced and completely cleared by early 2017. iQ Salford, Seaford Road is owned and run by iQ Student Accommodation. This accommodation site consists of a square of houses around a central reception, lounge, and laundry building, with an independent gym. Each house contains six flats, which are typically shared by six people with en suite bathrooms. The site also has deluxe rooms available for an extra cost. This accommodation is very close to Castle Irwell. The site includes purpose-built SPAR, Subway and
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shops. Tramways, Seaford Road is independently run by Sanctuary Students. Its name originates from the old tram depot, run by
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, that was located on the same site.


Sports

The university currently has 35 sports clubs ranging from
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to
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(originally known as ultimate Frisbee). Each year, Salford and
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take part in a varsity challenge. This began in 2016 at Chester's campus. In 2016, 19 sports were involved and Chester won 12–7 overall. The following year took place at Salford, and with an overall score of 12–8, Salford took the trophy.


Student body

At Salford there is still a difference in the degrees obtained by White students and those obtained by BAME students. The reported gap for 2017/2018 for first and 2.1 class degree level is 15% between white and BAME students as published in a university report. The students' union believe that the Black attainment gap is a result of institutional and systemic failures within the institution, including a lack of diversity within teaching, inadequate support services and
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and microagressions towards BME students. The university intend to respond by creating an 'inclusive environment'. To date this has involved surveying students and signing up to the Race Equality Charter. This is crucial, as The university has 10% more BAME students than the national average at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. As of 9 August 2018, BAME staff representation (13%) does not match the BAME student population representation. Whilst there have been a 2% increase in BAME lecturers being hired, there is an 8% decrease in promotion to senior lecturer level and a 3% increase at Professorial level. The university report states that '...it is important that we consider the pipeline for BAME academics to address this decrease.'. In October 2019, the university hosted a two-week festival on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, with the theme, 'belonging at Salford'. As part of this, a one-day symposium featured keynote speaker,
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, a leading figures with a vision for equality, diversity and inclusion. There were presentations on the BAME Attainment Gap, a panel discussion of BAME women in HE, and networking opportunities for academics and students. Representation of female staff is 51% compared to 56% undergraduate students. The number of staff who are LGBT is 4% and is equivalent to the number of students who report as being LGBT, however it is worth noting that 49% of students didn't report their sexuality. There is an underrepresentation of disabled staff (4%) compared to undergraduate students (21%).


Notable people

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Peter Kay Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and director. Born and raised in Farnworth, Kay studied media performance at the University of Salford and later began working part-time as a stand-up comedian. In 199 ...
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Mary Mellor Mary Mellor (born 1946) is a British academic and activist, who is Emeritus Professor in Social science, Social Science at Northumbria University, where she was the founding chair of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute. She has published wi ...
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See also

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Armorial of UK universities The armorial of British universities is the collection of coats of arms of universities in the United Kingdom. Modern arms of universities began appearing in England around the middle of the 15th century, with University of Oxford, Oxford's being ...
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College of advanced technology (United Kingdom) A college of advanced technology (CAT) was a type of higher education institution established in 1956 in England and Wales following the publication of a government white paper on technical education which listed 24 technical colleges in receipt of ...
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List of universities in the United Kingdom This is a list of universities in the United Kingdom (alphabetical by substantive name). Below that are lists of university colleges and other recognised bodies (institutions with degree awarding powers), followed by a list of defunct institution ...


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University of Salford
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University of Salford Students' Union
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University of Salford The University of Salford is a Public university, public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, be ...
Universities UK Universities and colleges established in 1967 1967 establishments in England