Leading media expert Steve Hewlett will be the keynote speaker at the University of Salford’s Student Journalism Awards tomorrow night (Thursday 9 May).

Top comedian Jason Manford was at the University of Salford yesterday (Monday 29 April) to coach performance students and Britain’s Got Talent star Jack Carroll in the art of stand-up routines.

University of Salford students quizzed Salford MP Hazel Blears in a press conference at Salford City College last Friday (26 April).

University of Salford students quizzed Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy in a press conference at the force’s new headquarters.

Salford Professional Development Ltd and the London School of Public Relations (LSPR), Jakarta, Indonesia, are jointly hosting a spring study tour programme in Manchester and London in April for Indonesian media students.

The University of Salford is to launch a playwriting Masters degree which, for the first time in the UK, will be run in formal partnership with some of the country’s leading theatres.

The importance of jazz and its influence on different cultures will be explored at a three-day conference held at the University of Salford this week.

Six student winners of a new writing competition run by the University of Salford and BBC Audio Drama are to see their work showcased in front of a live audience at MediaCityUK this week.

The Fast Show and Cold Feet star John Thomson passed on advice and tips from a 20-year comedy and acting career to Salford performance students yesterday (Wednesday 20 March) at a special masterclass held at MediaCityUK.

More than 50 media students will be staging a 12-hour broadcast marathon at the University of Salford on Friday 15 March in aid of Comic Relief.