Salford Business School has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of two new members of staff in the key areas of enterprise and its Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme.

The ‘living dead’ are being invited to shuffle down to MediaCityUK next week for an exclusive preview of a new BBC TV zombie drama.

The University of Salford’s Music Directorate is to host a festival next month celebrating the crossover between avant-garde classical and experimental electronic popular music with a wide range of performances, including many UK and world premieres.

The University of Salford and Manchester’s No. 1 commercial radio station - Key103 - have formed a partnership to deliver expert media training at the University’s MediaCityUK campus and Key103’s studios.

An interactive game based on the life of Alan Turing and virtual wind chimes are just two of the artworks on display at MediaCityUK from 17 January as part of an exhibition showcasing the talents of creative technology students at the University of Salford.

When the BBC needed 50 volunteers to produce a high-tech Christmas tree on The One Show, they didn’t have far to go – in fact just next door to us at the University of Salford!

Three internationally-renowned artists will invite the public to explore the crossover between art and technology when they launch a radical digital media showcase at the University of Salford this week.

Life President of Tomb Raider developer Eidos Interactive and founder of wargaming retailer Games Workshop, Ian Livingstone OBE, will give his insight into the future of the computer games industry at a special event at MediaCityUK this week.

Creationism, industrial dystopia and electronic voice phenomenon – believed by some to be voices of the dead – are just some of the themes explored in a series of events celebrating animation and gaming at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK building.

The University of Salford has signed a partnership agreement with the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service which, it is hoped, will lead to the development of projects such as, ground breaking virtual reality incident training and the provision of health and well being services for firefighters.