Six budding student scriptwriters from the University of Salford have won the chance to see their work performed at a special showcase on Wednesday 21 March thanks to a joint project from the University and the BBC celebrating the opening of MediaCityUK.

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh will officially open the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK building on Friday 23 March.

The MediaCityUK campus of the University of Salford has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 British Council for Offices Awards. The awards provide public recognition for top quality design and functionality and are a benchmark for excellence in workplaces.

BT has joined other leading international communications and technology organisations and universities, including the University of Salford, to drive forward research into and development of new technologies and practices to benefit the digital creative media industry and the community, through membership of the Framework for Innovation & Research in MediaCityUK (FIRM).

From text messages to turnpikes, and from Morse code to mass media, the full range of communications will be explored at a public conference on 3 March as part of Manchester Histories Festival.

Leading figures from the world of broadcasting will debate the future of sport in the media on Tuesday 13 March when the influential Nations and Regions Media Conference hosts a special panel discussion in Salford.

The communications regulator Ofcom is to host a consultation session exploring local television licensing alongside this year’s influential Nations & Regions Media Conference in Salford.

The communications regulator Ofcom is to host a consultation session exploring local television licensing alongside this year’s influential Nations & Regions Media Conference in Salford.

Leading figures from the worlds of sport and media will debate the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues in sports journalism when the University of Salford launches its annual celebration of LGBT History Month on Thursday 2 February at its MediaCityUK building.

A social media marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO) course run by Salford Business School has now come to the University of Salford’s new state-of-the-art facility at MediaCityUK.