Environmentalist and broadcaster Chris Packham today planted the first tree in an arboretum trail at the University of Salford.

Jason Manford came home to the University of Salford yesterday (Wednesday 30 January) when he passed on advice and tips from his successful comedy and writing career to more than 50 performance students.

The School of Environment & Life Sciences is pleased to offer up to three, fully funded Graduate Teaching Studentships (GTS).

An archive of screen prints held in the University of Salford’s art collection has inspired students and some of Manchester’s most innovative illustrators and designers to create an exhibition of limited edition prints, paintings, postcards and other works in a disused space in Manchester city centre.

Today’s pest management industry in the UK is changing. Traditional divisions are disappearing. The services once offered by local authorities are increasingly shifting to the private sector and the role of local authorities may one day be restricted to serving enforcement notices.

Salford Graphic Design students have brought the walls of a new technology workspace in Manchester’s Northern Quarter to life with a range of murals celebrating the computer science and creative arts heritage of the city.

University of Salford academics are taking part in a key construction industry conference in India this week (30 January) covering the provision of low-cost housing which could help to solve the problem of poor quality accommodation and slum dwellings. An estimated 8.2 million households live in slum conditions in India and there is a backlog of around 26.5 million housing units which need to be built.

Archaeologists from the University of Salford are looking for volunteers to help them excavate buildings in Bolton which shed light on how workers and owners lived during the Industrial Revolution.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction have been a particular strength of the University’s School of the Built Environment for many years and at an international meeting held recently on campus, academics got together to demonstrate how these new techniques are revolutionising construction.

A scientist who has worked on projects such as digitising the content of the British Library has been appointed as the only UK-based executive committee member of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).

The University of Salford has been named as the lead research partner in a Europe-wide project to reduce discrimination against Roma and promote better integration of this marginalised group with the rest of society.

The University of Salford’s annual North West Regional Construction Awards are calling for submissions from the North West built environment sector looking to showcase their work to a regional and national audience.

Salford Law School will be holding postgraduate online open evenings on Wednesdays 27 February and 24 April 2013.

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.

Dr Bingu Ingirige, from the School of the Built Environment, was invited to speak at the European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS) conference in Brussels last month.