The UK Open Access Implementation Group (OAIG), chaired by University of Salford Vice-Chancellor Professor Martin Hall, has released a report detailing the significant risks to industry and the national economy of a lack of access to research findings.

In today’s harsh economic climate many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can boost their business by exploiting their history and traditions, according to the findings of a European research study led by the University of Salford’s Business School.

A University of Salford academic is calling for more public access to the state of dams in Germany after his quick assessment toolkit uncovered several at a comparatively high risk of failure.

A University of Salford academic is calling for more public access to the state of dams in Germany after his quick assessment toolkit uncovered several at a comparatively high risk of failure.

The University of Salford is to manage a huge archaeology project that will see digs in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester as well as Blackburn over the next four and a half years.

The University of Salford’s Energy House – a terraced house built inside an environmentally controlled chamber – has been named the top Research and Development initiative at the prestigious Green Gown Awards.

Experts from charities, schools, local authorities and academia all gathered at the University of Salford last week to discuss the best approaches to tackling cyber-bullying – a problem suffered by over a third of school children.

Twenty years’ worth of studies into the rates of parasitic infection among pregnant women have found that women in the West are far more likely than their Chinese counterparts to carry organisms which have been linked to miscarriages and infant physical and mental damage.

A research team from the University of Salford is to work with the London Symphony Orchestra and IWM (Imperial War Museums) on innovative mobile marketing and social media projects which have secured more than £200,000-worth of grants from a major arts development fund.

A research team from the University of Salford is to work with the London Symphony Orchestra and IWM (Imperial War Museums) on innovative mobile marketing and social media projects which have secured more than £200,000-worth of grants from a major arts development fund.

The Duke of Gloucester visited the University of Salford’s cutting-edge research facilities yesterday (17 November), to see how the latest knowledge is being applied to our urban environment.

An innovative leadership course aimed at people working in the creative and digital industries is being launched by the University of Salford at its new MediaCityUK facility.

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, today (26 October) opened the University of Salford’s newest research centre for energy and public policy – the newly renovated and historic Joule House.

An increased focus by government on tackling exploitative employers and bridging visas for victims are two of the key recommendations of a newly-published paper into forced labour written by academics from The University of Salford and The University of Leeds and commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

A giant steel sculpture that sings with the wind will be at MediaCityUK between Saturday, 22 October and Monday, 14 November as part of the Manchester Science Festival.