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Salford è il centro storico, popolato da 72 750 abitanti, della Città di Salford nella contea della Greater Manchester, in Inghilterra . È sede della diocesi di Salford della Chiesa cattolica, che copre l'area metropolitana di Manchester.
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La città di Salford (in inglese City of Salford) è un borgo...
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Salford (/ s ɔː l f ər d / SAWL-fərd) is a city in Greater Manchester, England. The city is situated in a meander on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester and its city centre. Landmarks in the city include the old town hall, cathedral and St Philips Church.
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Salford (/ ˈ s ɒ l f ər d / SOL-fərd), also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England. The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford, but covers a larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Pendlebury.
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Origins of the Royal Technical Institute
The university's origins can be traced to the opening in 1896 of the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, a merger of Salford Working Men's College (founded in 1858) and Pendleton Mechanics' Institute (founded in 1850). The Royal Technical Institute received royal letters after the then-Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary) officiated at its opening ceremony, an event commemorated in the university's Redbrick Peel Buildingand which allowed 'Royal' to be appended to the...
Royal College of Advanced Technology
The Royal Technical College became a CAT in 1956, and became known as the Royal College of Advanced Technology. In 1963, the government completed an inquiry into the state of higher education in the United Kingdom and produced the Robbins Report, which paved the way for the Royal College of Advanced Technology (and other Colleges of Advanced Technology) to assume university status by Royal Charter.
University status
The Royal College of Advanced Technology became the University of Salford on 10 February 1967, when Queen Elizabeth II handed over the institution's Royal Charter. A multistorey chemistry tower was built in the 1960s between the Peel Building and the Salford Library, Museum and Art Gallery, but it was pulled down in the 1980s due to the damage it was causing to the foundations of these nearby buildings. The first Vice-Chancellor was Clifford Whitworth, after whom the university's main library...
The main Peel Park campus is less than 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) from Manchester city centre on the banks of the River Irwell, adjacent to Peel Park, possibly the first public park in the world, which opened on 22 August 1846. A former president of the Students' Union described Salford in 2007 as "a relaxed campus close to Manchester, but cheaper ...
Chancellors
1. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh(1967–1991) 2. Sarah, Duchess of York(1992–1995) 3. Sir Walter Bodmer(1995–2006) 4. Sir Martin Harris(2007–2009) 5. Irene Zubaida Khan(2009–2014) 6. Jackie Kay(2014–present)
Vice-Chancellors
1. Clifford Whitworth (1967–74) 2. John Harold Horlock(1974–81) 3. Sir John Michael Ashworth(1981–89) 4. Thomas Mutrie Husband(1990–97) 5. Michael Harloe(1997–2009) 6. Martin Hall(2009–14) 7. Helen Marshall (2015–present)
Research and development centres
The United National Institute for Prosthetics and Orthotics Development is located in the university's Prosthetics and Orthotics division of its School of Health, Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences. It is the only prosthetics and orthotics higher education provider in England.[citation needed] The KidsCan Children's Cancer Research Centre is in the university's John Armstrong Welsh Laboratories at the Centre for Biochemistry, Drug Design and Cancer Research.It was established in 2002 to develo...
The university was organised into seven schools: 1. School of Arts and Media 2. Salford Business School 3. School of Health Sciences 4. School of Health and Society 4.1. NB — The university's Schools of Health Sciences and Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and Social Sciences have strong links with teaching NHS hospitals in the north-west of England ...
University House on the Peel Park Campus is home to the University of Salford Students' Union (USSU). As well as representing students, the union plays host to a number of services, including shops and a bar. The Two Cities Boat Race is an annual boat race that has been running since 1972. It is now an established event in the sporting and social c...
At Salford there is still a difference in the degrees obtained by White students and those obtained by BAME students. The reported gap for 2017/2018 for first and 2.1 class degree level is 15% between white and BAME students as published in a university report. The students' union believe that the Black attainment gap is a result of institutional a...
L'Università di Salford (nome ufficiale: University of Salford Manchester) è un'università pubblica britannica situata nella città di Salford, nel nord-ovest dell'Inghilterra, fondata nel 1967. Il campus principale dell'università, situato lungo le rive del fiume Irwell , si trova a circa 1,5 miglia dal centro di Manchester ...
Salford, city and metropolitan borough in the west-central part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It lies immediately west of the city of Manchester. Flemish weavers first settled in Salford about 1360, and it became an important.
