The Manchester Merchant Who Wired up... Few people know it, but the man who financed the first telegraph across the Atlantic, and founded telecoms giant Cable and Wireles... Salford's New VC is SA In a press statement which was released today, it was revealed that Salford University's new Vice Chancellor is Prof Martin Hall, ... Language Skills for Top Secret Interpreters A lecturer from the University of Salford’s School of Languages has been running courses in French and interpreting for staff from... School Tests for 14-year-olds Scrapped The schools secretary has announced that he is scrapping SATs tests for 14-year-olds. Salford Health Dean Makes Powerlist 2008 Salford University’s Dean of Health & Social Care was personally congratulated by Gordon Brown last night as she joined personalit... Salford Schools to be Advised to... Schools are to be given advice on how to prevent pupils being drawn into violent extremism.
A-Levels Are Anti-Education, Say Government A-Levels force pupils to “regurgitate knowledge” and “strangle scholarship”, says Sir Mike Tomlinson, who led the government’s rec... Committee Warns on Diploma Teaching A number of the groups charged with delivering the government’s flagship Diplomas for 14- to 19-year-olds are unprepared, accordin... Salford J-Course Launched by BBC Salford's new BA Hons Journalism course has been opened by the BBC's Director of News, Helen Boaden. Boaden has held the top BBC n... Salford Schoolchildren to Have Success All... Ordnance Survey is giving away 'Free-Maps-for-11-year-olds' to encourage children to get out and discover the world around them, O... Ofsted Warns Over Health and Safety The government has launched a £4.5m initiative to encourage education outside the classroom as Ofsted warned that pupils were miss... Fire Tornado to Launch Science Festival... A fire tornado will be lit today to launch the new programme for this year’s Manchester Science Festival, which is led by MOSI (Mu... Health and Safety Executive (North West)... Health and Safety Executive (HSE) chiefs are warning students in Greater Manchester to be aware of flu-like symptoms that might be... Olympic Hopefuls Come to Salford University Two London 2012 medal hopefuls have attended the University of Salford’s Human Performance Lab to kick-start their four-year train... Sir David Attenborough to visit Salford... World-famous broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough will be speaking to students, staff and invited guests at Salford ... |
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