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The University of Salford is a public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) west of Manchester city centre.The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status in 1967, following the Robbins Report into higher education.
Lark Hill Place, a re-creation of a Victorian street inside Salford Museum. Lark Hill Place, an exhibit on the ground floor, is a re-creation of a typical Victorian street, built using shop fronts that were saved and restored in 1957 when many shops and houses in central Salford were being demolished to make way for new developments.
Originally the home for Salford Royal Technical Institute it was opened by the then Duke and Duchess of York (latterly George V and Queen Mary) in 1896.The building was renamed Peel Building in 1967 as the Royal College of Advanced Technology (as it had evolved into) was granted university status.
Peel Park is a public urban park in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, located on the flood plain of the River Irwell below Salford Crescent and adjacent to the University of Salford. It was the first of three public parks to be opened on 22 August 1846, for the people of Manchester and Salford, paid for by public subscription.
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The University of Salford has over 19,000 students, [141] and was ranked 81st in the UK by The Times newspaper. In 2007, the university received nearly 17,000 applications for 3,660 places, and the drop-out rate from the university was 25%.
Salford City Council agreed to support the library and, in 1987, gave the WCML, and the Frows, a new home in a former nurses' home, Jubilee House, situated near the University of Salford. Designed and constructed in 1897 by Henry Lord (who also built the Peel Building opposite) it was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee.
The Centenary Building is a building at the University of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It was designed by the architect Stephen Hodder , completed in December 1995, and opened in 1996 . The building won the RIBA Award and inaugural Stirling Prize in 1996, [ 1 ] as well as the Civic Trust Award in 1998.