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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.
L. S. Lowry: artist, studied at the Salford Royal Technical College, was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in 1975; Karl Lucas: comedian, writer, actor; Jason Manford: Manchester comedian and Perrier nominee; Sarfraz Manzoor: writer, journalist and documentary maker; Conor McNamara: football commentator for the BBC
Salford (/ ˈ s ɒ l f ər d / SOL-fərd) is a city in Greater Manchester, England, [2] [3] situated on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks in the city include the former town hall, Salford Cathedral, Salford Lads' Club and St Philip's Church. In 2021 it had a population of 129,794.
Salford Business School is located 3 km west of Manchester city centre in the Maxwell Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford. As a business school it offers business management courses, [1] business services [2] and business focused research. [3] It is one of the university's four constituent schools.
The settlement of Salford had anciently been administered as a township within the parish of Manchester, which in turn formed part of the Salford Hundred. [3] Around 1230 the settlement was given a charter by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, who was the lord of the manor at the time, making it a seigneurial borough with a limited degree of self-government. [4]
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.
This list of Salford Red Devils coaches details the records and achievements of coaches at the club. Salford Red Devils Rugby League Football Club currently play in the Super League, a rugby league football competition. Known as Salford Rugby League until 1996 when they became Salford Reds and from 1999 to 2013 they were known as Salford City Reds.
Salford (/ ˈ s ɒ l f ər d / SOL-fərd), [5] 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 . [ 6 ]