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11 unusual facts about University of Salford


Anglo-Saxon Attitudes

Anglo-Saxon Attitudes was also the name of an historical conference "in pursuit of the English" to define the evolution of the English "cultural self-image" held at the University of Salford on 9–11 July 1999.

Eddie Colman

An accommodation building at the University of Salford is named after him – the Eddie Colman Court is a block of flats located near the main campus.

Heinz Klein

In his last years he was Invited Chair at Salford Business School, University of Salford, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Management of the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Jodie Broughton

Broughton is unusual in that he also holds a part-time job with Wates Construction, as a trainee quantity surveyor based on a building site in Doncaster and is also studying part-time for a degree at the University of Salford.

Licentiate Diploma in Brass Band Adjudication

The Licentiate Diploma in Brass Band Adjudication (LDDBA) is awarded by the University of Salford.

Ludic interface

The programme development is a joint project by the University of Potsdam, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung in Linz, and by the University of Salford in Greater Manchester.

Salford Symphony Orchestra

Concerts are given four times a year, usually in the Peel Hall of the University of Salford, sometimes with professional soloists.

Selorm Kuadey

Kuadey graduated with a 1st class honours degree in human biology and infectious diseases at the University of Salford.

Silverfrost FTN95

FTN95 was developed by Salford Software Limited, a company owned by University of Salford, and is the successor to their Fortran 77 compiler FTN77.

Su Maozhen

In 2006, he graduated from Salford Business School, University of Salford in the United Kingdom, having completed a Masters degree in Management.

Vomiting

Professor Cox of the University of Salford's Acoustic Research Centre said that "We are pre-programmed to be repulsed by horrible things such as vomiting, as it is fundamental to staying alive to avoid nasty stuff."


Manchester High School for Girls

Julia Bodmer, nee Pilkington, Manchester High School pupil: 1945 - 1953, discovered the details of the Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) with genetic differences causing transplant rejection, and was married to Sir Walter Bodmer, who was the first Professor of Genetics at the University of Oxford, Chancellor of the University of Salford from 1995 to 2005 and Principal from 1996 to 2005 of Hertford College, Oxford

Stephen Hodder

In 1995, Hodder Associates won the Grand Prize at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and in 1996 he was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Centenary Building, University of Salford.