Team Salford

We are just over a mile away for Manchester city centre, that’s just a 15 minute walk or five-minutes if you hop on one of the buses which run every few minutes. If you’re travelling by train, Salford Crescent is perfectly placed with four trains to Manchester Piccadilly every hour.

If you are travelling to our MediaCityUK campus, you can show your student ID card on the bus to ride for free. Alternatively, if you’re commuting in by tram, there’s a Metrolink stop right outside our MediaCityUK campus.

On our campuses we have over 400 spaces for bicycles and there are a number of car parks for those travelling by car.

It’s so easy to commute with Salford being so close to the City Centre, just a ten minute journey from Manchester Piccadilly station and then a 2 minute walk to my lectures. Rachael Allison, BA (Hons) Journalism (Broadcast)

COMMON ROOMS

On campus we have loads of chill-out spaces and comfortable seating zones for our commuting students.

Our Common Rooms have everything you need to pass the time between lectures with solo and group study spaces, a lounge area with TV, kitchenette with microwaves and fridges, gender-neutral accessible toilets, lockers and even a pool table.

Kitchen area

Team Salford unites all sports teams at the University, with the aim of making exercise accessible and fun for everyone. So whether you’re a regular gym-goer or you’ve never even taken the tags off your trainers, we can help you find a sport or activity that suits you – you could even start your own club. SPORTS CENTRE

Our facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool with spa and sauna; five fitness suites, including strength, cardio and conditioning rooms, all containing the latest gym equipment supplied by our partners Matrix Fitness UK; and multi-use sports hall for badminton, basketball, netball and five-aside-football. Next to the Sports Centre we have two 11-a-side football pitches and a brand-new 3G pitch that can be used for a range of activities such as football, rugby league and union, ultimate frisbee, softball and much more.

We offer a range of fitness classes in our state-ofthe-art Studio Room, including Metafit, Zumba, yoga, pilates, studio cycling and the new and popular boogie bounce. We look to regularly refresh our timetable to bring you a variety of enjoyable classes at convenient times and to help you recover after your workouts, our health hub offer a range of discounted massage treatments. Located on Peel Park Campus, the Sports Centre is the perfect place to keep fit and healthy, relax, and make friends, right on your doorstep.

Our Sport Rehabilitation students offer free sports massages and injury treatment for Sports Centre members and sports team members during term times (this service is subject to availability and prebooking is essential). This is a unique student-led service, offering additional value to our memberships.

Sports Centre membership costs from as little as £13* per month, and offers fantastic value for money.

OUR PARTNERSHIPS

We’ve teamed up with a number of sports clubs and institutions from across the region to create opportunities for many of our students. Here are just a few examples:

Sale Sharks Rugby Club has a unique partnership with us, as their coaches study MSc and PhD courses in our School of Health and Society, whilst at the same time our students take on placements with them. We play a key part in pre- and post-season testing and management of the players alongside their medical staff, using our advanced research and testing facilities.

Thanks to our partnership with the Manchester Institute of Health and Performance (MIHP) our students now have the opportunity to treat patients within an elite facility. We have set up a public physiotherapy clinic at the Institute where students on our BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy course conduct sessions whilst being mentored and supported by highly experienced physiotherapists. The public benefits from discounted rates and the ability to be treated at this world class facility.

This clinic builds on our research partnership with MIHP which covers many areas of health and physical activity, including osteoarthritis and footwear interventions for patients who have had treatments to the knee.