University of Salford: School of the Built Environment Employers Document

COLLABORATE WITH US

The School of the Built Environment has always been our destination of choice to source employees; graduates are of the highest calibre.

Anthony Dillon, Managing Director Construction (North Wales and North), Wilmott Dixon

WORKING TOGETHER FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN FUTURES At the forefront of built environment research for more than 20 years, the School of the Built Environment (SoBE) at Salford is a rich community of academic experts, ambitious students and thriving industry partners. Ranked amongst the world’s top universities for architecture and built environment teaching, we combine outstanding facilities, innovative programmes and collaborative research, to create highly-sought work-ready graduates.

Since our inception, we have strived to transform society’s quality of life by shaping and promoting a sustainable built environment. But we don’t do this alone. Through our pioneering Industry Collaboration Zones (ICZs), we are fusing traditional architecture, building and construction disciplines with technological innovation and insight to provide realworld solutions to help you stay ahead in a challenging operating environment.

We can help you build a holistic, solution-focused pathway. Draw on our academic expertise and world-class facilities. Connect with our student talent and find your future colleagues. Let our researchers lead you to innovations that can transform your business. We are growing our local, regional, national and international collaborative networks, so why not explore how you get involved?

We look forward to working with you.

Hisham Elkadi Dean for School of the Built Environment

EXPAND WITH US We nurture graduates so they have the right skills and real-world experience. Our industry-shaped programmes give every built environment student advanced knowledge and practical application to ensure they are workforce-ready. The result is one of the highest employability rates in higher education.

FILL YOUR VACANCIES Why not give our students and graduates a taste of the real built environment? Placements are a great way to trial a recruit before offering permanent employment or to address a short term skills gap. Our free vacancy service can promote your openings to thousands of enthusiastic, highly-skilled graduates and alumni.

TAP INTO OUR TALENT You can meet your future colleagues by attending our popular built environment fair, held on campus every October. You can also visit our student architecture exhibition, held every May/June, and see fresh ideas from the next generation.

SHARE YOUR PROJECT Every built environment course includes site visits, live briefs and competitions, so why not let our students work on your latest project?

This progressive learning approach ensures they gain invaluable industry experience and you get fresh perspectives on your plans.

BUILD WITH US Located at the heart of Greater Manchester, we are proud of our industrial past but excited about our region’s future too. We are actively working at a senior level with policymakers in the devolution arena. Our ICZ strategy is aligned to target identified areas of skills and knowledge shortage locally, and across the UK.

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE Join our industry advisory groups and help us to shape our research and teaching so that we remain industry relevant and our graduates are workforce-ready. We encourage guest lectures and demonstrations from industry partners keen to share their built environment insight with our students.

DEVELOP YOUR WORKFORCE Via our innovative three-year day-release degrees, which feature multiple entry points, we can flexibly expedite your workforce training in a wide range of construction disciplines. We also offer a number of apprenticeship degrees to facilitate your access to levy funding.

ADVANCE YOUR SKILLSET As an experienced training delivery partner to leading organisations in built environment skillsets such as BIM and Lean Construction, we can tailor a training programme around your area of need. You can also hire our state-of-the-art facilities to support your business operations.

Over the last three years, Highways England has worked collaboratively with academia, in particular the University of Salford, in the development and implementation of lean tools and techniques in construction. This collaboration has projected us to the cutting-edge of progressive infrastructure development.

Lucia Fullalove, Highways England

DISCOVER WITH US Having led built environment research in the UK for over 20 years, we want to continue pushing the boundaries of knowledge. We do this with you. Our community of experts and researchers can provide new ways of thinking, carry out business diagnostics, and develop solutions to help achieve operational agility and deliver future business growth.

SPONSOR RESEARCH With one of the largest PhD student cohorts in the discipline, many of our graduates are already making a significant impact in industry and academic research. We welcome sponsored masters and PhD student projects for challenging, one to three-year projects built to bring your business results.

SECURE RESEARCH FUNDING Do you have a research proposal? We actively engage in research and development with company partners, and often jointly apply for funding from government grant awarding bodies, including Innovate UK, Research Councils UK, Charitable Trusts and the EU Commission.

EMBED NEW INNOVATIONS Do you have an innovation but need access to expertise to successfully implement it? Through our Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, we deliver two to three-year research and development projects scoped around your opportunity. We can also help to embed the new capability into your business.

SHARE OUR WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES THINKLAB THINKlab provides sophisticated conditions for innovation and envisioning. Harnessing advanced technology platforms for smart city applications, collaborative engineering, serious gaming, interactive learning and training environments, this facility provides the perfect setting for multi-agency engagement.

Find out more: www.salford.ac.uk/thinklab

ENERGY HOUSE Energy House is the only fully climatecontrolled 2-bed terraced research facility in the world. Packed with an array of sensors, this unique facility can monitor a range of variables in differing weather conditions.

Find out more: www.salford.ac.uk/energy-house

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