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MITIGATING THE THREAT OF COVID-19 IN UGANDA The School of Science, Engineering and Environment was awarded more than £500,000 to address the threat of Covid-19 in Uganda. The project is being funded by UK Research and Innovation through the UK Government’s Global Challenges Research Fund and the Newton Fund. The 18-month project is aimed at developing solutions to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 for some of the world’s most disadvantaged people. Our Chair in Biomedicine, Professor Richard Birtles said ‘We will be sharing the knowledge and experience gained by Covid-19 laboratories in the UK with Ugandan microbiologists to accelerate reliable testing in the country. This is important not only to help their national pandemic control efforts, but also to support exploration of the disease’s epidemiology.’
SOUTH AFRICAN MODERNISM: 1880-2020 African artists and writers are rarely associated with modernism. It is traditionally thought of as a Euro-American artistic movement spanning roughly the period 1890-1939. When Africa is discussed in relation to modernism, it is always assigned an outsider position. African art and sculpture is therefore either seen as “primitive” inspiration for key modernist figures such as Pablo Picasso, Roger Fry and Virginia Woolf; or otherwise African artists and writers are described as ‘late modernists’ or imitators of Euro-American forms. This research project from the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology aims to challenge these long-held beliefs about the relationship between Africa and modernism through a specific case study on South Africa. The project is being funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
RESEARCH CENTRES Research at the University is carried out within nine centres: / Centre for Social and Health Research (CSHR) / Centre for Urban Processes, Resilient Infrastructures and Sustainable (Built) Environments (UPRISE) / Salford Innovation Research Centre (SIRC)
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH QUALIFICATIONS Choose from a traditional PhD, a professional doctorate, PhD by published works, MPhil or MRes. You can study fulltime, part-time, online or split-site (studying at the University and in another country). You may also have the opportunity to spend part of your research time studying abroad.
/ Centre for Health Sciences Research (CHSR) / Salford Business School Research (SBSR) / Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) / Arts, Media and Communications Research Centre (AMC) / Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre (EERC) Visit salford.ac.uk/research/research-centres for information about each centre and their specialisms.
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