Submitting Institution: Salford (University of)

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Addressing Roma, Gypsy and Traveller exclusion

Summary of the impact

Addressing Roma, Gypsy and Traveller exclusion is focused on working in partnership with local authorities and Gypsy and Traveller communities to support improvements in the development of infrastructure to enhance wellbeing and quality of life for migrant and mobile groups, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Supporting Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities in enhancing their agency in respect of their accommodation and related needs;
  • Engaging stakeholders and communities to co-develop mutual understanding;
  • Developing the collaborative capacity of researchers to work with Roma, Gypsy and Traveller communities;
  • Supporting public sector, private sector and third sector to address Roma, Gypsy and Traveller exclusion;
  • Reducing exclusion, improving community cohesion and improving life chances.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration, Sociology

A player performance index for Professional Football

Summary of the impact

Salford Business School researchers were commissioned by PA Sport, the sports division of the Press Association, the Football Association Premier League (FA), and FootballDataCo, which handles the rights to football data for the FA, to develop the quantitative analysis and models for an objective index of football player performance. The official player ratings system of the English Premiership, Championship and the Scottish Premiership and first of its kind:

  • The EA Sports Player Performance Index (previously ACTIM) analyses player contributions to match outcomes;
  • The Index informs squad selection, supports the refinement of team performance and Index statistics are presented worldwide, in print, online, and on television, and;
  • The index is used in football gaming software and the English Premiership's official application for the Fantasy Football League, engaging fans across the world with quantitative analysis and generating statistics driven debate through connecting with their passion.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Business and Management Studies

Summary Impact Type

Economic

Research Subject Area(s)

Mathematical Sciences: Statistics
Economics: Applied Economics

Applied Acoustics in the built environment and its broader uptake

Summary of the impact

Applied acoustics in the built environment and its broader uptake is focused on the development and commercial adoption of techniques and technologies resulting from research in applied acoustics, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Developing standard methodologies in the areas of Rain Noise, Building Envelope design, Low Frequency Noise, Structure-borne Sound, Surface Acoustic Diffusion and Multi-porous materials;
  • The adoption of standard practice in local and national government bodies in the UK and internationally, in test houses, the construction industry, consultancies and extending into automotive and aerospace industries;
  • Commercial application of technologies deriving from the research in reducing environmental noise, improving environmental and performance acoustics, bringing economic and environmental benefit.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Engineering: Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition (APCVD)

Summary of the impact

Research in atmospheric pressure (thermal) chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) at the University of Salford demonstrates the following impact:

  • Developing new concepts in the field of APCVD for application in the environmental, construction, healthcare and biotechnology sectors, resulting in commercially viable processes and products;
  • Commercialising the technology via a spin out company; CVD Technologies Ltd., offering an innovative, integrated and client focused approach to exploiting the technology for its wide application;
  • Achieving related patents and developing strategic licensing agreements, allowing major international companies to use CVD Technologies Ltd. technology;
  • Generating economic and related social benefits, internationally.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials

Summary Impact Type

Technological

Research Subject Area(s)

Physical Sciences: Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Chemical Sciences: Analytical Chemistry
Engineering: Materials Engineering

Brass Band Research at the University of Salford

Summary of the impact

The brass band sector embodies a unique cultural, community and industrial history, and the sector continues to thrive. University of Salford researchers have informed this development, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Supporting the development of brass band cultures internationally, from the UK to the US, from Scandinavia to Australia, developing opportunities for amateur musicians to participate in professional standard and creatively challenging music-making;
    • Promoting inclusion and personal and community aspiration:
  • Enhancing the repertoire of brass bands by bringing contemporary "concert hall" techniques to amateur music making, setting competition standards to which brass bands aspire, and:
  • Supporting practitioners to assume world leading roles in the field and integrate new research methods into their creative practice;
    • Bringing associated economic benefit to the industries which support the movement and the communities which practice.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Psychology
Studies In Creative Arts and Writing: Film, Television and Digital Media, Performing Arts and Creative Writing

Cancer Research

Summary of the impact

Cancer research at the University of Salford focuses on developing new and improved treatments for cancer, particularly for children with cancer, demonstrating the following impact:

  • The development of RH1, a novel anticancer drug and a second generation novel agent, Es5, arising from RH1;
  • Participation in clinical studies in paediatric and adult cancers with North West, UK and international partners in the health, charitable and commercial sectors to trial and develop the technologies;
  • The establishment of spin-out company, Onco-NX to develop and exploit the technologies and IP arising from the research;
  • The establishment of Kidscan, a University-based registered charity to support research into new and improved treatments for children with cancer and generating dedicated support for and commitment to cancer research among North West UK communities.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Biological Sciences

Summary Impact Type

Health

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Immunology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Centre for Disaster Resilience: The development of a disaster resilient built environment

Summary of the impact

The Centre for Disaster Resilience's (CDR) research is leading to a reduction in the vulnerability of communities world-wide to the threat posed by hazards of natural and human origin, demonstrating the following impact;

  • Better-informed and more socially inclusive public policy-making and implementation in the development of a disaster resilient built environment;
  • Shaping a global United Nations campaign;
  • Contributing exponentially to the development of resources to enhance professional practice in the humanitarian sector, including post-disaster reconstruction programmes in Sri Lanka, and;
  • Leading the development of new partnerships in Europe and Southern Asia.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Summary Impact Type

Political

Research Subject Area(s)

Medical and Health Sciences: Public Health and Health Services
Studies In Human Society: Policy and Administration, Sociology

Collaborative Visualisation

Summary of the impact

Collaborative visualisation at the University of Salford focuses on how people communicate through and around shared simulation, whether co-located or telepresent in remote collaboration, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Developing information rich spaces and making the teamwork within them intelligible, flexible, productive and environmentally and economically advantageous for a range of organisational settings with a broad focus on;
    • Developing enhancements in distributed visualisation telepresent technology with the aim of offering environmental, economic and social benefit in reducing the need for travel, by supporting holistic non-verbal communication.
  • And significant impact through;
    • Establishing the implementation of exponentially enhanced co-located visualisation in the automobile industry by fitting visualisation to the diverse needs of design teams and bringing step changes in vehicle design processes, leading to significant economic growth in the industry, internationally.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Computer Science and Informatics

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Information and Computing Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Information Systems
Built Environment and Design: Design Practice and Management

Connecting creative communities, and social action: refiguring research processes

Summary of the impact

This case study focuses on community cultures and social movement activism, offering an understanding of participatory arts organisation and practice, and the history of radicalisation for new generations of activists, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Understanding the changing nature of communities in their historical and cultural contexts and the role of communities in sustaining and enhancing our quality of life;
  • Connecting communities with research, developing community-engaged research across a number of core themes, including:
    • Community creativity and participation;
    • Countercultures and protest groups;
    • Community environments, places and spaces such as festivals, and gardens;
  • Informing policy development in the areas of community participation and agency;
  • Informing social movement agendas and actions.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management 

Summary Impact Type

Societal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Creative Arts and Writing: Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies

Design Against Crime

Summary of the impact

The Design Against Crime research initiative provides leadership in the field of design-led, sustainable practice in crime prevention and community safety, demonstrating the following impact:

  • Supporting crime prevention and community safety in the UK and Europe, through action research partnerships with; police forces, voluntary sector organisations, planning authorities and local and national governments
  • Using innovative design thinking to develop models, methods and solutions for improving crime prevention and community safety, through partnership and creative engagement with stakeholders and end users
  • Shaping the European research agenda for design-led crime prevention through collaboration with key experts and practitioners.

Submitting Institution

University of Salford

Unit of Assessment

Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory

Summary Impact Type

Legal

Research Subject Area(s)

Studies In Human Society: Criminology
Studies In Creative Arts and Writing: Other Studies In Creative Arts and Writing
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