November 2013

Getting ready for a happy New Year

Salford student accommodation provider Portergate is getting ready to welcome a new set of students when they start their courses in the New Year.

While the academic year for many students is now well underway, the University of Salford offers flexible start dates with the opportunity to start on some courses early in 2014.

They include a number of nursing and health courses. Details of all the subjects and when they begin are available on the university’s website www.salford.ac.uk

Students starting their university life after Christmas will be sure of a great welcome at Portergate’s Riverside House.

The new student accommodation, within walking distance of the University of Salford, has already attracted undergraduates from across the globe looking for the kind of boutique hotel facilities it has created.

Students are being attracted to Riverside by the modern, secure facilities provided at the purpose-built development which offers 242 high-quality, en-suite bedrooms.

Portergate’s accommodation has been designed to the standards modern students – and their parents – now demand.

Every apartment at Riverside House offers:

Fully-furnished living space
Fitted kitchen complete with appliances
Fully-furnished bedrooms
Broadband internet included in the rent
Portergate has new student accommodation projects in the North West worth more than £20 million and has more than 500 en-suite bedrooms built, on site or with planning permission.

Media spotlight focuses on Salford

An impressive line-up of media heavyweights will descend on Salford later this month, providing food for thought for undergraduates living at student accommodation provider Portergate’s Riverside House.
The University of Salford is playing host to media figures ranging from writer and executive producer of The Simpsons Josh Weinstein to Scottish Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop.
They are keynote speakers at the Salford Media Festival, which this year celebrates two decades as one of the UK’s leading industry events.
Channel 4’s Director of Creative Diversity Stuart Cosgrove will also be among the main speakers at the festival which runs from November 19-22 at the university’s MediaCityUK campus.
Formerly the Nations and Regions Media Conference, the festival is organised by the University– in collaboration with partners including the BBC, ITV, RTS and Creative England.
The changing face of UK local, regional and national media will be discussed in key sessions at the festival, which is aimed at content creators, producers, broadcasters, policymakers, media academics and students.
Josh Weinstein will talk to broadcaster and legendary Manchester band Inspiral Carpets keyboard player, Clint Boon, about his career and why Manchester is a place of special significance for him.
And Stuart Cosgrove will reflect on the key landmarks in the development of media in the nations and regions over the last 20 years.
Fiona Hyslop will use her talk to put forward her vision of the future of media in an independent Scotland.
Other contributors include John Whiston, who is creative director of serial dramas at ITV Studios and BBC Children’s director Joe Godwin, as well as BBC 5Live Breakfast Editor Gill Farrington.
Events on the last two days will primarily cater for students and young people looking to make their way in the media sector.
Professor Seamus Simpson, Festival Content Director, told the university’s website: “We aim to establish Salford Media Festival as one of the key events of its kind taking place outside London. It will showcase new perspectives and work at the leading edge of the media sector and has an international, as well as a UK, focus.
“There will be opportunities to hear about the latest trends and issues affecting the media sector and to network with a range of professionals passionate about the shape and future evolution of media in all its forms.”
For further information, and to book a delegate’s place, visit the Festival website at www.salfordmediafestival.co.uk
Salford student accommodation provider Portergate has opened its Riverside House student accommodation, within walking distance of the University of Salford.
It has already attracted undergraduates from across the globe looking for the kind of boutique hotel facilities it has created.
And with the university’s January intake fast approaching there is even more interest in the modern, secure facilities provided at the purpose-built development which offers 242 high-quality, en-suite bedrooms.
Portergate has new student accommodation projects in the North West worth more than £20 million and has more than 500 en-suite bedrooms built, on site or with planning permission.

Rising interest in high quality student accommodation

A new report by property expert Knight Frank highlights the growing demand for the deluxe offering created by Salford student accommodation provider Portergate.

Its new Riverside House student accommodation, within walking distance of the University of Salford, has already attracted undergraduates from across the globe looking for the kind of boutique hotel facilities it has created.

And with the university’s January intake fast approaching there is even more interest in the modern, secure facilities provided at the purpose-built development which offers 242 high-quality, en-suite bedrooms.

The Knight Frank report reveals that there will be a growing need for the kind of accommodation that Portergate provides at Salford, and at its other planned projects across the North of England.

Knight Frank is projecting that domestic and overseas student acceptances will increase over the next five years.

In its report it says: “We anticipate that the rise in September 2014 will be in excess of 3%.”

The report focuses on the market for “purpose-built student accommodation” and expects demand to be underpinned by the rising global popularity of Britain as a place to study.

It is a trend already seen by Portergate, whose accommodation has been designed to the standards modern students – and their parents – now demand.

And it is why it has seen growing interest from overseas students since opening in time for the current university term.

That interest continues to increase as students looking to start courses at Salford in the new year come to appreciate what Portergate can offer them.

Every apartment at Riverside House offers:

Fully-furnished living space
Fitted kitchen complete with appliances
Fully-furnished bedrooms
Broadband internet included in the rent
Portergate has new student accommodation projects in the North West worth more than £20 million and has more than 500 en-suite bedrooms built, on site or with planning permission.