WORK by a professor from Lymm has helped the University of Salford gain national credit.
The Government’s Research Assessment Exercise has rated its research in architecture and the built environment the 
best in the country, thanks in part to the work of Professor Peter Brandon (pictured).
The assessment, which rates every university in the UK to decide funding for the next seven years, found that 90 per cent of Salford’s research in the two areas was of international standard. Twentyfive per cent was classed as world leading.
Professor Brandon, who has lived in Lymm for 20 years, has been a leader of the School of the Built Environment as well as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research during his time at the university.
He is currently director of the university’s ThinkLab which is exploring the way in which new information and communication technologies are changing the way we think and behave.
During the past few years Salford’s research in this field has led to an agreement to revolutionise the Malaysian building sector, a game to teach children about building processes, and a plan to help countries rebuild after disasters such as a tsunami.
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