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Communications, cultural and media studies research at the University of Westminster has been shown to be world-leading following the announcement of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results.

Sally Feldman, dean of the Universitys School of Media, Arts and Design said: This is a fantastic result and a reflection of the excellent scholarship, research and practice that characterises our work here at Westminster.

A media studies department at a former polytechnic is among the top-rated academic centres in Britain in the latest official rankings of the quality of university research. Sixty per cent of the research published by the school of Media Arts and Design at Westminster University was rated as world-leading by the Research Assessment Exercise. The Times

Our media research was previously awarded an excellent (5 out of 5) rating in each of the three past Research Assessment Exercises, in 1992, 1996 and 2001.

The Research Centre has an international reputation for research in media, art and design.

The Centre contains two major research groups: