Wheeler Campus Overview
Wheeler offers specialist vocational courses with excellent facilities in health, medicine, law, and policing, located in the heart of Chester’s legal quarter.
Explore Wheeler
- Wheeler provides extensive hands-on learning opportunities across specialist vocational courses in health, medicine, law, and policing.
- Situated overlooking the River Dee, the campus is in Chester’s vibrant city centre, just a 20-minute walk from Exton Park.
- The building houses key University schools including:
- Chester Medical School
- School of Law and Social Justice
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
Facilities and Learning Environment
- Features a 192-seat lecture theatre and multiple technologically equipped teaching spaces.
- On-site library includes comprehensive collections in education, health, and law, including access to the Oxford University Press Law Trove online resources.
- Law students can also access additional print materials at the Seaborne Library, Exton Park, with a click-and-collect service from Wheeler Library.
- Wheeler’s café offers hot and cold drinks, snacks, and meals.
- Student common room overlooks the River Dee and provides a comfortable space for dining and socialising, complemented by vending machines.
- The campus benefits from close proximity to the River Dee and Chester’s historic city centre, providing opportunities for relaxation and recreation.
School Highlights
Chester Medical School
- Home to the Graduate Entry Medicine course and various postgraduate medicine programs, including Neurodevelopmental Conditions.
- Provides access to advanced clinical skills and simulation facilities.
- Clinical placements are offered through NHS partners, hospital trusts, community care, and GP practices.
School of Law and Social Justice
- Located adjacent to Chester Crown Court, Magistrates’ Court, and close to local legal firms and barristers’ chambers.
- Features a moot courtroom for students to practice legal debating, mooting, and courtroom presentations, providing a realistic professional experience.
School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Equipped with a new simulation suite replicating a range of healthcare settings, including community clinics, triage areas, maternity wards, children’s wards, and general wards.
- Utilises patient simulators and virtual reality technology to enhance practical learning.
- Collaborates closely with NHS Trusts and Local Authorities in the North West region.