| LC control no. | nb2005017467 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | University of Chester |
| See also | University College Chester |
| Beginning date | 2005 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | Warrington (England) |
| Located | Chester (England) |
| Field of activity | Education, Higher |
| Found in | The University of Chester, 1839-2005, 2005: p.40 (University College Chester became University of Chester, 2005) White, Graeme J. On Chester on: a history of Chester College and the University of Chester, 2014: p.270 (the last weekend of September 2005 is regarded as the occasion of the new University's formal inauguration) p.272 (there were some departmental changes in time for Sept. 2005, with Geography becoming 'Geography & Development Studies' and History 'History & Archaeology') Wikipedia, viewed 2 Dec. 2014 (University of Chester; a public university in the city of Chester, England; based on three campuses in Chester and one in Warrington; founded as Chester Diocesan Training College in 1839 by local leading figures in the Church of England; in 1921, it formally became an affiliated college of the University of Liverpool; in 1963 it became Chester College of Education when the UK government renamed teacher training colleges to colleges of education; in 1974, the number of courses was expanded beyond teacher education and the College was renamed Chester College of Higher Education; by 1996, it called itself University College Chester; however, the government changed the requirements for university colleges in 1999 to include only those that had their own degree-awarding powers and so it reverted to the title Chester College of Higher Education, though 'Chester, a College of the University of Liverpool' was frequently used in publicity material; in 2003 it was granted its own degree-awarding powers, and became known as University College Chester once again; in 2005, it was awarded full university status and became the University of Chester) |
| Associated language | eng |
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