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Tim Wheeler


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Timothy Wheeler DL (born 1950), is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester. He was Appointed Principal of University College Chester in 1998 and became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester in 2005.

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Education

He was educated at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where he studied as an undergraduate and subsequently gained a Doctorate in Psychology.

Appointments prior to Chester

Wheeler held lectureships in Psychology and Communications at Sheffield Hallam University in the 1970s, was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Human Studies at Dublin City University and, in 1985, Professor and Head of the School of Social Studies at the Robert Gordon University.

Combined with a period as Senior Visiting Research Scholar at St John's College, Oxford, he was Head of the Department of Communication and Media at Bournemouth University. He was critices in The Guardian, Observer et al, for his involvement in an ERASMUS matter. He moved to Southampton Institute in 1991 as a member of the Directorate. He became Acting Director in 1997.

Work and appointments elsewhere

He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire and is actively involved with Chester Cathedral.

Work at the University of Chester

During his tenure as Vice Chancellor Wheeler has most recently been responsible for the purchase of County Hall, Chester and Kingsway High School by the university.

Personal life

He is married with three daughters, lives in Cheshire and enjoys music, theatre and the arts.

References

Tim Wheeler (academic) Wikipedia