Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler was appointed as Principal of the then Chester College in 1998 and subsequently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester in 2005. He retired from this role in 2020. During his time there he grew the institution from 4,200 students to 20,700, from one site to nine including University Centre Shrewsbury. He broadened the curriculum from education, nursing, arts and science to offer, law, medicine, business, engineering and saw the turnover grow from £14M to £130M with a surplus of £3M.