Open Day Subject Sessions
Welcome to Wheeler
Overlooking the River Dee, Wheeler is located within Chester city centre and is just a 25-minute walk from Exton Park. Wheeler has its own café, an extensive library, computer suites, study areas and a student common room.
With outstanding subject-specific facilities, including clinical skills laboratories, simulated wards, a Virtual Reality cave, and a mock courtroom, you’ll find a diverse range of courses being delivered by the following schools at Wheeler:
Chester Medical School
Chester Medical School is a medical school for the community, within the community. The focus is to learn, stay and contribute locally, developing a sense of place, sensitive to population healthcare needs.
School of Law and Social Justice
Sitting right next door to Chester Crown Court and close to Chester Magistrates’ Court, students on our legal and policing courses are right at the heart of the action in Chester.
School of Nursing and Midwifery
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has the facilities, expertise and collaboration with external partners needed to give our students the opportunity to enter a dynamic and exciting professional world across all our subject areas.
Subject Sessions
Chester Medical School
Subject Session Type Time Room
Graduate Entry Medicine Information Talk Information Talk Simulation Ward/Suite Drop-in
10:30 - 11:30 12:30 - 13:30 11:00 - 15:00
School of Law and Social Justice
Wheeler, Third Floor, Medicine Skills Lab Wheeler, Third Floor, Medicine Simulation Suites
Subject Session Type Time Room
All Courses Marketplace 10:00 - 15:00 Wheeler, Room CRV139
Law
Degree in Professional Policing
Subject Talk and Tour Subject Talk and Tour 10:15 - 11:30 13:15 - 14:30 Riverside Innovation Centre, Room RIC004/3(1A)
Subject Talk and Tour Subject Talk and Tour 10:15 - 11:15 13:15 - 14:30 Riverside Innovation Centre, RIC005/6
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Subject Session Type Time Room
All Courses Marketplace Simulation Suites/ Demonstrations and Activities
10:00 - 15:00 10:00 - 15:00 Wheeler, Room CRV139 Wheeler Second Floor
Nursing Subject Talk 10:30 - 11:30 12:00 - 13:00 13:30 - 14:30 Wheeler, Room CRV355
Midwifery Subject Talk 11:30 - 12:30 13:30 - 14:30 Wheeler, Room CRV112/116
Return to Practice Nursing Subject Talk 12:30 - 14:00 Wheeler, Room CRV208
Subject Sessions
Queries
If you have any questions about applying for courses, you can speak to our Admissions staff in the following locations:
• Health and Social Care and Chester Medical School: 10am - 3pm, Wheeler, Room CRV139
• Law and Policing: Seaborne Library, Exton Park
Course Information and Site Tours
Enjoy a subject session to find out more about your subject area, the courses we offer within each discipline and the facilities available to you. You can visit our café for refreshments, before heading to Exton Park.
Visit Our Exton Park Site
After looking at Wheeler, we encourage you to visit Exton Park where you can look at our student accommodation, have a tour of the campus, meet the Students’ Union and find out more about student support, finance and our wide range of extracurricular activities. Directions to Exton Park can be found on page 6 and tours are available throughout the day.
Getting to Exton Park
Sat Nav/Google Maps CH1 4BJ
Walking from Wheeler to
Exton Park 25-minute walk
Exit out of the main entrance of Wheeler onto Castle Drive
Turn left onto Castle Drive
Turn left onto Lower Bridge Street
At the crossroad, continue onto Bridge Street
At The Cross, turn right onto Eastgate Street
Turn left immediately onto Northgate Street
Continue forward until the Fountains Roundabout
Proceed through the subway; follow signs for Parkgate Road
Continue along Parkgate Road
The University’s main entrance will be on your left-hand side
Driving from Wheeler to
Exton Park 10-minute drive
Exit out of the main University car park at Wheeler, turn left and then left again, onto Castle Drive.
Turn left onto Lower Bridge Street
Take your second left onto Castle Street
At the roundabout, take the second exit onto A5268/Nicholas Street
Continue on A5268 through five sets of traffic lights
At the roundabout, take the first exit onto A5116/Upper Northgate Street
Continue straight onto Parkgate Road/ A540
Turn left into the main entrance of Exton Park
A shuttle bus service is available throughout the day, departing from the front of Wheeler, and from outside of the NoW Food Building at Exton Park. (see page 15 of your Exton Park Open Day Guide). Shuttle buses will be running from 9:30am to 4:00pm.
