Queen's Park Open Day Guide - November 2023

Chester Business School

Your Open Day

Subject Sessions Queen’s Park Ι November 2023 chester.ac.uk/open-days

Welcome to Chester Business School At Chester Business School, we offer something different; Business courses that prepare you for your career ahead.

Chester Business School is situated at the stunning Queen’s Park site, nestled on the banks of the River Dee. Following a £4 million investment, students have access to state-of-the-art learning spaces in a mix of modern and historic buildings.

Only a short distance from the lively city centre, it provides a friendly, secure and supportive environment in which to study.

Facilities include open access PC suites and a dedicated Business library.

Queen’s Park is home to the following subject areas: Accounting and Finance

Events, Marketing and Tourism

• Accounting and Finance • Banking and Finance • Business Finance

• Digital Marketing • Events Management

Business Management

• International Tourism Management (including with a Language)

• Business Management

• Marketing

• Business Management (Entrepreneurship / Finance / Human Resources / Marketing) • Business Management and Administration (Top-Up) • International Business Management (including with a Language)

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£4 million invested into Queen’s Park, creating a state-of-the-art learning environment.

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Subject Sessions Course Information and Site Tours Enjoy a subject session to find out more about your course before taking a student-led tour of Queen’s Park. You can visit our café for refreshments, before heading to Exton Park.

Visit our Exton Park Site After looking at Queen’s Park, we encourage you to visit Exton Park where you can look at our student accommodation, have a tour of 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.

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Subject Sessions Chester Business School Subject Area

Session Type

Time

All Courses

Welcome Talk and Parent/Guardian’s Q&A Welcome Talk and Parent/Guardian’s Q&A Refreshments

10:00 -10:30 12:00 - 12:30 09:00 - 15:00

Accounting and Finance BSc

Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour

10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00

Churchill House, Room CCU103

Banking and Finance BSc

Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour

10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00 10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00

Churchill House, Room CCU102

Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour

10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00 10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00

Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour

10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00 10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00

Subject Talk and Q and A Tour Subject Talk and Q and A Tour

10:40 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:00 12:40 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00

Business Finance BA

Business Management BA

International Business Management BA

Events Management BA

International Tourism Management BA

Marketing/ Digital Marketing BA

Room Bridge House, Room CBH016 Bridge House, Room CBH006/009/010

Churchill House, Room CCU101

Bridge House, Room CBH016

Bridge House, Room CBH017

Bridge House, Room CBH108

Bridge House, Room CBH107

Bridge House, Room CBH109

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Getting to Exton Park Sat Nav/Google Maps CH1 4BJ

Walking from Queen’s Park to Exton Park 20-minute walk

Driving from Queen’s Park to Exton Park 5-minute drive

Head right out of Queen’s Park and continue down Queen’s Park Road

Exit Queen’s Park and turn right onto Queen’s Park Road

Turn right into Handbridge

At the junction turn right and continue over the bridge onto Lower Bridge Street

Continue straight onto Lower Bridge Street

Take your second left onto Castle Street

At the crossroad continue onto Bridge Street

At the roundabout take the third exit onto A5268/Nicholas Street

At The Cross turn right onto Eastgate Street

Continue on A5268 through five sets of traffic lights

Turn left immediately onto Northgate Street

At the roundabout take the first exit onto A5116/Upper Northgate Street

Continue forward until the Fountains Roundabout

Continue straight onto Parkgate Road/ A540

Proceed through the subway and follow signs for Parkgate Road

Turn left into the entrance (E) of Exton Park

Continue along Parkgate Road The University’s main entrance (E) will be on your left-hand side Take a shuttle bus to Exton Park to find out more about living and studying at the University of Chester. Buses depart throughout the day from outside Bridge House. Shuttle buses will be running from 10am to 4.30pm from Exton Park.

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Exton Park

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