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Our English Literature degree allows you to choose optional modules to suit your interests. One such option is the Level 6 (third year) module Science Fiction, taught by Dr William Stephenson.

Lauren Fleming, a third year International Tourism Management student from Northern Ireland, reflects on her journey as she nears the end of her time at Chester.

As the weather brightens and the days get warmer and longer, summer feels like it’s almost here.

Sport and Active Lifestyle's top five tips to help with wellbeing.

University, with all its assignments, deadlines and everything that comes from living away from home, friends and family, can be stressful. And so it is always important for us students to take care of ourselves.  Thankfully, there’s lots of help and support at the University of Chester when it comes to student wellbeing.

While the importance of mental health may have become more prevalent in recent years, mental health nursing is a longstanding and vital part of the NHS.  Here are a few handy pieces of information for anyone wondering whether they’ve got what it takes to be a Mental Health Nurse:

Sara Bell, Deputy Head of Department of Mental Health and Learning Disability tells us about her role and why she enjoys her job so much.

Head of Department of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Dianne Phipps tells us more about the department and why she feels privileged to teach Learning Disability Nursing students.

Tim Brown, Programme Leader for BA Events Management tells us about preparing students for the dynamic and vibrant event industry, and why he enjoys teaching the course.

If you’ve applied to start university this September, you have hopefully spent the last few months receiving offers, attending Experience Days and similar events and thinking hard about where you are going to pick as your top two institutions when you respond to your UCAS offers.

Mark Gant, Head of Department for Modern Languages, talks to us about the opportunity for students to go on a range of placements abroad, allowing them to discover new places, people and cultures.