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.
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Tim Wheeler
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Career
He was Appointed Principal of University College Chester in 1998 and became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester in 2005. 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 Street John"s College, Oxford, he was Head of the Department of Communication and Media at Bournemouth University.
He became Acting Director in 1997.
He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire and is actively involved with Chester Cathedral. 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.
Membership
He moved to Southampton Institute in 1991 as a member of the Directorate.
