News and Events

Chester Conferences produce a printed newsletter in October each year detailing recent major activities and events. If you would like to order a printed copy of the newsletter, please contact us on 01244 513112 or email: conferences@chester.ac.uk.

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Chester Conferences Ezine

WE DID IT!
On Monday 21 March 2005, University College Chester received official confirmation that it had met the criteria for University status. | FULL STORY

Northern Recorder
We are happy to announce that regular visitors to the Chester campus, the Northern Recorder Course, celebrated their 40th Anniversary event with us during Easter 2005. | FULL STORY

Golden Year for Guilds
Using facilities in our Best building, home of our Fine Art Department during term times, the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers celebrated their Golden Anniversary at Chester this year, holding a week long summer school in early August. | FULL STORY

Tree of Knowledge
A joint celebration, of the newly-named University of Chester and the anniversary of a major international gathering on its city campus, was marked with the symbolic planting of a purple plum sapling. | FULL STORY

Introducing our Warrington Campus
The Conference Office is proud to announce that we now offer additional facilities just a few minutes drive from the M6 motorway, on our recently acquired Warrington campus. | FULL STORY

PSIGE in High Spirits at Chester
During July 2005, our Chester campus again played host to experts from across the World who came to attend the 25th Annual PSIGE conference themed ‘celebrating age’. | FULL STORY

Chester first for primate society
Held during Easter 2005, the spring meeting of the Primate Society of Great Britain, themed 'The Regulation of Social Relationships’ was a great success. | FULL STORY

Launch of Chesterconferences.com
After approximately 3 months in the pipeline, the Conference Office is proud to announce the launch of its new website - www.chesterconferences.com. | FULL STORY

Ultra-modern facilities unveiled at Chester
Following a great deal of anticipation, University of Chester recently unveiled a brand new, state-of-the-art £5 million building, which now acts as a focal point for its Chester campus. | FULL STORY

Feverish Activity at BSP Conference
More than 500 delegates, students and speakers from over 30 countries attended the British Society for Parasitology (BSP) joint Spring/ Malaria meeting, which was held in the Binks building. | FULL STORY

Breaking with Tradition
Although Chester may not have its own School of Architecture, its 2000 years of architectural heritage and first class conference facilities proved to be an irresistible attraction for the Architecture Librarians (ARCLIB) whose conference ‘Retaining Walls’ was held at the Gladstone Conference centre in July. | FULL STORY

Sport Activities Peak in August
Despite the rather wet summer, it has been a busy period for the Conference office in terms of sports and leisure over recent weeks, with facilities such as the sports hall, astroturf, grass and gym seeing frequent use by a variety of different groups. | FULL STORY

A New Awakening
One of our final conferences this year, in late September, saw a visit by over 200 delegates for the Arboriculture Association’s 38th Annual Conference and AGM 2004 entitled ‘A New Awakening’. | FULL STORY

Ensuring Development and Achievement
Pictured opposite are delegates who attended the Educational Development Association (EDA) conference, which ran in late July. | FULL STORY