Deans of the University

The University of Chester is organised into 7 academic faculties, each of which is overseen by a faculty dean. These are:

Dean of Academic Quality and Enhancement

Professor Jethro Newton, BSc (Bradford); MSc (Salford), PhD (Wales), Grad Cert Ed, FHEA

Dean of Applied Sciences

Professor Sarah Andrew, BSc (London), PhD (Nottingham).

Dean of Arts and Media

Brendan O'Sullivan, GDipMus (Huddersfield), PGCE (Manchester Metropolitan), MA (Liverpool)

Executive Dean of Business, Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

Professor Phil Harris, BA (Hons), Cert Ed, PhD, FCIM, FIPR, FRSA.

Executive Dean of Education and Children's Services

Ms Anna Sutton, Cert Ed, BEd, MEd (Wales).

Executive Dean of Health and Social Care

Professor Michael Thomas, BNurs (Manchester), RMS, RNT, Cert Ed, MA (Law), PhD (Nottingham).

Dean of Humanities

Professor Rob Warner, BA (hons) (York), MA (York), MA (Oxford), PhD (King's College, London).

Dean of the International Office and Executive Director of Commercial Development

Professor Alexis McLean, BA, MA, PhD.

Dean of Knowledge Transfer, Enterprise and Research

Professor Neville Ford, MA (Oxford), MSc (Manchester), PhD (Liverpool), FIMA, FHEA.

Dean of Social Sciences

Mr David Balsamo, BA (Middlesex), MSc (London), MSc (Oxford), CQSW. 

Dean of Students

Dr Lesley Cooke, Cert. Ed, BEd (Hons) (Cantab), MA  (Leeds), PhD (Leeds), AFBPsS, CPsychol, FHEA.