compete. Non-sporting societies include the Debating Society (which has hosted hustings events which have featured on 'BBC North West Tonight'), the Politics Forum, the Drama Society, the Amnesty International Society, the International Development Society and the People and Planet Society. A student radio station, The Cat Radio, is based on the Warrington campus and broadcasts daily, with presenters on air from September until July.
== Student body ==
Most of Chester's 14,900 students are from the United Kingdom. A quarter of students are mature and there are twice as many female students as male (partially due to the number of nursing, midwifery and teaching students). The increasing number of foreign students are mainly participants in the university's active exchange policy.
== Notable people ==
=== Chancellors ===
2005–2016: Major General Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
2016 to date: Gyles Brandreth
=== Vice-chancellor/ Principals ===
Until university status was awarded in 2005, the Vice-Chancellor was known as the principal.
1839–1869: Arthur Rigg
1869–1886: J. M. Chritchley
1886–1890: A. J. C. Allen
1890–1910: John Best
1910–1935: Richard Thomas
1935–1953: Stanley Astbury
1953–1965: Aubrey Price
1966–1971: Bernard de Bunsen
1971–1987: Malcolm Seaborne
1987–1998: Ned Binks
1998–2019: Timothy Wheeler (Foundation Vice-Chancellor and Principal)
2020–present: Eunice Simmons
=== Staff ===
Rowan Williams, Anglican bishop, theologian and poet
Stewart Ainsworth, archaeologist (Department of History and Archaeology, 2010–present)
Sir William Crookes, chemist (1855-unknown)
Elaine Graham, theologian (Department of Theology and Religious Studies, 2009–present)
Ron Geaves, theologian (Department of Theology and Religious Studies, 2001–2007)
Anthony Thiselton, theologian (Department of Theology and Religious Studies, 2001–2006)
Gordon Turnbull, psychiatrist (Centre for Research and Education in Psychological Trauma)
Alan Wall, novelist (Department of English, 2004–present)
Howard Williams, archaeologist …
