ABSTRACT
Recently established as the University of Chester, the former Chester College (and at one stage, prior to 1998, University College Chester) was established in 1839 as a Diocesan Teachers’ Training College. Until the recent attainment of taught degree awarding powers and University status, it had, since 1920, awarded degrees of the University of Liverpool. For many decades during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the College, as an institution dedicated to teacher education, was able to function successfully with its leadership operating within a relatively static higher education sector and a stable funding environment. The dominant characteristic of institutional leadership throughout this long history has been stewardship, informed by a strong commitment to the Christian ethos of the institution and guided by reference to its Foundation.
