a camp for Canadian officers in World War II and is located in the Padgate area of Warrington. This campus includes the North West Media Centre, which has close ties to Granada Television, The Warrington School of Management, Social Sciences and Health and Social Care. The Warrington Campus is also the training ground for the rugby league team The Warrington Wolves, and Warrington town was the host for the Rugby League World Cup 2013, with the Campus hosting the Samoan players. In 2022 two new buildings, Time Square and Remond House, were opened in Warrington Town Centre. The university also has a number of bases at NHS sites across Cheshire and the Wirral, and opened University Centre Birkenhead in September 2018. Organisation and structure The university is organised into seven faculties of study. Several of these are subdivided into academic departments. The faculties and departments are: Faculty of Arts and Humanities School of Arts and Media School of Humanities Chester Centre for Research in Arts and Media Chester Business School Centre for Work Related Studies Corporate Business and Enterprise University of Chester Business School Professional Development Sport and Community Engagement Work Based Learning Office Chester Business School @ Warrington Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Life Sciences Biological Sciences Clinical Sciences and Nutrition Chester Medical School Sport and Exercise Sciences Centre for Stress Research Faculty of Science and Engineering Centre for Science Communication Computer Science Chemical Engineering Electronic and Electrical Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Natural Sciences (Physics and Chemistry) New Technology Initiative (NTI) The Informatics Centre Faculty of Social Sciences Geography and International Development Psychology Social and Political Science University of Chester Law School Institute of Policing Faculty of Education and Children's Services Faculty of Health and Social Care In addition, a number of research centres operate alongside the departments. From 2015 to 2020 the University of Chester provides validation for PhD programmes offered by Glyndŵr University. Coat of arms The university's coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms in 1954. The arms, pictured above, are made up of an argent shield featuring the St George's cross on which there is a golden wheatsheaf, representing the Earldom of Cheshire. In the first quarter of the shield is a clasped open book, symbolising learning. The crest features a mitre, signifying the institution's founding by the Church of England, in front of two crossed swords, which are taken from the