UNIVERSITY students studying at Warrington have graduated from Manchester University for the penultimate time.

From September, University College Chester will be a university in its own right and new students at the Warrington campus will be graduate from their own institution.

A total of 250 postgraduates students left last week. The final cohort of undergraduates will receive their University of Manchester degrees next year.

The College's assistant principal and provost for the Warrington campus, Dr Malcolm Rhodes, said: "We are looking forward to a new era."