News and Events
In this section you will find QAC's news releases, events and general news stories about the College.
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Latest News
Student leaves her mark on the College as she moves on
11 July 2017
Alison, a student on our Art & Design course who is also one of our leavers this year, has designed and painted wonderful large scale murals in two of the college's mentoring rooms. She has worked tirelessly to get...
QAC's 20th anniversary celebrated by Time Capsule burial!
06 July 2017
On Friday 6th July, a Time Capsule was buried on campus to commemorate QACs 20th Anniversary. The contents of the capsule give a snapshot of QAC and its staff and students as it is now; Staff and students...
QAC Summer Newsletter 2017
01 July 2017
QAC News, our external college newsletter, is now available to download for Summer 2017. If you require this information in an alternative format please contact us.
Residential Student Bobby gets a taste of being a Pilot!
26 June 2017
One of our Residential students, Bobby, who is a wheelchair user and studying IT Level 3, enjoyed his first ever flying lesson last Monday at Tatenhill Airfield. Alan Hamer, Director of Care...
Inspire2bInspired team climb Mount Snowdon in support of QAC!
24 June 2017
A huge well done to the Inspire2bInspired Team who took on the challenge of climbing Mount Snowdon recently, helping to raise money towards our #QAC20 20th anniversary campaign! The team enjoyed the climb and...
Latest Events
QAC Annual Skydive - Sunday 3rd September 2017
03 September 2017
Be a QAC freefaller and join our jump! Help us raise money for our blind, vision impaired and disabled students. If you want to take the jump, contact phipkiss@qac.ac.uk or call 0121 428 5064 to sign up!
Open Day for Potential Students/Families - Tuesday 19th September 2017
19 September 2017
Time of event: 9.30am - 12noon Open Day for potential students and their families. You will receive a full tour of the campus and meet several members of staff and students. Please note that you need to attend for...
Supporting Sex & Relationships in a Specialist Setting training course - 20th September 2017
20 September 2017
Our next 'Supporting Sex & Relationships in a Specialist Setting' training day will take place on Wednesday 20th September 2017, 9.30am - 4.30pm. The training will be delivered by Gill Leno, a specialist sex and...
Wild Warrior - Saturday 23rd September 2017
23 September 2017
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Wild Warrior? Join Team QAC in XRUNNER’s extreme obstacle course. The course has over 70 obstacles and you get to pick whether you do the 5k or the 10k. If...
"Putting the LGBT into your SRE" PSHE training course - Wednesday 4th October 2017
04 October 2017
Our "Putting the LGBT into your SRE" half-day training course will take place on Wednesday 4th October 2017, 1.30pm - 4.30pm. The training will be delivered by Gill Leno, a specialist sex and relationships teacher,...
What the students say
QAC is helping me to achieve my goals. PFL is a really fun course to be a part of and I have made lots of improvement with my confidence and social skills. 
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