We were honoured to welcome Timothy Cho to come and speak to our students in Core RE last week. Timothy Cho is a North Korean human rights activist and two-time defector. He has been imprisoned four times in North Korea and China, before escaping to the UK (via the Philippines).... Read More
Our Advent liturgy at Aquinas has ignited the Christmas spirit in our college community, with all Core RE classes attending a chapel service for a time of reflection around the crib. Each of the figures from the nativity scene were revisited through a deep meditation, and moments of reflection on... Read More
Conor Glean led a fantastic workshop with our students and had the student insulting each other in Shakespearean language in no time. He was completely engaging and the students really responded with focus and enthusiasm to the exercises that he lead us through. Many thanks to him and Tom from... Read More
The Politics department took thirty students to Westminster on Tuesday 14th November to visit the UK Supreme Court and Parliament. On our tour of the Court, students were lucky enough to meet Lady Simler who had been sworn in just that morning. She was good enough to chat to us... Read More
Aquinas college have now secured planning permission to build a new 10 classroom teaching block within the heart of the college campus. With a footprint of 681m2 including classrooms and a flexible learning space, the development will accommodate up to 250 students which will allow for the increasing demands placed... Read More
Our Art & Design students visited Leeds Beckett School of Art on Wednesday 8th November to gain an insight into University life & what it is like to be a Leeds Beckett student. They had a fantastic day exploring the campus & getting involved with a number of workshops around... Read More
Professor Keeley Crockett from Manchester Metropolitan University visited Aquinas to give a talk on the current developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the ethical considerations created through this new emerging technology. Having sought input from the audience of students and staff concerning their understanding of what is meant by the... Read More
All of the Aquinas Upper Sixth Geography students recently went on a field trip to Grange over Sands, which is to the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria. The purpose of the trip is to enable the students to collect field data that is required for the completion of... Read More
Stockport MP Navendu Mishra MP visited college to meet Luke Watson and Politics A Level students for an informal lunchtime Q&A session. Nav gave a brief introduction to his role as an MP and his responsibilities in Parliament and then took questions from the students present. Questions and answers were... Read More
On Tuesday 3rd October, Aquinas College took a group of A Level Politics students to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Students learn about UK political parties, pressure groups, and the role of the media in shaping the political agenda as part of their course, so this was an ideal... Read More
Ken Clark from the Bank of England delivered an interesting talk to the upper 6th Economics students about the role that the Bank of England plays to try and achieve a low and stable inflation rate. Ken also gave the students insightful information about what it is like to work... Read More
Sustainability is at the centre of every decision made when it comes to the Aquinas College Estate. Over recent years the college has worked hard to reduce its carbon footprint. A couple of recent examples of this include a £500k project to replace all of our lighting with intelligent LED... Read More
