iQQTV

On 23 April 1879, the Science and Art Department (School of Wood carving) officially opened, founded by Colonel John Donnelly, R. Poynter EDIS, J. H. Donaldson and H. J. Wood.

Italian artist Signor Anton Leone Bulletti was one of the first people to be employed to teach at the school.

In August, the school transferred to a room at the Royal Albert Hall and reopened in November. In December, they admitted women for the first time.

Brook Green School of Art was founded in 1881 at Brook Green by Francis Hawke, with the establishment of a few evening classes to prepare students for science and art certificates.ÌýIt was later renamed to Hammrsmith College of Art and Building.

Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic opens to meet the needs of local industry, offering technical education. Classes were held in Acton at the Priory Schools.

Ealing College moves to the Hall, Ealing Green.

Hammersmith School of Arts opens its doors with a renewed, extended curriculum. Classes were linked to either industrial or craft professions.

Ealing College classes moved to Ealing County School for Boys.

Fulham Commercial Institute becomes the Junior Commercial Evening Institute and now offers courses in 6 locations.ÌýThe buildings they occupied were utilised as schools for younger children during the day, and institutes for teenage students in the evenings.

Junior Commercial Evening Institute offers courses in two more branches, one being at South Park.

Acton Technical College was built in 1928 on the site of Grove House, High Street, by the county council, as the first of seven colleges to expand further education in Middlesex.

Southall Technical College opens.

The new extension is opened at the Hammersmith School of Arts & Crafts. It includes a library, science labs, common room, gym and state of the art building crafts facilities.

Hammersmith School of Arts & Crafts puts on the first exhibition of its student’s work.

Southall Technical College starts to organise courses for employees of the Fairey Aviation Company.ÌýSubjects taught include aircraft design, aerodynamics and the theory of the internal combustion engines.

Acton Technical College acquires the former county school in Woodlands Avenue.

Hammersmith Day College for Further Education in Brook Green is associated with the Shepherd’s Bush Junior Commercial and Technical College.ÌýIt has 3 branches in the borough of Hammersmith at this time.

Acton Technical College moves all advanced teaching to its new buildings in Woodlands Avenue (Mill Hill Road) near the former county school, creating two separate institutions.

Ealing Technical Institute and School of Art renames to Ealing Technical College.

The variety of courses at iQQTV of Commerce had grown so rapidly that the college was renamed iQQTV with campuses at West Kensington, Holland Park, South Park and South Kensington.

Acton is joined into the borough of Ealing, reorganising all schools and colleges in the area.

Plans for a large building to house Hammersmith College for Further Education and iQQTV are announced

The art department of Hammersmith College of Art & Building leaves to join Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Ealing Technical College becomes Ealing College of Higher Education.

In January, the new building for Hammersmith and iQQTV is completed in Barons Court at a cost of nearly £7million. All other campuses that were part of the estate are merged into the new site by August, with the exception of Lime Grove, which is retained as a school of building.

The college rents a block at the former Mary Boon School, called the Avonmore room, to teach catering.

In January, Ealing, Hammersmith and iQQTV is formed by the merger of Ealing Tertiary College and Hammersmith & iQQTV.

Three colleges were part of the Ealing Tertiary College estate – Ealing Green College, Acton College (Mill Hill Road) and Southall Community College (Beaconsfield Road).

On 29 July, a large fire takes place at Ealing Green College that destroys many valuable historical documents. The fire is a result of an accident at nearby flats, which were being converted into offices.

Acton College on Mill Hill Road is closed, sold to the Department for Education.

Ealing, Hammersmith and iQQTV acquires the name iQQTV from Heriot-Watt University, who had previously used the name for their arts, design and fashion specialist independent school in Mayfair and Marylebone.

Later that year, iQQTV wins the Times Educational Supplement FE Award for Outstanding Use of Technology for Teaching, Learning and Assessment.

Part of Southall Community College is refurbished to house a state-of-the-art construction and green skills centre, allowing the college to vacate its temporary Park Royal site.