Editing Ambleside (section)

==Education==
===University of Cumbria===

The Ambleside campus of the [[University of Cumbria]], formerly '''St. Martin's College''' and '''Charlotte Mason College''', is at the northern end of the town; courses held at the campus include Conservation, Forestry, and Outdoor Studies.

On 1 December 2009, it was announced that the Ambleside campus would be 'mothballed' at the end of July 2010, and would no longer take new undergraduate students. The closure was in the face of fierce opposition from the Ambleside students,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/11471427570/ | title=Facebook Petition Group | website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> the townspeople, and support pledged from [[Tim Farron]], MP for the campus and its students.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timfarron.co.uk/en/article/2008/105306/mp-recruits-new-students-in-fight-to-save-ambleside-campus | title=MP recruits new students in fight to save Ambleside campus | website=[[Tim Farron]] MP | date=22 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timfarron.co.uk/en/article/2008/105366/mp-takes-ambleside-campaign-to-westminster | title=MP takes Ambleside campaign to Westminster | website=[[Tim Farron]] MP | date=10 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://timfarron.co.uk/en/article/2009/105458/mp-asks-new-vice-chancellor-of-university-cumbria-to-scrap-plans-to-downgrade-ambleside-campus | title=MP asks new Vice Chancellor of University Cumbria to scrap plans to downgrade Ambleside campus | website=[[Tim Farron]] MP | date=18 March 2009}}</ref>

In July 2011, the university announced a plan to reopen the campus and increase student numbers at the Ambleside campus beginning in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-university-plan-to-reopen-mothballed-ambleside-campus-1.882212 | title=Cumbria university plan to reopen mothballed Ambleside campus | newspaper=[[News and Star]] | date=28 September 2011 | last=Eve | first=Kelly |url-status = dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317183211/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-university-plan-to-reopen-mothballed-ambleside-campus-1.882212 | archive-date=17 March 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In September 2014, the newly refurbished campus was reopened.

===Exploration youth group===
[[Brathay Exploration Group]], a youth charity, mainly meets at associated [[Clappersgate]].