Editing Dumfries (section)

===Education===
[[File:Dumfries Academy.jpg|thumb|right|The Minerva Building of [[Dumfries Academy]]]] 
Dumfries has several primary schools, approximately one per key district, and four main secondary schools. All of these institutions are governed by [[Dumfries and Galloway]] council. The secondary schools are [[Dumfries Academy]], [[Maxwelltown High School]], [[St Joseph's College, Dumfries|St Joseph's College]] and Dumfries High School. Dumfries Academy was a [[grammar school]] until adopting a comprehensive format in 1983. In 2013 plans for a 'super school' were announced. These plans were later dismissed in favour of renovating existing schools.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rinaldi |first=Giancarlo |date=21 November 2013 |title=The Dumfries 'super school' project that never took off |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-25023668 }}</ref>

In 1999 Scotland's first multi-institutional university campus was established in Dumfries, in the {{convert|85|acre|m2|adj=on}} Crichton estate. In order of campus presence it is host to the [[University of the West of Scotland]] (UWS) (formerly known as University of Paisley & Bell College), [[Dumfries & Galloway College]], and the [[University of Glasgow]]. Still in its infancy, the campus offers a range of degree courses in initial teacher education, business, computing, environmental studies, tourism, heritage, social work, health, social studies, nursing, liberal arts and humanities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scottish Government |date=20 August 2007 |title=Support for Crichton and South of Scotland |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/08/20105300}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2006 |title=Crichton University Campus Dumfries – Scotland UK |url=http://crichtoncampus.co.uk/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814021722/http://crichtoncampus.co.uk/ |archive-date=14 August 2011 |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Crichtoncampus.co.uk}}</ref> Despite the short-lived threat of closure to the University of Glasgow part of the campus in 2006, a campaign by students, academics and local supporters ensured that the University of Glasgow remained open in Dumfries. The University of Glasgow, since maintaining its provision in Dumfries, has launched a new undergraduate programme in primary teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/dumfriescampus/undergraduatestudy/primaryeducationwithteachingqualification/|title=University of Glasgow :: Dumfries Campus :: Primary Education with Teaching Qualification|date=3 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503004422/http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/dumfriescampus/undergraduatestudy/primaryeducationwithteachingqualification/|archive-date=3 May 2008}}</ref>