Editing Ilkley (section)

===Further education===
In 1975, David Gayle founded the Yorkshire Ballet Seminars which brought distinguished names in dance, like [[Alicia Markova]], to Ilkley College of Education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshireballetseminars.com/aboutus.html |title=About the Yorkshire Ballet Summer School |publisher=Yorkshire Ballet Summer School |access-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309022644/http://yorkshireballetseminars.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=9 March 2009 }}</ref> In 1978, Ilkley College of Education merged with Bingley College of Education to become Ilkley College. In 1982, Ilkley College merged with [[Bradford College (England)|Bradford College]] to become Bradford and Ilkley Community College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectlevel/q223_94_textonly.htm |title=Quality Assessment Report by the HEFCE for Bradford and Ilkley Community College |publisher=Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education |date=April 1994 |access-date=7 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712233844/http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/subjectlevel/q223_94_textonly.htm |archive-date=12 July 2007  }}</ref> In 1999, the Ilkley campus of Bradford and Ilkley Community College closed despite opposition. The campus had occupied a {{convert|15.64|acre|ha}} site at [[Wells House, Ilkley|Wells House]], which was sold for housing after its closure.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8072167.Sale_of_college_campus_is_agreed/ |title=Sale of college campus is agreed |work=Telegraph & Argus |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |date=17 October 1998 |access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref>