Editing Plymouth (section)

== Education ==
{{See also|List of schools in Plymouth}}
[[File:Roland Levinsky building.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Roland Levinsky Building]] – Faculty of Arts of the [[University of Plymouth]]]]
There are three universities based in Plymouth, the [[University of Plymouth]], [[Plymouth Marjon University]] and the [[Arts University Plymouth]].

The University of Plymouth enrolls 23,155 total students as of 2018/2019 ([[List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment|{{HESA student population rank|INSTID=0073}} largest]] in the UK out of {{HESA total}}).<ref>{{HESA citation}}</ref> It also employs 2,900 staff with an annual income of around £160&nbsp;million.<ref name="uni" /> It was founded in 1992 from Polytechnic South West (formerly Plymouth Polytechnic) following the [[Further and Higher Education Act 1992]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/our-stories/150/history |access-date=10 July 2016 |publisher=The [[University of Plymouth]]}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It has a wide range of courses including those in marine focused business, marine engineering, marine biology and Earth, ocean and environmental sciences, surf science, shipping and logistics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Undergraduate courses A-Z |url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=atoz&type=u |access-date=18 June 2008 |publisher=The [[University of Plymouth]] |archive-date=23 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223131530/http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=atoz&type=u |url-status=live }}</ref> The university formed a joint venture with the fellow Devonian [[University of Exeter]] in 2000, establishing the [[Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry]]. The college is ranked 8th out of 30 universities in the UK in 2011 for medicine.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 June 2010 |title=University guide 2011: Medicine |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-guide-medicine |access-date=13 November 2010 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420055224/http://www.theguardian.com/education/table/2010/jun/04/university-guide-medicine |url-status=live }}</ref> Its dental school was established in 2006, which also provides free dental care in an attempt to improve access to dental care in the [[South West of England|South West]].

The University of St Mark & St John (known as "Marjon" or "Marjons") specialises in [[Teacher education|teacher training]], and offers training across the country and abroad.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of the University College |url=http://www.marjon.ac.uk/aboutmarjon/history/ |access-date=19 June 2008 |publisher=The [[University College Plymouth St Mark & St John]] |archive-date=16 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416202741/http://www.marjon.ac.uk/aboutmarjon/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Arts University Plymouth offers a selection of courses including media. It was originally founded as the Plymouth Drawing School in 1856, and in December 2008, Plymouth College of Art and Design was renamed to Plymouth College of Art. In May 2022, the College was awarded University status, and became Arts University Plymouth.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61564503 |title=Plymouth College of Art given university status |work=[[BBC News]] |date=25 May 2022 |accessdate=2022-05-25}}</ref>

The city is also home to two large colleges. The [[City College Plymouth]] provides courses from the most basic to [[Foundation degree]]s for approximately 26,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=The College |url=http://www.cityplym.ac.uk/index.php?page_id=0156 |access-date=19 June 2008 |publisher=[[City College Plymouth]] |archive-date=5 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105034140/http://www.cityplym.ac.uk/index.php?page_id=0156 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Plymouth also has 71 state primary phase schools, 13 state secondary schools, eight special schools and three selective [[state school|state]] [[grammar school]]s, [[Devonport High School for Girls]], [[Devonport High School for Boys]] and [[Plymouth High School for Girls]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Schools |url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/education/schools.htm |access-date=19 June 2008 |publisher=Plymouth City Council |archive-date=9 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609020008/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/education/schools.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> There is also a [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] all-through school [[Plymouth College]].

The city was also home to the [[Royal Naval Engineering College]]; opened in 1880 in [[Keyham, Devon|Keyham]], it trained engineering students for five years before they completed the remaining two years of the course at Greenwich. The college closed in 1910, but in 1940 a new college opened at [[Manadon]]. This was renamed ''Dockyard Technical College'' in 1959 before finally closing in 1994; training was transferred to the [[University of Southampton]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Moseley |first=Brian |date=1 March 2007 |title=Royal Naval Engineering College HMS Thunderer |url=http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Naval%20Engineering%20College.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106050558/http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Naval%20Engineering%20College.htm |archive-date=6 November 2010 |access-date=13 February 2015 |website=The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History |publisher=Plymouth Data}}</ref>

Plymouth is home to the [[Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom]] (MBA; founded 1884) which conducts research in all areas of the marine sciences. The [[Plymouth Marine Laboratory]] (PML; founded 1988) was formed in part from components of the MBA. Together with the [[National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth|National Marine Aquarium]], the [[Continuous Plankton Recorder|Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences]], Plymouth University's Marine Institute and the [[Diving Diseases Research Centre]], these marine-related organisations form the Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership. The Plymouth Marine Laboratory, which focuses on global issues of [[climate change]] and [[sustainability]]. It monitors the effects of ocean acidity on [[coral]]s and [[shellfish]] and reports the results to the UK government. It also cultivates [[algae]] that could be used to make [[biofuel]]s or in the treatment of wastewater by using technology such as [[biochemical engineering|photo-bioreactors]]. It works alongside the [[Boots Group]] to investigate the use of algae in skincare protects, taking advantage of the chemicals they contain that adapt to protect themselves from the sun.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Plymouth Marine Laboratory |url=http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/what-we-do/business-growth/inward-investment/casestudy/viewCaseStudy.asp?id=25 |access-date=12 December 2008 |publisher=[[South West of England Regional Development Agency|South West England RDA]] |archive-date=10 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110095301/http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/what-we-do/business-growth/inward-investment/casestudy/viewCaseStudy.asp?id=25 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A scheme is in operation over summer 2018 to provide meals during the summer holidays for children with parents on a low income, the parents cannot afford to provide their children with healthy meals.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45009057 Donated food to feed hungry Plymouth school children] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805054434/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45009057 |date=5 August 2018 }} [[BBC]]</ref>

[[University of Plymouth Students' Union|UPSU]] also known as the University of Plymouth Student Union is based underground near the library. Every student at the University of Plymouth is a member of UPSU. The Union employs students across the University, from bar staff to events technicians. Every year the students at the University have an opportunity to vote which sabbatical officers represent them. In 2019 over 4000 students voted in the UPSU elections.