It provided undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the arts, humanities, business studies, teacher training, health and social care.
His replacement was Dr Ian Edynbry, formerly Vice-Principal of Worcester College of Higher Education and Assistant Principal at Middlesex Polytechnic.
Dr. Edynbry was to oversee the college’s greatest expansion to date, as St Martin’s started to establish campuses in Cumbria.
The new Principal was Professor Chris Carr, whose previous role was as Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of Central Lancashire.
Professor Carr took on the challenge of bringing cohesion to a diverse and multi-campus institution, whilst encouraging further diversification and expansion.
As the largest provider of Higher Education in Cumbria, St Martin’s College offered a wide range of courses from the traditional academic subjects to Sport Studies, British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited Psychology, Information Technology and Environmental Management, to name just a few.
[4][5][6] "Hundreds of local people have signed this petition and that shows how committed the community is to stopping this closure from happening.
Now that the issue has national attention, I hope that the University will take notice of level of protest against this proposal and will reconsider their decision to downgrade Ambleside Campus..." Tim Farron, speaking in the Commons.