I efteråret 2009 begyndte Sheeran at studere musik på [[Academy of Contemporary Music]] (ACM) i [[Guildford]], Surrey som bachelor i en alder af 18,<ref name=acm1>{{cite web|url=http://www.acm.ac.uk/ed-sheeran-musician-and-songwriter/|title=Featured Alumni: Ed Sheeran – Musician/Songwriter|date=6. oktober 2015|access-date=8. november 2016|archive-date=29. juli 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729224303/https://www.acm.ac.uk/ed-sheeran-musician-and-songwriter/|url-status=dead}}</ref> men forlod skolen uden tilladelse samme år for at støtte hiphop-kunstneren [[Just Jack]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ed-sheeran-donates-200k-boosts-22900266|title=Ed Sheeran donates £200k and boosts results at old school where he met wife Cherry|date=24. oktober 2020|work=Mirror|access-date=13. november 2012}}</ref>
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