Welcome to Sharon Clancy’s Website
Adult education, research and creative practice.
Latest Blog Posts
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Fircroft Summer Symposium 2026
Melanie Lenehan who has been involved with the Research Circle has provided details of an event which may be of interest. Re-imagining a sustainable future for adult education: Learning to create a better world Within the multiple global crises that we see and hear about daily, adult education in England is also in crisis. We…
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Space to Learn
The Raymond Williams Foundation and Red Pepper have now entered into a partnership to share articles and content relating to adult education. This partnership has been announced in the latest Red Pepper magazine (#248) (spring 2026), and Sharon along with Nick Mahony have provided an article to mark this new relationship. The article considers the…
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Raymond Williams Foundation Partnership with RED PEPPER
RWF has entered into a partnership with Red Pepper magazine. In the new partnership the Red Pepper website will host a ‘Raymond Williams’ section that brings together the Keywords series and other articles, links to the RWF’s website, and updates with details of the RWF grant cycle. In the next print edition of RP coming…
Lost Spaces Research Repository
My latest research explores lost spaces of adult education within the UK, particularly adult residential education. The repository website created for this provides a living history archive of lost spaces through pictures, videos and recorded audio.
Poetry & Creative Writing
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Surface
The waters push backwards, the undertow draws me down beyond light, air and earth. I fear the wreckage beneath me,…
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The Ritual of Sleep
Your freckled arm binding me to you snug as a wing, keeping me from harried flight or fidgeting.
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Rust
The horseshoe, suspended from a bent nail, is upside down, all the luck draining away. It is scabrous with age,…
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Valentine’s Mixtape
The Valentine’s Day mix tape that you made for me, complete with smiling photo attached, ‘Greetings from your sponsor’, your…
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Book World
She escaped into the clockless land, the world beyond the wardrobe, beyond the very tip of the faraway tree, nestled,…
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The World of Keys & Locks
I am so lonely in this tight little room – so few people come anymore. Wrapped as I am like…
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Research Circle
The Research circle is a group of academics and interested people presenting and discussing topics surrounding fostering and building community, democracy and dialogue. The research circle meets 2-3 times each year, and recordings of events can be found here. You can also sign up for mailings to stay up to date on research circle events and news.
Paintings
I am an active artist, and examples of my work can be found within this website, split into four galleries: landscapes; water; people & animals; and still life.
Academic Publications
A comprehensive list of my academic publications, covering a range of topics linked to adult education.
Yoga Therapy
As an accredited yoga therapist, I can offer support for individual well-being that can sit alongside traditional treatments and medicine.