Welcome to Sharon Clancy’s Website
Adult education, research and creative practice.
Latest Blog Posts
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The Story So Far… Ragged University and Moving into the Future
With the ongoing COVID-19 enquiry publishing new findings via several units of societal enquiry, it helps to emphasise the importance of taking time to think about past pandemic experiences for the future. Consequently, the following blog repost from Alex Dunedin @ Ragged University provides a reflective retrospective on necessary adaptations to practice during lockdown. The…
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The Research Circle: Five years of challenging educational narratives and making In/visible education visible
This is a write up of Sharon and Iain’s provocation that was delivered at Fircroft’s Summer Symposium on the 3rd of July 2026. This provocation allowed for discussion on the decline of adult education and the importance of creating dialogic learning spaces. Sharon and Iain’s work within the Research Circle over the past 5-6 years…
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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…
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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The River Rescuers
The tributary of the River Rother at the bottom of the Castle Fields was my special domain. Its dirty effluvium…
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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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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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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.