Being an Adult Learner in Austere Times

Chapter 1. Adult education in austere times: an introduction, Nalita James and Ellen Boeren.- Chapter 2. Being an adult learner in Europe and the UK: persisting inequalities and the role of the welfare state, Ellen Boeren.- Chapter 3. The message or the bottle? Community, associationism and adult learning as "part of the process of social change", Sharon Clancy.- Chapter 4. Keeping going in austere times: the declining spaces for adult widening participation in HE in England, Lindsey Fraser and Kerry Harman.- Chapter 5. Mature Students and Social Isolation: being excluded or choosing to be alone?, Charlotte Sutton.- Chapter 6. Subjects in formation: women's experiences of Access to Higher Education courses and entering Higher Education, Sherene Meir.- Chapter 7. Further educations: transformative teaching and learning for adults in times of austerity, Vicky Duckworth and Rob Smith.- Chapter 8. Adult education in community organisations supporting homeless adults: exploring the impact of austerity politics, Katy Jones.- Chapter 9. Conclusions and recommendations, Ellen Boeren and Nalita James.... Mehr