Project Archive: http://omeka.sharonclancy.co.uk
Project Duration: October 2025 to September 2026
This research explores the meanings and memories associated with former places and spaces of adult education in the UK, the physical sites or locations which were used for pioneering adult education purposes in the past but are no longer in existence or have been repurposed. Such spaces provide a focus for the memories, experiences and voices of those who benefited from them. The research considers how their pedagogical and subject-related innovations impacted beyond the life of the building/organisation and where these new movements migrated upon their closure by creating both a living history archive and a book – based on interviews with former staff and students, documentary analysis and written testimony from archival records.