Project Websites: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000826%2F1 and https://adultlearningpolicies.co.uk/
Project Duration: March 2023 to June 2025
Sharon was Co-Investigator for the ESRC-funded project: A UK-Ireland Investigation into The Statistical Evidence-Base Underpinning Adult Learning and Education Policy-Making, which spans England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and involves engagement with bodies representing adult education in all four nations. The project, which finished at the of June 2025, focused on the impacts of disadvantage as this intersects with adult learning policy making and includes a historical analysis of policy from the early twentieth century to the present. A book emanating from the research will be published in 2026 with Palgrave Macmillan.