Category: Adult Education

• Future of Adult & Community Education

  That Adult and Community Education is in crisis, is no surprise to anybody. So, how do we go about making it sustainable, providing it with the platform and importance it requires? I recently attended the Reimagining and Reclaiming Adult and Further Education Congress held at the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences in Birmingham…

  July 8, 2025

  · Adult Education, Non-profit projects and organisation, Sustainability, Community of practice, critical reflection, learning and development, Wellbeing

• Navigating the Self-Employment Roller Coaster

  It has been way too long… I am embarrassed at how my social media posting has dropped, at the length of time it has taken for me to post another blog… however, that is because I fell into the curse of the self employed! What curse? That of taking on too much work through anxiety…

  June 21, 2025

  · Adult Education, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, Mental Health, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Personal Development, Professional Development, self awareness, self employment, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Wellbeing

• March Newsletter

  Winter suddenly feels behind us as March brings unexpected warmth! It feels a time of rejuvenation, of growth amid and in spite of the economic challenges continuing. My year has suddenly ramped up this month and in doing so my social media has fallen by the wayside. So moving into April I will be looking…

  April 11, 2025

  · Adult Education, Book review, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, DISC, employee engagement, engaging with employees, imposter syndrome, Leadership, learning and development, mentoring, motivating employees, Motivation, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, self employment, work life balance

• Communities of practice…

  …are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis.” ―Etienne Wenger, Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge What defines a community of practice is a group of…

  March 25, 2023

  · Adult Education, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, Leadership, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, Sustainability

• Imposter Syndrome…

  The imposter syndrome: it can be a fleeting sensation that you only ever experience the once or one that cripples us with nerves at every available opportunity. I am the later. I hide my imposter syndrome behind jokes and constant re-questioning that can drive those around me mad. I become consumed with nervous energy and…

  March 23, 2021

  · Adult Education, change, critical reflection, imposter syndrome, Leadership, mentoring, Non-profit projects and organisation, Personal Development, Professional Development, Sustainability

• The practice of critical reflection…

  We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience. – John Dewey Critical reflection is self-critiquing…gently… Stepping back from and actively looking at how you work allows you to see ways in which you may have been able to achieve the same result in a better way. It is an internal quality…

  March 25, 2020

  · Adult Education, change, Community of practice, critical reflection, imposter syndrome, Leadership, mentoring, Non-profit projects and organisation, Organisational Development, Personal Development, Professional Development, Sustainability, work life balance