Being an adult learner in austere times: exploring the contexts of higher, further and community education

The book review focuses on an edited collection from Boeren and James derives from papers presented at the Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCRUTREA) entitled Adult Education in Austere Times in 2016. Three years later, the constraints faced by Adult Education providers are ever more pronounced and this book provides helpful insights into the broad landscape in which adult education takes place, or rather, should take place