Reflecting on running the Lanzarote Half Marathon (slowly!) 🌍🏃‍♂️ last weekend, amidst some thoughts about the state of Adult Education across these islands and the need to keep running up the down escalator.

You may have noticed the phonetic spelling of my name at the top of each page on this website. It's something I was introduced to a few years ago by the Race Equality Matters #MyNameIs phonetic name-spelling campaign. My first name doesn't seem to present too many difficulties for most of the people I interact with, but I've lost count of the number of times my surname has been mangled into variations of Skee-ney , Screen-ey , Swee-ney , etc. And then there's the mild micro-

Discussion, collaboration and praxis aren't optional extras for educators and education professionals. We ALL need thinking and sharing space. Last week I spent a few days away in Wales and England, working with two organisations close to my heart - North West Migrants Forum (NWMF) and Research and Practice in Adult Literacies (RaPAL) . Since leaving the Technical Advisor role a year ago, I've spent less time travelling than I used to and (Masters aside) less face-to-face ti