Sarah lectures on the Teaching Qualification in Further Education (TQFE) programme and was previously the Director of the Access to Degree Studies in Higher Education programme.
Sarah became involved in adult education as a volunteer literacies tutor at Stirling Council Adult Learning Team, gaining paid work initially with the Workers Educational Association. She has worked as Literacies Development Worker at Stirling Council and Offender Learning Lecturer with New College Lanarkshire. She also worked on the development and teaching of the Community Education BA programme at the University of the West of Scotland.
Sarah was researcher on the European Commission funded REAL Project at Stirling University, co-developing professional learning resources for adult educators across Europe.
Sarah was a member of the National Strategic Forum on Adult Learning Working Group - Professional Development (2016-2019), which took forward the priorities set out in the Scottish Government's vision for adult learning - Adult Learning in Scotland - Statement of Ambition (2014).
Her published research to date includes critiquing the theorising of adult education addressing issues of inequality and empowerment, with a focus on adult literacies learning and the education of prisoners. She is an associate of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research.
Sarah serves on the editorial board of the journal Studies in the Education of Adults and on the advisory editorial board of the International Journal of Lifelong Education.
She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA).
Research interests: Theory, policy and practice of further and adult education; theorising of equality and emancipation in education; critical pedagogy ; STEM learning, adult literacy education, prison education, professional development of adult educators.
100 years of radical Adult Education in Scotland: building hope for the future
PI: Dr Sarah Galloway
Funded by: Lipman Miliband Trust
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Book Chapter
Putting glitter on the shit: working in-against-and-beyond adult education in Scotland
Galloway S, McEwan S, Player J, Reid H, Harris M & Keenen D (2025) Putting glitter on the shit: working in-against-and-beyond adult education in Scotland. In: James N, Orr K & Clancy S (eds.) International Handbook on Adult Education and Learning. 1 ed. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 225-236. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-adult-learning-and-education-9781800886650.html
Article
Researching inequality and lifelong education from 1982 to 2020: A critical review
Ilieva-Trichkova P, Galloway S, Schmidt-Hertha B, Guo S, Larson A, Duckworth V & Maruatona T (2022) Researching inequality and lifelong education from 1982 to 2020: A critical review. International Journal of Lifelong Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2022.2148303
Article
Galloway S (2021) Unseen roots and unfolding flowers? Prison learning, equality and the education of socially excluded groups. British Educational Research Journal, 47 (5), pp. 1416-1433. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3734
Newspaper Article
Structural Inequalities and Adult Literacies Education
Galloway S (2020) Structural Inequalities and Adult Literacies Education. Stahl G (Editor) Bourdieu in Educational Research: Language and Literacy Learning Newsletter. 25.10.2020.
Book Chapter
Rancière, Freire and Critical Pedagogy
Galloway S (2019) Rancière, Freire and Critical Pedagogy. In: Cowden S & Ridley D (eds.) The Practice of Equality: Jacques Rancière and Critical Pedagogy. New Disciplinary Perspectives on Education, 1. Oxford: Peter Lang International, pp. 21-43. https://www.peterlang.com/view/9781788740319/xhtml/chapter01.xhtml
Article
Galloway S (2019) Social Practices or Functional Skills? Rehabilitation or Rights? An Analysis of Scottish Prison Learning Contracts. Encyclopaideia, 23 (53), pp. 67-80. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/9350
Other
100 Years of Radical Adult Education in Scotland: Building Hope for the Future (Transcript)
Clancy S, Crowther J, Galloway S, Keenan D, McEwan S, Nicholson J, Player J & Burton W (2019) 100 Years of Radical Adult Education in Scotland: Building Hope for the Future (Transcript). CR & DALL Seminar Series 2019-2020. 100 Years of Radical Adult Education in Scotland: Building Hope for the Future, Glasgow, 16.11.2019-16.11.2019. http://cradall.org/content/100-years-radical-adult-education-scotland-building-hope-future
Other
The professional learning of Scotland’s Adult Educators
Galloway S (2018) The professional learning of Scotland’s Adult Educators. Scotland's Strategic Forum for Adult Learning (Professional Learning Working Group) Strategic Forum for Adult Learning (Professional Learning Working Group). Learning Link Scotland. http://www.learninglinkscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Final-Report-Professional-Learning-Working-Group.pdf
Conference Paper (published)
Mapping adult education in Scotland - hills and glens, challenging roads and hidden pathways
Galloway S, Roberts G, Slade B & Swinney A (2018) Mapping adult education in Scotland - hills and glens, challenging roads and hidden pathways. In: SCUTREA 2018 - Conference Proceedings. Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults, Sheffield, 17.07.2018-19.07.2018. Sheffield, pp. 109-118. https://drive.google.com/file/d/136b0PiP8jQholEcifq9JBCpDRk13iZmO/view
Article
Galloway S (2017) Flowers of argument and engagement? Reconsidering critical perspectives on adult education and literate practices. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 36 (4), pp. 458-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2017.1280859
Article
Galloway S & Edwards R (2017) Co-producing a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Toolkit for Adult Educators: Reflections on the REAL Deal?. Studies in the Education of Adults, 49 (1), pp. 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/02660830.2017.1283756
Conference Paper (published)
Adult literacies in Scotland: is social practice being buried alive?
Galloway S (2016) Adult literacies in Scotland: is social practice being buried alive?. In: James N (ed.) Adult Education in Austere Times: SCUTREA Conference Proceedings 2016. SCUTREA, 45th Annual Conference, July 2016, Leicester, UK. Leicester: Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester, pp. 95-101. http://cradall.org/sites/default/files/Final%20SCUTREA%20Proceedings%20July%202016_0.pdf
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Ways to recognising what adult educators learn
Galloway S & Howie J (2015) Ways to recognising what adult educators learn. 44th Annual SCUTREA Conference 2015, University of Leeds, 07.07.2015-09.07.2015.
Article
Galloway S (2015) What’s missing when empowerment is a purpose for adult literacies education? Bourdieu, Gee and the problem of accounting for power. Studies in the Education of Adults, 47 (1), pp. 49-63. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/niace/stea/2015/00000047/00000001/art00005
Research Report
Recognition for Adult Educators (REAL) Competency Framework Scotland
Galloway S (2015) Recognition for Adult Educators (REAL) Competency Framework Scotland. University of Stirling School of Education. http://realrpl.eu/media/real-rpl/REAL%20Competencies%20Scotland.pdf
Article
Galloway S (2012) Reconsidering emancipatory education: Staging a conversation between Paulo Freire and Jacques Rancière. Educational Theory, 62 (2), pp. 163-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2012.00441.x
Conference Paper (published)
Considering adult literacies education as empowerment or emancipation
Galloway S (2011) Considering adult literacies education as empowerment or emancipation. In: Creating and Sustaining International Connections: exploring the learning opportunities for Studying Creative Understandings about Teaching and Research for Equity and Access. 41st Annual SCUTREA Conference, Lancaster, 05.07.2011-07.07.2011. Lancaster, UK: SCUTREA.
