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What is informal education? This piece explores its nature, practice and purpose. [Updated April 2026]

Creators not Consumers. Rediscovering social education. Creators not Consumers first appeared in 1980. Here, we reproduce the complete text from the 1982 edition. It is now also available in various other formats. [March 2026]

Josephine Klein, group work, youth work and exploring English cultures. Don Macdonald reflects on the extraordinary contribution she made. [First published February 2026].

A (very) brief history of Burray and South Ronaldsay - the later years (1477-1799). This new article explores the first 300 years of Scotland's control of the Orkney Islands (which are where infed.org is based). The next two centuries will appear later in the year. [Published February 2026].

Maude Stanley, girls’ clubs and district visiting. One of the central pioneers of girls’ work and neighbourhood work in general. [Updated January 2026].