So excited for this publication, thanks to the editing team for pulling this publication together despite the pandemic. Here is a short extract to be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LebIznHs5AekPU6dnuwZaemCB9j3hpQ1/view What can critical thinking do for access to higher education adult learners at a further education art institution? Reflections on a poetry group Frances Norton (frances.norton@leeds-art.ac.uk) Leeds Arts University, UK Introduction Although art students would prefer to make and create with their hands rather than write using thinking skills (Somerson and Hermano, 2013), nevertheless using a poetry group as a pedagogic intervention could help participants become more motivated to write because Lipman (2010) states when students engage in dialogue and collaboration they also participate in critical, caring and creative thinking. The purpose of this research is to discuss the importance of criticality and independent thinking for lifelong and WP students, and