In Memoriam - Professor Alan Rogers

It is with great sadness that we inform colleagues of the death of former colleague, Professor Alan Rogers who passed away on Tuesday 5 April. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends.

Born in 1933, Alan Rogers came to the University of Nottingham as an undergraduate in 1951. He joined the Department of Adult Education in late 1950s, rising to Reader before moving to Ireland in 1980 to become director of the Institute of Continuing Education at Magee University College, Derry, and later dean at the University of Ulster. He subsequently worked at the University of Reading where he increasingly moved into work on adult education and international development. He continued to be closely associated with Nottingham and was an honorary professor from 1998 until his death, giving lectures and masterclasses as well as advising doctoral students on a regular basis.

Alan was the founding secretary general of the Commonwealth Association for the Education and Training of Adults and also founded the Uppingham Seminar series of international adult education residentials. As well as early work as a historian of the East Midlands from his time as an adult education tutor at Nottingham, he published hugely influential books in the field of adult education such as Teaching Adults (1986), Adults Learning for Development (1992) and Non-formal Education (2007). Alan continued to be an active scholar and practitioner till his death with his work in his eighties including for the Afghani police force and with the Tanzanian Folk Development Colleges.

Alan maintained his connections to the School of Education and was an Honorary Professor. He was actively participating in the Honorary Associate's Network focused on Adult Education up to a few weeks ago.