Alan Rogers  is an adult educator and historian. His main interest is the training of teachers of adults, particularly in the context of international development programmes. He has undertaken research and training projects widely throughout Asia and Africa. Alan’s main fields of interest are adult learning (especially informal learning), training of trainers and adult literacy in the context of international development. He has published many books and articles. He worked for twenty years in the Department of Adult Education at the University of Nottingham. In 1979 he became Professor of Adult Education and Director of the Institute of Continuing Education at Magee University College, Londonderry (1979-1985). In 1985, he became the founding Secretary General of the Commonwealth Association for the Education and Training of Adults, Executive Director of Education for Development and part-time Professor of Adult Education in the University of Reading (1985-1998); also Visiting Professor in the School of Educational Studies in the University of Surrey 1988-1995, Special Professor in Adult Education at the University of Nottingham from 1993 and Visiting Professor in Adult Education in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning in the University of East Anglia from 2003.