Alan Tuckett Explained

Sir Alan John Tuckett, (born 3 April 1948)[1] is a British adult education specialist and campaigner. He was the Chief Executive of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) from 1988 to 2011, and President of the International Council for Adult Education from 2011 to 2015.[2] [3] [4] [5] He is currently Professor of Education at the University of Wolverhampton.[6]

In 2020, the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) founded with means of the BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) a guest professorship for Tuckett at the University of Würzburg.[7]

He was educated at Launceston College, Cornwall and graduated with a first class degree in English and American Literature from the University of East Anglia in 1969.[8]

Tuckett was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours for services to adult further education. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to education, particularly adult learning.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alan John TUCKETT. Personal Appointments. Companies House. 3 January 2018. en.
  2. News: Wilby. Peter. Alan Tuckett: the man who invented the 'adult learner'. 31 December 2017. The Guardian. 21 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Bristol. University of. IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor Alan Tuckett. Institute for Advanced Studies. University of Bristol. 31 December 2017. October 2016.
  4. Web site: Camden. Billy. Alan Tuckett honoured with knighthood. FE Week. 31 December 2017. 29 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Knighthood for adult education pioneer. BBC News. 31 December 2017. 29 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Alan Tuckett. wlv. University of Wolverhampton. 31 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082244/http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-education-health-and-wellbeing/staff-directory/alan-tuckett/. 1 January 2018. dead.
  7. Web site: Universität Würzburg. 2020-08-04. Prof. Sir Alan Tuckett's Teaching Experience.
  8. 2018 "Tuckett, Prof. Sir Alan (John), (born 3 April 1948), Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton, since 2015." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 3 Dec. 2018

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