Gareth Elwyn Jones is Emeritus Professor of Education in the University of Wales and is based in Swansea’s Department of Education. He is a former head of the Department of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Gordon Wynne Roderick is a former Professor of Continuing Education and Director of the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Sheffield and Professor of Adult Education at the University of Wales Swansea.