Sir Alan John Tuckett, OBE (born 3 April 1948)[1] is a British adult education specialist and campaigner.
[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.
[9] He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to education, particularly adult learning.