John Brennan is Professor of Higher Education Research at the UK Open University and Director of the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information.

Rob Edmunds is a Research Student in Systems Engineering and Human Factors at Cranfield University in the UK.

Muir Houston is Lecturer in Adult and Continuing Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Davis Jary is Visiting Professor in the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information at the UK Open University

Yann Lebeau is Lecturer in Educational Research in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Michael Osborne is Professor of Adult and Lifelong Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK

John Richardson is Professor of Student Learning and Assessment in the Institute of Educational Technology at the UK Open University