I am writing to you on behalf of the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and all adult learners across the UK to ask you to support our campaign to help us save adult education.

There is a belief that the availability of a number of information and communication technologies means a radical transformation of the way students learn: the digital revolution creates an educational revolution. That is in any event the claim, that is just as strong in Asia as in Europe. But why is it so strong, when there is no evidence that technologies such as laptops, mobile phones and online and open distance learning courses make a substantial difference to student achievements?