My friend and colleague Jan Ainsley, who has died aged 76 of complications associated with Parkinson’s disease, was a college and university lecturer whose teaching extended across sociology, politics, education and the arts.
Jan taught at Evesham College of Higher Education, Worcestershire, in the 1970s and later that decade joined the education department at West Sussex Institute of Higher Education (now the University of Chichester), where she remained until her retirement in 2001, progressing to be a senior lecturer. There she championed access to education at any age, encouraging students from a wide range of backgrounds.
