Part 1 Starting points: the vision and the context, Roy Hedge and Bill Walton; principles guiding change, Kath Aspinwall et al; from structure to practice - the management support team, Douglas Finlayson; the curriculum and assessment resource, Jeanie Hedge and Colin Martin; the school-focused development programme - the core, Daryl Agnew and Carole Goodwin. Part 2 Practice and progress: supporting change - the role of the tutor, Ian Anniss and Bob Gibbs; given time - developing practice, Pat McAteer et al; heads or tails - the ten-sided coin, Bob Driskell et al. Part 3 Some wider perspectives: a view from Europe, Fritz Bohnsack; questioning the franchise - a personal view from higher education, Peter Clough; implications for LEAs - the end of an era or the forerunner of a new?, Tim Brighouse.