Gillian Trorey, Head of Staff Development in the School of Education and Professional Development, and member of the Staff Development Group of the University of Huddersfield. UK. Contributes to professional development programmes for teachers in further and higher education and the taught doctorate in education. Previously eco-edited 'Environmental issues in Education' (as Gill Harris, with C.Blackwell, Ashgate, 1996). Cedric Cullingford, Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield. UK. Has produced over 25 books, most recent are 'How children learn to read' (Kogan Page), Prejudice: from individual identity to nationalism in young people (Kogan Page), 'An Inspector Calls: Ofsted and its effect on school standards (Kogan page) 'The Human experience: the early years' (Ashgate)

• Contents: Introduction: Meeting the needs of the individual and the institution, Gillian Trorey; Performance management and control of the professions, Richard Pring; The individual and the institutional: balancing professional development needs within further education, Rachel Brooks; Revisiting the purposes of continuing professional development, Christopher Day; Career dynamics in further and higher education, Julia Corkindale and Gillian Trorey; Educational change and teacher development, Catherine Scott and Steve Dinham; Professionals or prisoners? the competency-based approach to professional development, Ros Ollin; School needs, teachers' personal needs and the set agenda: conflict and challenges, Steve Belbin and Helen Swift; Complexity, creativity and personal development in headship, Adrian Raynor; The impact of information on individuals and organizations, Cedric Cullingford and Helen Swift; Whole school development policies: a case study, Christopher Greenfield and Cedric Cullingford; Leadership for sustainable development education, John Blewitt; Institutional development and professional needs: some reflections, Cedric Cullingford; Index.