Preface PART I The Current Structures of Education Muir HOUSTON, Hazel KNOX and Annie MacGILLIVRAY: The Search for Quality: Changing Roles in a Changing Academic Environment Seth A. AGBO: A Learning Community Model for Professional Development and Transformational Teacher Education: Linking Teacher Preparation with In-Service Teacher Learning and School Improvement Peter LONG, Tony TRICKER & Margaret RANGECROFT: Measuring Aspects of Student Satisfaction with Course Provision Georgia N. NIKOLAIDOU: Music Curriculum: An Effective Interface Between Teacher and Pupils in the Primary School Nancy LEVESQUE: Partners in Education: The Role of the Academic Library PART II Issues Within Contemporary Education Colin TROTMAN and Heather PUDNER: Higher Education and Social Impact: A Community Education role to widen participation Paul Leonard GALLINA: Whistleblowing, Clinical Trials and the Academy: Some Recent Ethical and Public Policy Nikolas PATSAVOS: Business, Research, Architecture Part III The Ambitions of Education Tom CLAES: Definitions of ‘the university’ as Arguments in the Evaluative Discussion on ‘the university’ David Seth PRESTON: The Evolution of the English University Mission Jan PARKER: Aspirational Higher Education Robert GRANT: Schooling: The Principle, The Practice And The Institution Notes on Contributors Index