Competence based education and training - background and origins, Eric Tuxworth; competence and standards, Bob Mansfield; can competency and knowledge mix?, Alison Wolf; the definition of standards and their assessment, Lindsay Mitchell; the emerging model of vocational education and training, Gilbert Jessup; the employment department/training agency standards programme in NVQs - implications for education, Graham Debling; curriculum implications, Geoff Stanton; an achievement-led college, Jenny Shackleton; the implementation of NVQs, John Burke; implications of the implementation of competence based curricula in FE, Allan Brown and Ian Haffenden; initial teacher training and the NCVQ model, Michael Eraut; emerging issues - the response of HE to competency based approaches, Tim Oates.