ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We should like to acknowledge the support and guidance of the Scottish Government team who worked with us on this report, Jackie Horne, Sarah Miller and Rachel Sunderland.
We are also grateful to David Raffe of the University of Edinburgh, Kirstie Corbett of Lifelong Learning Research, Scottish Government, and Patrick Watt of Futureskills Scotland for valuable advice, and to Linda Ahlgren, who did some of the preliminary searches before Sheila Edward joined the team.
Sheila Edward, Elisabet Weedon and Sheila Riddell
Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity
University of Edinburgh
March 2008