• Developments in teaching and learning, through the creation of conditions within educational communities for managing change effectively;
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• Educational improvement led from within, focusing on areas that are seen to be matters of priority;
• Collecting and engaging with evidence in order to move thinking and practice forward, and to evaluate progress; and
• Collaboration with colleagues in partner institutions and their area education departments, so that a wider range of expertise and resources is available to support improvements in all of the participating educational communities.