Jeanne Hitching is an education consultant working in the post-compulsory sector. She has 20 years' experience in the Further Education and Higher Education sectors, including many years teaching adult learners on pre-degree, degree and post-degree courses. The bulk of her experience is in the field of teacher-training and staff-development for post-16 teachers, where she have written courses and devised the accompanying learning materials. As a member of the Strategy Group of the Institute for Learning, she has helped devise the model for Continuing Professional Development that is linked to the mandatory requirement for QTLS.