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A new national centre to promote management training for headteachers and senior staff in schools is to be set up by Bristol University and the South West Regional Management Centre at Bristol Polytechnic. The National Centre is one part of a three‐part initiative on management training for headteachers and senior staff. The other parts are the release of experienced headteachers and senior staff for one‐term secondments, and extra regional management training courses. Overall the initiative aims to develop the expertise needed to organise schools and their curriculum, and to handle resources. Speaking at a conference at Loughborough University, Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph said: