Universal Preschool: the rocky path to policy change

This very comprehensive teaching note provides a number of suggestions to explore the realities of life for a senior public servant, starting with suggestions for exploring aspects of policy development, such as the identification of a policy window, as well as the challenges of policy implementation, in a 'supercharged' political environment. Equally, it can be used to explore the subtleties of managing a political transition, including machinery of government changes and the need to establish new and different ministerial relationships.