Concern about responsibility and responsibilisation pervades contemporary social and political life. This edited collection examines the operation of responsibility and responsibilisation in education settings around the world, how the two concepts are brought into being, and the impact they have on individuals and groups in education ranging from students and teachers in schools to assessment and universities. The authors underline the importance and diversity of responsibility and responsibilisation in education settings, and the dangers of viewing responsibility and responisibilisation in education as simple, fixed and benign concepts.