PDP Benefits

PDP helps students

• integrate their personal and academic development and increases their ability to review their progress against the intended learning outcomes of their programme
• become more effective, independent and confident self-directed learners
• understand how they are learning and relate their learning to a wider context
• recognise and discuss their strengths and weaknesses
• articulate their personal goals and evaluate progress towards their achievement
• identify opportunities for learning and personal development outside the curriculum
• improve their general skills for study and career management
• be better prepared to seek employment
• be better prepared for the demands of continuing professional, vocational and personal development
• encourage a positive attitude to learning throughout life

PDP helps academic staff by

• increasing students' independence and encouraging them to become more autonomous learners
• improving the quality and effectiveness of personal tutorials
• making more effective use of student support services
• making more effective use of outside opportunities, for example work placements
• improving their understanding of the development of individual students

PDP helps Schools and Departments by

• facilitating more effective monitoring of student progress
• establishing more effective academic support by strengthening links between separate activities
• demonstrating the quality of support given to students for review purposes