1. Working with Students to Create our Peer and Community Personal Development Planning Programme Declan Bryans and Andrew Glen Dr Avril Thomson, Dr Linda Thomson and Dr Debbie Willison

2. Introduction and background Presentation from this year’s student intern project team Activity and discussion session Agenda

3. 2009 –Report of Academic Counselling and Personal Development Planning Feb/Mar 2010 –Senate Working Group on Academic Counselling and Personal Development Planning Sept 2010 –Framework of minimum requirements and use of the term Personal Development Advising “Senate resolved to approve its introduction from 2010-11.” Background

4. 1st year: –3 meetings – settling in, reflect on performance and preparation for moving on 2nd and 3rd years: –2 meetings per year – reflect on previous year’s performance and reflect on this year’s performance 4th/Final year: –1 meeting – developmental feedback/readiness for exams/transition out Framework

5. First group of summer student interns: –Taufik Marlik, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) –Dorothea Bouck-Standen, NAME –Laura Hay, Design Manufacture and Engineering Management (DMEM) –Stewart Steele, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) –Vicky Hamilton, DMEM Outcome – The Tight-Loose Model 2011/2012 - Pilot in DMEM, MAE, NAME and Pure & Applied Chemistry (PAC) 2011

6. Summer 2012 - Second student intern project –Wei Ren Adams, MAE –Yeugeuiya Manchul, NAME –Catriona Provan, DMEM –Kasim Qureshi, PAC Outcome – online development 2012/2013 - Pilot in Chemistry, DMEM, MAE, NAME and Strathclyde Business School 2012

7. Summer 2013 – Third student intern project –Declan Bryans, PAC –Andrew Glen, History –Peter McLoughlin, Marketing –Robbie Stewart, MAE All four faculties represented Aim: to ensure resources are appropriate for all faculties and departments 2013

9. Developing University wide resources through staff-student partnerships Increasing PDP awareness through staff collaboration Increasing engagement through external partnerships Aims & Objectives

10. Flexible PDP scheme MyPlace class - PDP hub Handbooks – PDP guide Resource Development

11. Communication between schools, departments & faculties Best Practise – building on success, lessons learned A PDP Network has now been established Staff Collaboration

12. Alumni survey Promotional Videos Alumni forums Partnerships

13. Staff Students Interns Conclusion – the benefits to…

15. Action Planning & Reviewing S pecific M easurable A chievable R ealistic T ime-bound S ituation T ask A ction R esult Goal setting Reflection

16. What are the challenges in adopting and developing a University-wide PDP scheme? How best to increase student engagement? How best to increase staff engagement? How would be best to maintain the ‘students as partners’ approach between intern projects? Should PDP be compulsory? Should PDP be credit bearing or not? Discussion Session

17. Student interns: Wei Ren Adams, Declan Bryans, Dorothea Bouck-Standen, Andrew Glen, Vicky Hamilton, Laura Hay, Yeugeuiya Manchul, Taufik Marlik, Peter McLoughlin, Catriona Provan, Kasim Qureshi, Stewart Steele and Robbie Stewart Debbie Willison, Avril Thomson, and Lizann Bonner Helyn Thornbury Gould LTE and other professional services University of Strathclyde’s Education Excellence Fund Acknowledgements