1. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit Personal Development Planning (PDP) Embedding PDP across the curriculum Embedding PDP across the curriculum

2. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit What is a Progress File? A progress file charts the progress of an individual. The overall concept involves: The institutional transcript Personal record of learning and achievement Personal development plan

3. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit What is PDP? QAA: ‘structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning performance and/or achievement, and to plan for their personal, educational and career development.’

4. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit PDP and the Progress File Personal Development Planning Reflective process to improve own learning Personal Development Records Information owned by student Transcript Information owned by the institution Process for recording learning and achievement, and guidance systems to support PDP Opportunities for practising PDP within and outside the HE curriculum Creative use of information and the skills that underlie PDP by students. Information, skills and behaviours that are valued by academics and employers

5. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit The Reflective Cycle Description What happened? Feelings What were you thinking and feeling? Evaluation What was good and bad about the experience? Analysis What sense can you make of the situation Conclusion What else could you have done? Action Plan If it arose again what would you do? Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing–a Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods, Further Education Unit, Oxford

6. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit How does LSBU currently address PDP? Personal development publications: What now? (level 0) Don’t panic (level 1) Yourself (level 2) About your future (level 3) It’s all yours (level M) These can be viewed as pdfs on the intranet at www.lsbu.ac.uk/caxton/pdp/index.html

7. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit How does LSBU currently address PDP? Learning and Development Centre: Learning for work Career Management Skills Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit (LTEU) Learning Information Services (LIS) Careers and Student Employment Unit (CaSEU) Widening Participation Unit (Mentor/Ambassador roles) Courses may already address many aspects of PDP

8. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit Strategy for developing PDP Since many LSBU awards are vocationally focussed the curricula often already address employability directly or indirectly. Map existing syllabus activities Address gaps Embed across the curricula

9. Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit Contacts Ruth BrownLTEU Ext. 7804 ruth.brown@lsbu.ac.uk Tom HallLTEU Ext. 8290 tom.hall@lsbu.ac.uk LTEU Website: www.lsbu.ac.uk/lteu PDP page:select ‘Projects’ then ‘PDP’ Peter GodwinLIS Ext. 6621 godwinp@lsbu.ac.uk