Personal Development Planning

Wednesday, 29th January 2003,
University of Glasgow
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Workshop Aims

UK higher education is developing and introducing Progress Files
following a recommendation of the National Inquiry in Higher Education
(Dearing Report 1997). All institutions must have Progress Files in
place by 2005/6.

Progress Files will consist of a transcript of a student's achievement
and a Personal Development Plan. Personal Development Planning is a
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.

The aim of this workshop is to help academics in the physical sciences
to explore the most effective ways of implementing PDPs with their own
students. There will be an opportunity to hear about several PDP models
which have already be developed and successfully implemented with
undergraduates. These may provide 'science specific' resources for
colleagues and students and prevent the re-inventing of wheels. There
will also be an opportunity to discuss the practicalities of
implementing PDPs, how they can be 'sold' to students and to colleagues
and how students can be effectively supported.

The workshop should be of interest to any academic within a
science-related discipline and anyone with a responsibility for
developing or implementing the Progress Files or PDPs.

10:00 a.m.     Coffee & Registration
10:30 a.m.     'Supporting the Development of PDPs in Higher Education'
Rob Ward, Centre for Recording Achievement' & Associate Advisor, LTSN
Generic Centre
11:10 a.m.     'The Undergraduate Skills Record - PDP for Chemists'
              Kristy MacDonald, The Royal Society of Chemistry
11:50 a.m.     'Engaging Physicists in PDP'
              Ashley Clarke, University of Leeds
12:30 p.m.      Lunch
1:30 p.m.       'ePARS, an internet approach to PDP'
             Angela Smallwood, University of Nottingham
2:10 p.m.      'Selling PDP to students and colleagues'
            Karen Moss, Nottingham Trent University
2:50 p.m.      Plenary discussion
3:30 p.m.      Tea and depart

There is NO registration fee for this workshop for those working in UK
HE and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Register by contacting Arlene Cope at :   [log in to unmask]  or on our
website at:   www.physsci.ltsn.ac.uk


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Arlene Cope
Centre Administrator
LTSN Physical Sciences Centre
University of Hull
Tel: 01482 465418  Fax: 01482 465418