PDP on the VLE

Heather RichardsonYork Award Manager / PDP Officerhr6@york.ac.uk

PDP

structured and supported process undertaken by students to reflect upon their own learning, performance and/or achievement and to plan for their personal, educational and career development.

provides students with at least one occasion in each year of study on which they can engage in discussions with their supervisor about PDP.

FIRST YEAR Autumn - discuss what it means to be a CS graduate, introduce PDP Spring - optional PDP session (start of term) Summer - optional PDP session (start of term), review progress and

plans, discuss drafting a cv.

SECOND YEAR Autumn - individual PDP session Spring - optional PDP session (start of term) Summer - optional PDP session (start of term)

FINAL YEAR Autumn - individual PDP session Spring - optional PDP session (start of term) Summer - optional PDP session (start of term)

These discussions will hopefully encourage students to:

adopt an holistic view of the academic experience

reflect on both curricula and extra curricula activities

identify strengths and weaknessesdiscuss possible opportunities for

development.

It is anticipated that PDP will benefit both staff and students by:

Giving students the chance to consider exactly how their university education is contributing to personal and career development

Making references easier to write, having followed a student's progress more closely there will be more information to hand

As students take greater responsibility for their own learning, they should become easier to teach.

PDP on the VLE : http://vle.york.ac.uk

Click the ‘My Supervisees’ link Students should tick the ‘Student completed’

box when their form is ready to read Enter the student record (The Student Number

is the link) Click ‘PDP Document’ Select ‘PDP Portfolio Template’ Once the PDP meeting has taken place, tick

the ‘Supervisor confirm’ box on the student list Instructions can be found on the main PDP

tab, in the ‘My Supervisees’ box