PPD

  PERSONAL PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT 

•  what is personal devolopment planning?

  Personal Development Planning means:

 üreflecting on your own learning, performance and achievements

 üplanning your all-round personal, educational and career development

ü recording your achievements.

PDP can help you to:

q increase your self-awareness – who you are and what you want to

q identify the skills and experience that you already have, and  that you need

q create a plan to acquire the skills you may need for your academic studies or your chosen career path

  keep a record of your achievements that you can draw on when you        apply for further study or employment
    

•  Career development

Planning and developing your career is an ongoing process, not just something that you do when circumstances make it a necessity.

Whatever stage you are at in your career – looking for a new job; planning your next move; looking for ways to challenge and develop yourself – the University offers a wide range of tools, support and guidance to help you along the way.

Check out the links on the left for details of a number of initiatives designed to support your career development.

• Personal Skills for Body and Mind

Perhaps the most fundamental of all skills are those concerned with self-preservation - that is, staying healthy in both body and mind. This section of SkillsYouNeed covers some ideas that can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. My blog pages will  help to make sure that you are able to feel good about yourself.

Without good personal (or intra-personal) skills, you are less likely to be able to develop good interpersonal, presentation or leadership skills.