A case study of the effects on student attainment and on retention of personal development planning (PDP) via departmental mechanisms for improving student learning and through the institutional Progress File

Languages Linguistics Area Studies (LLAS) Final Report from September 2006.

Academic staff from the Languages Department in the University of Chester (formerly University College Chester) have been involved in a variety of small projects and pilot studies aiming to enhance student learning via Personal Development Planning (PDP).

With this Pedagogical Research Grant colleagues proposed to develop this area of study further in particular by assessing the extent to which PDP structures impact on student achievement and retention.