This includes the development of student employability skills and builds upon an established PDP programme namely the Student Qualities Profile (SQP) (Peters 2001). The rationale behind the SQP was that it should support students in the development of their skills and at the same time act as the focus for their planning reflection development and recording of achievement throughout their undergraduate studies. In practice however the majority of students ignored what they deemed to be surplus to the mandatory requirements of their degree. The School of Sport and Exercise Science therefore took the decision to integrate a customised version of the SQP within the personal tutorial system creating timetabled opportunities for students to reflect with their tutors on their progress. It also embarked upon a review of the skill set with which students were being encouraged to engage and developed activities to support and enhance the PDP programme.
Objectives
- To increase the level of student and staff engagement with PDP.
- To customise and implement a tutorial system which provided a school vehicle for personal reflection and development.
- To create meaningful opportunities for students within and outside the curriculum to support development of 21st century employability and entrepreneurial skills.