Personal development planning

QAA Scotland has worked with the Centre for Recording Achievement and the Higher Education Academy to develop a PDP toolkit

Other sources of information

The Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) is under development, and will incorporate the content of the current academic transcript and the European Diploma Supplement. For further information about the development of the HEAR, see the Higher Education Academy website.

Centre for Recording Achievement

Beyond the honours degree classification (the Burgess Group final report)

Personal development planning (PDP) helps learners reflect upon their own learning and achievement and plan for their personal, educational and career development. QAA is working with Universities UK, Universities Scotland, GuildHE, the Centre for Recording Achievement, the Higher Education Academy, the National Union of Students and others to help higher education institutions and academics develop PDP policies and practices.

Personal development planning: guidance for institutional policy and practice in higher education (PDF - 246 KB)

The idea of PDP first emerged from the Dearing and Garrick Reports (the National Committee of Inquiry in Higher Education), as part of a recommendation for higher education institutions to develop Progress Files. QAA developed Guidelines for HE Progress Files in 2001.

Archive documents

Policy statement - May 2000
Summary report - April 2000
Consultation paper - September 1999
Discussion paper (PDF) - March 1999
Getting the job you deserve, progress files for students