University of Portsmouth - Carina Buckley

Research Question: What role can PDP play in identity development and confidence building in non-traditional students?

Archived progress report 2008   A & B & C
FINAL report 2010

(Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education) - What role can PDP play in identity development and confidence building in non-traditional students?

University of Gloucestershire - John Buswell

Research Question: What impact can learning inventories like ELLI and the ESCI-U have on students’ capacity to understand and regulate their own learning?

Archived report A & B & C
FINAL report 2010


University of Bradford - Peter Hughes

Research Question: How an institutional PDP framework affords varieties of implicit and explicit programme – deep PDP practices.

Archived progress reports A & B

(Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education) - Situated Personal Development Planning



University of Salford - Julie Savory, Carole Conroy

Research Question: To investigate how best can the inclusion of PDP activity in part time (day release) vocationally orientated programmes help meet the expectations of sponsoring employers regarding employability skills / competencies.

Archived progress reports A & B & C
FINAL report 2010

(Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education) - The role of Personal Development Planning (PDP) for employer sponsored students – an exploration of how PDP learning activities can support CPD and workforce development requirements

Coventry University - Sarah Wilson-Medhurst

Research Question: What are the elements within this Coventry Add+Vantage module that support and encourage a reflective capacity?

Archived progress reports A & B
FINAL report 2010


(Journal of Learning Development in Higher Educaiton) - An evaluation of the impact of e-Portfolio supported pedagogic processes on students’ reflective capacity