ASSESSMENT 3: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP) PDP Assignment Using the QAA standards BULLET POINTED BELOW, the material presented in the lecture series, and activities engaged in during tutorial sessions, produce a Personal Development Plan of not more than 1750 words, outlining how far you feel you have met them with regard to your future employability. You are STRONGLY advised to stick as closely as possible to the word limit The overall object of this module is to enable you to acquire key transferable skills i.e. skills that will not only enable you to succeed in your career at University, but will also be of value to you in your future. These key skills are highly valued by employers, and as a result the Higher Education's Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has specified a set of core skills which they determine that all graduates should have. A set of benchmark standards has been developed by them and these standards can be found at QAA's website, www.qaa.ac.uk they include: SOME OF THE QAA STANDARDS Introduction Introduce the aim of the report, giving a brief overview of the whole assessment. 5% Personal Development Planning What, in your opinion, is Personal Development Planning? Give some examples of the benefits that Personal Development Planning might bring to students at University 5% Personal Goals Outline the goals you originally set for yourself, listing them as SMART goals What progress have you made in achieving these goals? How do know if you have achieved these goals? 15% Developing Learning & Study Skills Reference to textbooks or other sources about your approach to learning Acknowledgement of main strengths & weaknesses in the learning environment GIVE EXAMPLES 10% 5. Developing management Skills Evidence of developed & improved management skills Strengths & weaknesses in management skills SMART OBJECTIVES in management skills development 30% CONCLUSION: With to the QAAS required standards for Graduate Employability discuss how successfully you have met these benchmarks Gibe a brief summary to enable you to make any other concluding comments 25% Structure and presentation PDP 5% Use of Harvard referencing