What's in it for me?

Above all, PDP is about developing you as a 'whole person'!  The gains can therefore be:

• personal - increasing your confidence in who you are, what you believe and what you want to achieve.
• academic - identifying what it takes to help you learn effectively, what you'd like to achieve academically and how you're going to get there.
• social - building your awareness of others and the importance of different team roles.
• professional - helping you to be more strategic in developing skills for employability.

Awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses, and a demonstrable ability to learn from experience and to plan for future actions, are highly valued by employers looking for top calibre graduates. 

Recording your achievements and setting yourself action plans can therefore help to prepare you for job interviews as well as other professional situations, such as Professional Development Reviews (PDR) which you are likely to encounter in life beyond university.