Personal Development Planning (PDP) in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Date: 5 December, 2002
Location: British Council, Spring Gardens, London
Event type: Workshop

Past Event Summary

An event focussing on personal development planning, the Higher Education progress file, the European Language Portfolio and the development of key skills.

Programme

10:00 Registration and coffee
10:30 PDP and Progress Files: the implications for HE
Joy Moloney, Centre for Recording Achievement
10:50 Staff development materials for key skills and PDP
Peter Burke, CDELL Project, University of Nottingham
11:25 Tea and coffee
11:40 Progress files and residence abroad: A British Council initiative
Barry Smeaton, Educational Consultant
12:15 Languages and PDP: an institutional case study
Jocelyn Wyburd, University of Manchester
12:50 LUNCH
13:45 Year Abroad logs and accreditation
Syd Donald, University of Leeds
14:20 The European Language Portfolio (ELP)
Vicky Wright, Subject Centre
14:55 Panel session,
Chair: Judy Powell, Director, Higher Education, Education and Training Group, British Council
15:30 Close and tea

* The Cercles portfolio was launched at the Paris Cercles conference in September, 2002 and will be available in pdf format to all universities who are members of AULC.