Welcome to the PDP and Employability homepage

"The Government believes that our universities are essential for building a strong and innovative economy. We will take action to create more college and university places, as well as help to foster stronger links between universities, colleges and industries... We will publish more information about the costs, graduate earnings and student satisfaction of different university courses.” The Coalition: our programme for government - May 2010

This statement by the Government demonstrates its commitment to the importance of supporting and promoting employability. Building on this, HEFCE asked institutions: “...to publish employability statements on the help they provide to students to improve their employability and transition into work.” HEFCE Circular letter number 12/2010

Employability is therefore a key theme which Universities need to address and which the University of Hull is working towards promoting through a range of activities.

In relation to PDP, the new University Strategic Plan (2011-2015) makes reference to developing PDP practice:

"We intend to develop our framework for personal development planning (PDP), including the personal supervision system, to ensure that, as part of our personalised approach, all students are able to reflect on their individual needs and achievements, and to record them in a form that they can use to evidence to future employers the ways in which the University of Hull has equipped them to make an impact and to become life-long learners."

If you wish to find out more about employability and PDP and how LTSU can help you promote and develop employability skills for students please email Paul Chin. Alternatively, if you have ideas or actively promote employability in the curriculum, LTSU would like to hear from you.