Personal Development Planning and portfolio building – introducing undergraduates to the processes of professional development Introduction 171; PDP – what is it? 173; PDP – why? 175; PDP – the experience 176; PDP – the lessons 179; PDP – outstanding issues 181;

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Personal Development Planning and portfolio building – introducing undergraduates to the processes of professional development Introduction 171; PDP – what is it? 173; PDP – why? 175; PDP – the experience 176; PDP – the lessons 179; PDP – outstanding issues 181;

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All higher education institutions are asked to have policies on Personal Development Planning (PDP) in place by the academic year 2005-2006. This chapter will examine the introduction of PDP within an engineering context. It will focus on the implementation of the RAPID Progress File, an electronic personal and professional development planning tool, in a range of UK higher education institutions involving over 2,000 students. Therefore, this chapter provides the most comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the implementation of PDP processes with students within engineering.