In the broad sense, Personal and Professional Development (PPD) is a supportive framework for aiding students in managing their academic studies and general skills/practices in their chosen profession or in the concept of lifelong learning.
PPD could be conducted as peer mentorship and which may include the concept of personal coaching. As such, students are allocated to a tutorial group with an assigned lecturer in a facilitator, guide, mentor and counselor role. At the same time, lecturer delivers the content of PPD according to the needs and demands of the faculty’s programs.
PPD is co-curricular it supports, informs and underpins the curriculum through its emphasis on key and transferable skills such as Time Management, Planning, Research, Presentation, Management of Critiques and Tutor Feedback, CV, Field Trips, Student Feedback on the Programme, Portfolio Building, Financial Planning, Understanding and handling of Assessment via workshop, talks, studio and gallery visits, etc.
Each PPD session is a developmental indicator that records students’ achievements, identifying their strengths and areas for improvements, reflecting on progress and setting goals and action plans for the future. The outcome of the PPD process is owned by student(s) and should be recorded in the PPD folder/profile.