Solent University
Coursework Assessment Brief
Assessment Details
Module Title: | Continued Personal and Professional Development |
Module Code: | MAN126 |
Module Leader: | Andrëa Faustino |
Level: | 7 |
Assessment Title: | PDP |
Assessment Number: | AE1 |
Assessment Type: | PDP |
Restrictions on Time/Word Count: | 4000 words (excel appendices) |
Consequence of not meeting time/word count limit: | There is no penalty for submitting below the word/count limit, but students should be aware that there is a risk they may not maximise their potential mark. Assignments should be presented appropriately in line with the restrictions stated above; if an assignment exceeds the time/word count this will be taken in account in the marks given using the assessment criteria shown.* |
Individual/Group: | Individual |
Assessment Weighting: | 100% |
Issue Date: | May 2023 |
Hand In Date: | 16th August 2023 by 4pm |
Planned Feedback Date: | September 2023 |
Mode of Submission: | Online |
Number of copies to be submitted: | 1 |
| Anonymous Marking | This assessment: Is exempt from anonymous marking. |
Assessment Task
You are required to produce a Personal Development Plan (PDP) that evidences and justifies your choice of personal and professional goals within a critically reflective narrative.Â
The PDP must identify your individual learning goals and continuous professional and academic development.Â
- These goals must demonstrate how they relate to your individual skills and learning style and link to your present and future academic studies, career goals and professional aspirations.
- The critically reflective narrative, which must be incorporated, will describe the reflective process of how you arrived at your chosen career /personal goals; and will provide a more in-depth explanation of options available to you, based on the completion of a number of self-assessments tests, personal reflection, planned activities.Â
The PDP will also need to demonstrate:
- Identification of own learning style and how that impacts upon own learning goals.
- Link learning goals in context of your wider professional environment, having reviewed your chosen industry sector. Appreciate and harness the importance of peer involvement and reflection as part of the development process (participation in online exercises/forums/peer activities is key and should be evidenced).
- Understand and apply the role of individual professional circumstances in the development of the CPD plan.
- Evaluate and relate individual learning and professional situation in the design of learning and CPD goals.
- Integrate and evaluate CPD/PDP theory and practices into the selection of your goals.
- Skills to be developed, evidenced by a selection of appropriate self-assessment exercises.
The following should be included as evidence in your appendices of self-assessment tasks completed for this assignment:
- Result from Honey and Mumford Learning Styles
- Synopsis of Honey and Mumford and completed Skills Audit
- Result from Future ME Test and reflection on the results
- Evidence of completion of a minimum of 2 Self-Assessment exercises from Solent Futures and the reflection on the results.
- Results from the Temperament test, and reflection on the results.
- Evidence to show critical evaluation of your chosen Career Sector and the skills, attributes, qualifications, and accreditations required in this area.
It is anticipated that you will also include other pieces of evidence to strengthen and justify your narrative and PDP choices.
Learning Outcomes
This assessment will enable students to demonstrate in full or in part the learning outcomes identified in the Module descriptors.
Living CV
As part of the University’s Work Ready, Future Ready strategy, you will be expected to build a professional, Living CV as you successfully engage and pass each module of your degree.Â
The Living CV outputs evidenced on completion of this assessment are:
- Critically reflect on oneself to determine areas for development based on key requirements of the chosen Industry sector.
- Develop and implement a Personal Development Plan
Please add these to your CV via the Living CV builder platform on Solent Futures Online Solent Futures Online
Important Information Late Submissions
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You are reminded that:
- If this assessment is submitted late i.e. within 7 calendar days of the submission deadline, the mark will be capped at 40% if a pass mark is achieved;
- If this assessment is submitted later than 7 calendar days after the submission deadline, the work will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero;
- If this assessment is being submitted as a referred piece of work, then it must be submitted by the deadline date; any Refer assessment submitted late will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero.
Extenuating Circumstances
The University’s Extenuating Circumstances (EC) procedure is in place if there are genuine short term exceptional circumstances that may prevent you submitting an assessment. If you are not ‘fit to study’, you can either request an extension to the submission deadline of 7 calendar days or you can request to submit the assessment at the next opportunity, i.e. the resit period (as a Defer without capping of the grade). In both instances you must submit an EC application with relevant evidence.  If accepted under the university regulations there will be no academic penalty for late submission or non-submission dependent on what is requested. You are reminded that EC covers only short term issues (20 working days) and that if you experience longer term matters that impact on your learning then you must contact the Student Hub for advice.
Please find a link to the EC policy below:
Academic Misconduct
Any submission must be your own work and, where facts or ideas have been used from other sources, these sources must be appropriately referenced. The University’s Academic Handbook includes the definitions of all practices that will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct. You should check this link before submitting your work.
Procedures relating to student academic misconduct are given below:
Ethics Policy
The work being carried out must be in compliance with the university Ethics Policy. Where there is an ethical issue, as specified within the Ethics Policy, then you will need an ethics release or ethics approval prior to the start of the project.
The Ethics Policy is contained within Section 2S of the Academic Handbook:
Grade marking
The University uses an alpha numeric grade scale for the marking of assessments. Unless you have been specifically informed otherwise your marked assignment will be awarded a letter/number grade. More detailed information on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on the portal and in the Student Handbook.
Guidance for online submission through Solent Online Learning (SOL)
Extenuating Circumstances
The University’s Extenuating Circumstances procedure is in place if there are genuine circumstances that may prevent a student submitting an assessment. If students are not ‘fit to study’, they can either request an extension to the submission deadline of 5 working days or they can request to submit the assessment at the next opportunity (Defer). In both instances students must submit an EC application with relevant evidence.  If accepted by the EC Panel there will be no academic penalty for late submission or non-submission dependent on what is requested. Students are reminded that EC covers only short term issues (20 working days) and that if they experience longer term matters that impact on learning then they must contact the Student Hub for advice.
Please find a link to the EC policy below:
Academic Misconduct
Any submission must be students’ own work and, where facts or ideas have been used from other sources, these sources must be appropriately referenced. The University’s Academic Handbook includes the definitions of all practices that will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct. Students should check this link before submitting their work.
Procedures relating to student academic misconduct are given below:
Ethics Policy
The work being carried out by students must be in compliance with the Ethics Policy. Where there is an ethical issue, as specified within the Ethics Policy, then students will need an ethics release or an ethical approval prior to the start of the project.
The Ethics Policy is contained within Section 2S of the Academic Handbook:
Grade marking
The University uses a letter grade scale for the marking of assessments. Unless students have been specifically informed otherwise their marked assignment will be awarded a letter grade. More detailed information on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on the portal and in the Student Handbook.
Guidance for online submission through Solent Online Learning (SOL)