Priorities and opportunities for personal development

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Personal development is an ongoing process, in which you need to:

• Identify priorities for personal development
• Identify personal development opportunities
• Create an action plan
• Monitor your progress
• Evaluate your personal performance

Download this worksheet and rate your priorities for personal development

Identify personal development opportunities

Each university offers a different set of opportunities for personal and professional development. Download and use this questionnaire to map the opportunities open to you.

Create an action plan

Targets should provide clear guidelines for action and be built into an action plan. Download the action plan template to record your own targets. Remember, targets are not written in stone: they should be monitored and reviewed as the project proceeds so that it can be completed on time.

Monitor your progress

You may find it helpful to work to a format to explore your progress on current goals. Download this form to help you monitor your progress. Use this in conjunction with your action plan.

Download and complete this evaluation sheet to assist you in improving your personal performance.

For further advice, see Chapters 4, 7 and 8 of Skills for Success by Stella Cottrell