What is PPD..?

• P=Personal
• P=Progress
• D=Development

Definition of Personal Progress Development

Personal progress development (PPD): aims to encourage an individual to become more self-aware and self-reliant and pay attention to their overall growth while planning for the future. Personal development plans can be applied to a wide range of contexts involving a career, education, relationship or for self-improvement..

Why we need PPD?

It has been recognised that we need structured opportunities to think about, and plan towards, our future. The exact content really depends on us. How much of your time do we want to give now to planning our future?

• PPD will encourage, we to make the most of our opportunities  to development of our skills, knowledge and experiences.
• To plan our personal, educational and career development
• To encourage us to develop clear ideas about future directions after University.

A Process of Personal Development

Development progress can be a very personal process or it can be a process required by our employer or tutor. As the word “development” suggests, PPD is something which takes place during our time at University and work place.

• Think deeply and in structured ways about our life and ambitions. What does success mean to you personally?
• Have the right information to make good choices.
• Have people you can trust to share our reflections.
• Have opportunities to experiment and test ourselves in new areas so that you have a better understanding of our abilities and limits.
• Have opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills to achieve our ambitions.

We have so many benefits in our personal , educational and professional life using personal progress development.They are,

Benefits of PPD to academic performance

Some advantages of taking a PPD approach to our studies are:

• Gaining a clearer focus to our learning.
• Helping to keep our self motivated.
• A better understanding of how we learn and how to improve our performance.
• More enjoyment and less stress from our learning as we become consciously skilled.
• More awareness of how to apply our learning to new problems and contexts.
• Reflective thinking skills that can strengthen academic performance. 

Benefits of PPD to professional life 

• Clearer ideas about the kind of life and work we want.
• Greater confidence in the choices we make.
• Greater confidence in the skills, qualities and attributes we bring to the career of our choice.
• Being in a better position to compete for jobs.
• Being better able to discuss your skills, personal qualities and competences with employers.
• Better problem-solving and planning skills.
• Developing the positive attitudes and approaches associated with successful professional life.

Many employers now expect employees to understand their own performance - and to know how to adapt to meet times of increased workload, stressful situations or conditions of change. Employees are expected to respond well to change. 

Benefits of PPD to personal life

• Being in a better position to make appropriate choices to meet our aspirations.
• Greater awareness of our needs and how to meet these.
• Greater awareness of the unique contribution we can make.
• Developing a positive, forward-looking approach.