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5.4 Personal Development Planning
As you progress through the course you will have greater autonomy and responsibility for your
learning experience. It is important that there is some method of monitoring this progress, both
for you and for the staff team, to help you match your learning experience to career aspirations
and professional opportunities.
To assist you in this, you will be required to draw up a Personal Development Plan from the
second year of the course. You will have ownership of the plan, and it is your responsibility to
maintain and modify it. The Career Management Skills module will help you with creating and
developing your plan. The plan itself is not assessed, but is an essential tool for you, enabling you
to set out your aspirations during your studies and focus and develop any specialist interests you
may have. It will also be extremely helpful when it comes to selecting a research area for your
major project.
Your plan will be a reference point for discussions with your personal tutor in years two and
three. Your plan should include or refer to the following:
• Transcripts of module marks for the course.
• Feedback notes from module assessments.
• A reflective statement of your evolving personal development aims.
• Critical comment on how these aims are being achieved.
• Proposals for any remedial action to keep your plan progressing.
6. Course Management
The management structure supporting the course is as follows:
• Elizabeth Allen is the Course Leader, responsible for day-to-day running and overall
management of the course and development of the curriculum.
• Sophie Triantaphillidou is the acting Course Leader, responsible for day-to-day running and
overall management of the course and development of the curriculum until January. She is
also head of the Imaging Technology Research Group and course leader of the MSc Digital
and Photographic Imaging.
• Andy Golding, Head of Department, holds academic responsibility for the course and other
courses within the Department of Photographic and Digital Media within the School of
Communication and Creative Industries.
• Sally Feldman, Dean of School, holds overall responsibility for the course, and for the other
courses run by the School of Media, Arts and Design.
• Professor Simon Jarvis, Campus Provost, holds overall responsibility for the School of
Communication and Creative Industries, and for other Schools within the Campus.
Teaching staff in addition to the Course Leader:
• John Smith is the Admissions Tutor, responsible for scrutinising all applications for admission to
the course and for a range of liaison duties with feeder institutions, and arranging
interviews for applicants where appropriate.
• Simon Brown is a lecturer in level 4 and level 5 modules on the BSc.
• A Project Coordinator ensures that all final year students are provided with Project
information at the end of the second year. This includes a list of teaching staff and
Project suggestions made by them to indicate their fields of interest and expertise.
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