This is the main underlying theme for the whole ISLE Project.  As such it does not appear here as a separate summry report in its own right - it is subsumed in all other reports and project partner stories.

This theme addresses the issue of students in transition as defined as entry level (from wherever), progression between levels within an institution, progression between levels AND institutions and transition to employment.  Factors which impact on these transitions such as flexibility, smoothness, efficiency and support have been identified (see Mindmap image on left) and reported throughout the ISLE papers and reports.

 

This theme gathers information on

This theme addresses the embedding of PDP processes, like other core skills, across all areas of a student’s curriculum.

Initially it requires gathering information about how PDP is being used across all curriculum areas to learn from areas where PDP is naturally occurring and look at how this knowledge can be applied in areas where it is less obvious.

This theme focusses on how effective pdp is as a pedagogical tool and model is in both the FE and HE contexts.   

 

 

This theme investigates how diagnostic and other resources are being used to support PDP for career, academic and personal development.  It investigates the breadth of resources available and within institutions, effective models of use across the curriculum.

Transferring student data is concerned with issues surrounding how IT and technology supports the PDP process. Specifically, how easily student data can be stored, merged or transfered from one system to another within an agreed common framework.