Welcome to'' A Holistic Approach to Progression and Milestones

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Welcome to..A Holistic Approach to Progression
and Milestones

• Anna Lawless
• Davina Whitnall

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Workshop Aims

• How e (on-line) systems can be developed and
  used to embed progression monitoring and provide
  a high quality training environment
• An integrated system tailored to meet progression
  milestones the challenges benefits how to
  get started sharing ideas

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Introduction

• This session will cover
• Overview Rationale .why?
• Structure
• Quick tour
• Getting started
• Summary Questions

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Why?

• A need for training
• A need for consistency across Faculty/University
• Difficult to deliver/monitor
• Difficult to assess Engagement/Understanding

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An Integrated System
Supervisory Team
Records of Meetings
Monitoring
GTP
Research Skills
Progression Milestones
Networking
Transferable Skills
Communication
Personal Development Planning
Evaluation Feedback
cohort /type specific
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Why?

• Easy to change/make amendments
• Efficient method of communication
• networking
• An integrated system
• linked to Personal Development Planning
• utilises existing systems
• Effective feedback system
• Reporting (linked to central systems?)

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Benefits Challenges

• Benefits
• Bespoke to different cohorts flexible
• Provide relevant information at the point it is
  needed

• Challenges
• Timescale for delivery
• Engagement of students and staff

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Structure

• Introducing electronic Graduate Training
  Programme (eGTP)
• Core components
• Underpinned by a series of supervisor/advisor/stud
  ent meetings
• Embedded PDP system
• Part A B of forms for reflective practice and
  evaluation
• Progression pages highlights deadlines
  increases transparency
• On-line reporting, tracking and monitoring is
  easier than tracking a paper trail

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Quick Tour

• We will have a look at the following in the
  live system
• Lets look at a sample
• PhD student
• MRes student
• Student index
• A sample student progression page
• Responsibilities of staff
• On-line forms and PDP
• How this area links to our catalogue of training
• http//www.intranet.ls.manchester.ac.uk/default.as
  p

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Getting Started

• Sample processes from concept to delivery
• Put in place meetings/milestones to assess
  progression
• Underpin this with training to meet milestones
• Collate all this information in one place easy
  to access to staff/students
• Ensure follow-up/chasing if deadlines are not met

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Getting Started

• Now identify your processes
• Spend 5/10 minutes using the proforma included in
  your packs identifying similar processes in your
  environment
• What are the individual/unique benefits and
  challenges you face?
• Over to you.

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Vote which of the following presents the most
benefit to your department/Faculty/Section

• Better Communication
• Tracking of Students Progression
• Gaining Feedback
• Embedded PDP processes
• A One Stop resource

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Vote which of the following presents the greatest
challenge to your department/Faculty/Section

• Student engagement with progression
• Staff engagement with progression
• PDP processes engagement
• Pulling together a series of resources
• Getting students and staff to use it

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Top tips for getting started

• Top tips for setting up progression monitoring
  systems
• Sharing information with others
• Talk to those who have done it to find out the
  benefits and pit falls
• Use what you have in the first instance
• Its easier and helps with engagement
• Pilot/try it out
• Encourages engagement and if evaluated correctly
  forms an essential part of the process

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Vote on how useful you have found this session?

• Very useful
• Useful
• OK
• Not Useful
• It wasnt what I was expecting

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Summary

• Any Questions?