What Are The Benefits?

What CPD Means for the Individual

From the individual perspective -

• Develop self awareness
• Develop your behavioural competence
• Learn to take responsibility
• Address your employability
• Supports your career development
• Develops your knowledge and skills
• You will learn the value of lifelong learning
• It can help develop your stability

The National Agenda

It can bring -

+ Membership to professional bodies

- Membership to professional bodies

This is known to be an advantage in terms of recruitment and selection. For example, accrediation to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development argue that membership to their organisation provdes advantage to being selected for a job.

+ Enhanced qualifications and skills

- Enhanced qualifications and skills

Not only does it look good on your CV, but think of all the new skills that you can come to learn along the way. These are transferable and will be recognised by those you are working with and who evaluate whether you achieve your personal targets or goals.

+ Increased confidence

- Increased confidence

Through this process you will come to develop your confidence because on reflection you will notice what you have achieved and your added value to your employer. We believe this will generate a feeling of self-worth, self-belief and develop self-esteem. The outcome of this is that you are likely to feel more motivated and competent within your abilities and skills and therefore feel better about yourself.

+ Becoming and keeping up to date in skills and knowledge

- Becoming and keeping up to date in skills and knowledge

In order to protect both our own and our employers reputation and ensure a positive and professional student experience, our knowledge and skills need to be current in our subject areas.

+ Professional awareness

- Professional awareness

This awareness will go some way towards addressing the drive for innovation and creativity called for to develop learning and teaching practice.

+ Improved interpersonal and communication skills

- Improved interpersonal and communication skills

The value of which can improve and build your working relationships. Not only will it possibly build new networks, it will also provide new opportunities.

+ Reach Goals

- Reach Goals

Help you reach your short, medium and long-term goals both personally and professionally.

+ Develop good habits

- Develop good habits

Developing good habits of reflection to ensure ongoing learning which is transferable to practice - To maintain this process we may need to unlearn 'not so good habits' in order to make way for good habit. Therefore you need to ask yourself: how can this help me do my job? How can it help me build working relationships? How can it help me find stability? In the current climate where you are no longer guaranteed a job for life, engaging in CPD can be your 'insurance' to enhance your employability prospects or alternative employment or your desired career change.