Before your PDR it may be helpful to ensure that you and your colleagues have a practical understanding of what the University and Department Strategy mean to the team. You can use the Re-expression activity for this. Watch the video clip of a re-expression session for some guidance or use the instructions below. It’s a great activity to do as a team, and will still have value, even if you do it alone.
Consider the word ‘Engagement’. Give yourself 30 seconds to write down as many alternative words as you can. For example ‘Getting Married’, ‘Listen’, ‘Communicating’
Look at your list and see which of these alternative words suggests some practical activity you might do if you were aiming to ‘increase engagement’ in some area of the University. Give yourself 3 minutes to come up with a few ideas.
That was the practice – now apply the same techniques to the University or Department Strategic Objectives.
Objective 2: We Deliver a Student Experience and Satisfaction in line with the UK HE Sector
Address core NSS metrics with Schools expected to reach sector scores in the following areas:
- Teaching on my course (80.05%)
- Assessment & feedback (68.53%)
- Academic support (73.88%)
- Learning resources (80.9%)
- Student voice (66.54%)