The Student Development Programme is a unit designed around your needs in developing the skills you will use while studying while simultaneously facilitating your individual goal setting and connecting you with supportive university services. The unit includes weekly seminars, that you will see in your timetable and an online resource. The timetabled sessions include a combination of active student seminars, workshops and guest lectures. The Student Development Programme is an integral part of each of the three years of the Public Health Programme. In Year 3 the SDP is there to encourage and support the students so they are confidence in knowing what their next steps are. This is a time for the students to be able to talk about the skills they have practiced at University and how they can be transferred to the workplace.
The Student Development Programme unit is a mandatory unit and part of each year of the BSc Public Health. During the unit you will develop a variety of skills to explicitly support you. The aims of the unit in Year 3 are to:
- Develop individual confidence in speaking about the skills and knowledge you have gained to find employment or further study.
- Motivate students to reach Level 6 skills, including effectively communicating their knowledge in a persuasive way, coming to well informed judgements and an ability to zoom in and out of the public health topics to gain a full view.
- Identify individual values to inform next steps.
We want you to get the most out of the unit and to do that we use a variety of trusted learning methods:
- Whole group activities and discussions in seminars that may include smaller group working.
- Learning from your peers, sharing work and providing feedback.
- Online recordings or podcasts will be available to refer to following seminars.
- Prior to seminars slides and materials will be available in the central learning environment.
- Online resources to work through
- Ongoing guidance and support from the course unit lead and your academic advisor.
