Performance Development Review (PDR)

Forms

For forms, guidance notes and further information on your PDR please click on the relevant button on the right hand side of the table below.

Staff category	Forms and further information
Staff in the Education and Research/Education and Scholarship job family.	PDR academic
Research Staff (Research Fellow job family).	PDR research staff
Professional Services staff in Central Administration and in Colleges.	Professional Services PDR

The Performance Development Review (PDR) is an opportunity to:

Review the past year, identifying successes and problems.
Plan for the future, taking into consideration the objectives of the College or Professional Service.
Identify learning and development opportunities.

Benefits of PDR for the Individual

A formal opportunity to review progress and plan for future activity and development.
An exchange of experience and feedback at both personal and professional levels.
Clarification of roles and responsibilities.
Opportunity to suggest improvements and changes.
A formal record of experience and learning over time.

Benefits of PDR for the College/Professional Service/Team

Improved communications.
Identification and pursuit of common goals.
Better planning for learning and development on an individual, College/Professional Service or University-wide basis.

For each type of PDR there is a key meeting with follow up meeting(s), which should take place based on the following timescales:

Staff category	Key meeting	Follow up meeting(s)
Staff in the Education and Research/Education and Scholarship job family	March	September	January
Research Staff (Research Fellow job family)	June	January
Professional Services staff in Central Administration and in Colleges	June	January