Performance Development Review 2024-25
Performance Development Review 2024-25 opens on Thursday 17th July 2025
Please note the 2024/25 area within the portal will become available from Thursday 17th July 2025. In the meantime you can view previous PDR years within the portal.
If you have any further queries, please log an enquiry via the People & Organisational Development (P&OD) Helpdesk.
Online Training Modules
There are two online training modules to support you through the PDR process.
- Introduction to PDR Explains the benefits of PDR to the individual and the organisation and provides an overview of the key elements of the process. A successful PDR depends upon both reviewer and reviewee understanding the process and being fully prepared. Enrolment key: intropdr2
- Setting Objectives Will help you understand the importance of setting objectives and explain how to use the SMART model to design effective performance objectives. Enrolment key: setobjectives2
Workshops for PDR Reviewers or Line Managers 2025
To book a course, please log into the HR Self Service Portal. Select the Learning and Development option (look for the mortarboard icon) and search by category or course name. Once booked, your line manager will be prompted to approve your request.
Workshop | Synopsis | Dates | Format |
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Challenging and Effective Conversations | Understand what makes a good quality conversation and explore your own skills and style when communicating with others. Learn and practice various models and techniques and increase your awareness of different perspectives within conversations. Identify and practice the interpersonal skills required to have effective conversations. |
9 July 4 Sept |
In-Person, Full Day |
Managing Performance | The aim of this course is to build competence and confidence in managing performance, by defining what good performance looks like, exploring how to set and maintain clear performance standards and objectives; exploring how to give regular, constructive feedback; Understanding how to effectively support both strong performance and support performance improvement. |
29 July 11 Aug 21 Aug 10 Sep |
In-Person, Full Day |
Coaching Skills for Managers | An approach to development, coaching can help managers develop their skills and build their confidence in many aspects of line management and unlocking the potential of team members. This workshop is an introductory session to coaching for managers as an approach to supporting and developing their teams. | 24 Sept |
In-Person, Full Day |
Introduction to Management | This programme (available through nomination for Operational, Commercial and Technical Managers only) helps managers understand the role of the manager and teams, workload management and change, meaningful conversations and managing performance. |
20 Aug 27 Aug 3 Sept |
In-Person, 3 Days |
Effective Conversations | Try out some tools and techniques to prepare for and have difficult, challenging or important conversations. | 22 Aug | Online, 1 Hour |
Coaching Mindset | This course introduces a coaching mindset. Content covered includes examples of good, open questions, conversation frameworks and when coaching is likely to be effective (and when it’s less likely to be). | 7 Aug | Online, 1 Hour |
Confidence and Assertiveness | This workshop is suitable for anyone who would like to develop new skills or refresh existing skills in being more assertive and confident. Increase awareness of your own behaviour and communication styles, and the impact you have on those around you. |
24 July 2 Sept |
In-Person, Half Day |
Assertiveness | Identify what it means to communicate more assertively and adopting a more confident and assertive style could benefit you and those around you. |
30 July |
Online, 1 Hour |
Additional Resources for Academic Colleagues
- LTS Promotion Guidance Presentation
- VP (Learning & Teaching) Presentation for PDR Reviewers of LTS Colleagues This presentation is intended as pre-reading to the workshop below, so please access this prior to the workshop. This presentation contains an audio track. To listen to the presentation as intended, please download the PPT file and view it as a slide show.
- LTS Workshop for PDR Reviewers
- Workshop for PDR Reviewers of ECDP Participants
- Exemplar LTS Objectives
- Russell Group Benchmark Data
- Early Career Development Programme
- Academic Promotions
- Researcher Development
- Academic & Digital Development