One common theme from today’s APD away day was ‘personal portfolios’…. Herve mentioned them in his presentation and is keen to introduce something like the new WebCT portfolio next academic year for students to be able to present themselves and their work; the need for a tool for PDPs (personal development planning) came up in the PhD discussion group I was in (I know Steve has previously shown them the edinburgh system (name?); and in the Blue Skies “e-tutor” session personal profiles & personal planning were central to the ideas generated. These are perhaps not all quite the same but there is definitely some commonality and a possible future area of work.