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2026 Staff Survey - PDR Process Feedback - UBED

Staff Survey: PDR Process Feedback

Purpose

We are seeking your feedback to improve the Performance Development Review (PDR) process. Your responses will remain confidential and help us enhance the experience for everyone.

1. Please provide your current job title

Section 1: Objectives
What do you personally feel are the objectives of the PDR process? *This question is required.

To agree training needs
To decide salary/cash award
To comply with university process
To review job performance during the previous calendar year
To meet OfS requirements / quality standards requirements
To discuss future career developments
To set performance-related objectives for the following 12 months

Add any other objectives you think are relevant?

2. Section 2: General Experience / Manager’s Interaction
Are you a line manager? *This question is required.

3. Did you complete the offline PDR? *This question is required.

4. If you completed the offline PDR, how did you find it? *This question is required.

4. How easy was it to access the online PDR system? *This question is required.

5. Was the online PDR system easy to navigate? *This question is required.

6. If no, tell us why *This question is required.

6. Did the PDR process (both form and conversation together) facilitate a helpful conversation between you and your manager about areas of your work you feel are going well? *This question is required.

7. Did you receive appropriate support for areas where you’re struggling or encountering challenges? *This question is required.

8. How useful was the feedback you received from your manager during your PDR about for example, areas where you have performed well, or areas you might need to improve on? *This question is required.

Very Useful	Useful	Neutral	Not very useful	Not very useful at all

9. How effectively did your manager facilitate the PDR discussion? *This question is required.

Very effectively	Effectively	Neutral	Ineffectively	Very ineffectively

10. Did you feel heard and supported during your PDR? *This question is required.

11. Did the PDR process help you identify areas for personal, professional and career development? *This question is required.

12. If you are a line manager, what’s your view of the PDR process?

13. Section 3: Timing and frequency
Should PDR reviews be held *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

14. Should a formal review be held? *This question is required.

Every 6 months	Every 12 months	Less frequently

15. Section 4: Outcomes and Follow-Up
Were clear action points established as a result of your PDR? *This question is required.

16. Have you received any follow-up or support related to your PDR goals, for example, did your manager provide notes about what had been discussed and agreed? Does your manager provide regular supervision sessions to support you? Does your manager provide opportunities for training/development/growth? *This question is required.

Yes – clear PDR notes were provided by my manager
Yes – my manager provides regular supervision sessions throughout the year
Yes – my manager provides opportunities for training/development/growth?
No, I haven’t had any further support from my manager
Yes – other (please state) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

17. Do you and your manager refer to the discussion notes/summary during the year e.g.: to remind yourself of the objectives, training plans, amend the objectives, for example? *This question is required.

18. Section 5: Career development
Do you feel the PDR process is an adequate vehicle for determining career progression and/or any skill or knowledge development to support future potential progression? *This question is required.

19. If ‘no’, how could it be adapted to do so? *This question is required.

19. Section 6: Form design
Is the general design and layout of the PDR form and system acceptable to you? *This question is required.

20. If ‘no’, please elaborate *This question is required.

20. Section 7: Suggestions
What aspects of the PDR process worked well for you? *This question is required.

21. What improvements would you suggest for future PDRs? *This question is required.

22. What other comments, if any, do you have regarding the improvement/acceptability of the process in general? *This question is required.

23. Section 8: Learning & Development
What types of learning and development initiatives have you participated in over the last year? (Select any/all boxes you think apply) *This question is required.

24. Which elements of Learning and development activities provided by the university have you found to be helpful over the last year? *This question is required.

25. Is there anything you can suggest to improve learning and development activities provided by the university? *This question is required.