The potential in using the Capstone Assignment for final year PDP

I recently attended a CRA (Centre for Recording Achievement) conference and attended an interesting presentation given by Dr Andrea Raiker from the University of Bedfordshire where she discussed developing the "Captsone Assignment" tutorial as a PDP process in developing the graduate identity*.
The presentation recommended the use of the final year "Capstone Assessment" and the supervisor/student/s tutorial relationship as a great opportunity to address a range of final year PDP issues. It was suggested that this is made possible by the shift from teaching to learner centrality and developing learner autonomy, assisting the students to make their own paradigm shift from having an undergraduate to a graduate identity, and thus facilitating and supporting this often difficult transition. If you would like to read more about Dr Raiker's work you can follow the link to her article in a CRA Newsletter or read her journal article, details below.

http://www.recordingachievement.org/news-and-events/publications/pdpuk.html - Issue 23

*Raiker, A. (2010) ‘An investigation into the undergraduate dissertation tutorial as a Personal Development Planning process to support learner development. IN Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education: Special Edition Researching PDP Practice, November 2010. ISSN1759-667X