Rob Ward is the Director of the Centre for Recording Achievement, a registered educational charity and network organisation. CRA is an Associate Partner of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and seeks to support the implementation of high quality Personal Development Planning and e-portfolio practice throughout HE.

Rob led the CRA contribution to the National Coordination Team on Student Employability (ESECT, 2002/5) and took a leading role in the revision of the sectoral Guidelines on Personal Development Planning (2009). He was a member of the Scoping Group on Measuring and Recording Student Achievement (2004-6), subsequently led the development of materials on which the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) recommended for sector-wide adoption is based and now, in collaboration with others, supports the implementation process.