Generic Skills
Skills Models: 5
(From 'The University of Alberta', 1997)
Graduate Skill Sets
A Senate Task Force Report at the University of Alberta, entitled 'SUCCESS by Degrees', contained a list of skills that the University President, Rod Fraser, thought students should have at graduation:
- Critical thinking ability
- Communications skills (including the ability to
work in teams)
- Independent judgment, and the self-confidence
in that judgment
- Solid, in-depth knowledge about at least one
area of study
- The ability of knowing how to learn, especially
concerning the understanding and capacity for
carrying out a research project
- A significant international experience
- Familiarity and confidence of use of
information/communications technology,
as a byproduct of the learning process
- The unleashing of inherent creative and
entrepreneurial talents
- Development of the whole person, in academic
study, personal fitness, cultural environment,
student involvement on campus and in the
broader community
- The self-knowledge and self-confidence that
our students will be citizens and leaders of
tomorrow
- The ability and confidence to compete
successfully with the world's best.
Skills Models: 6
(From 'The University of Hertfordshire', 1998)
Hertfordshire Integrated Learning Project
By following the links from 'Progress' to their 'Graduate Skills Menu', you can review this institutions approach to integrating skills development with academic content.
