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Technological University Dublin

Conference Papers

2015

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Constructing A Practice Informed Graduate Attributes Toolkit: Built In Not Bolt-On, Jen Harvey, Allison Kavanagh, Dave Kilmartin, Rachel O'Connor, Ciaran O'Leary, K.C. O'Rourke Jan 2015

Constructing A Practice Informed Graduate Attributes Toolkit: Built In Not Bolt-On, Jen Harvey, Allison Kavanagh, Dave Kilmartin, Rachel O'Connor, Ciaran O'Leary, K.C. O'Rourke

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It is generally recognised that Higher Education students should be afforded a range of formal and informal learning opportunities to develop skills, or graduate attributes, that have the potential to enhance their success both in their chosen career choice and as active global citizens. This requires a shared understanding of these graduate attributes among programme team members, students and external stakeholders.

The DIT Graduate Attributes policy (2012) therefore requires that all programmes make explicit an agreed set of graduate attributes intended to be fully integrated within curriculum design, with their development clearly mapped across programmes. To facilitate the sharing of …