Skill Types

The buttons below work in the same way as the drop down menu under the 'Skill Types' tab, taking you to the pages of individual Skill Types.

How the Skill Types map across the current Brookes Graduate Attributes:

a) Academic literacy

Disciplinary and professional knowledge and skills, understanding the epistemology and ‘landscape’ of the discipline, and what it means to think and behave as a member of that disciplinary and/or professional community of practice.

Skills typically involved: Critical and creative thinking.

b) Research literacy

Ability to be a critical consumer of research, and also, where possible, to design and undertake at least a small-scale research project in the discipline, using appropriate methodology.

Skills typically involved: Communication; Critical and creative thinking; Organisation, planning and time management; Research and information handling.

c) Critical self-awareness and personal literacy

Understanding how one learns, the ability to assess the work of oneself and others, and to identify one’s strengths and weaknesses. The ability to organise oneself and perform as an autonomous, effective and independent learner. The ability to relate to other people and function collaboratively in diverse groups, including the development of appropriate interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and adaptive expertise.

Skills typically involved: Communication; Critical and creative thinking; Leadership and management; Organisation, planning and time management; Teamwork.

d) Digital and information literacy

The functional access, skills and practices necessary to become a confident, agile adopter of a range of technologies for personal, academic and professional use. To be able to use appropriate technology to search for high-quality information; critically to evaluate and engage with the information obtained; reflect on and record learning, and professional and personal development; and engage productively in relevant online communities.

Skills typically involved: Communication, Critical and creative thinking, IT and Digital Literacy.

e) Active citizenship

Students prepared to proactively engage with both local and global communities. Knowledge of the local and global perspectives of one’s discipline. Critical awareness of the complexity of diverse perspectives, cultures and values and the ability to question one’s own perspective and those of others. Ability to use knowledge and skills to improve society through actively engaging with issues of equity, sustainability and social justice.

Skills typically involved: Communication, Critical and creative thinking.