Graduate Attributes
| CDU Core Attribute | Generic Attribute |
| Personal Practical Knowledge |
Acquisition |
| Application | |
| Creativity | |
| Knowledge Base | |
| Citizenship | Communication |
| Teamwork | |
| Social Responsibility | |
| World View | Flexibility |
| Leadership |
The Charles Darwin University graduate attributes refer to those skills, qualities and understandings that should be acquired by students during their time at the University regardless of their discipline of study. The attributes accord with the University’s strategic directions and values, focusing on student-centered learning and supporting the effective construction and application of their knowledge.
CDU graduate attributes will be embedded in the course of study that the student has undertaken and with the development of e-portfolios will provide potential employers with evidence that graduates from CDU are prepared to become active citizens in tomorrow’s world.
Graduate Attributes approved by Academic Board CDU enews story, 22 May 2006 |
Teaching and Learning Operational Priorities Plan 2005 - 2006 (.pdf 100KB) |
CDU Graduate Attributes and Employability Skills (.doc) This document contains detailed descriptors of the generic skills and their relationship to employability skills as defined by DEST. |
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Barrie, S.C. (2004). A research-based approach to generic graduate attributes policy. Higher Education Research & Development. 23, 3, 261-276.
Abstracts are available online for free, articles online by subscription: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07294360.asp
Graduate attributes at other universities
| Griffith University www.gu.edu.au/centre/gihe/griffith_graduate |
University of South Australia www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/gradquals |
| Murdoch University www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/gradatt/attributes.html |
University of NSW www.unsw.edu.au |
| International Lifelong Learning Conference 2002 Boylan, Hunter (Keynote speaker) Appalachian State University Graduate Attributes, why and how (.pdf) |
*Christensen, Sharon, and Cuffe, Natalie Queensland University of Technology Embedding graduate attributes in law - why, how and is it working? (.pdf) |
| *Crebert, Gay Griffith University, Qld Institutional research into generic skills and graduate attributes: constraints & dilemmas (.pdf) |
