Graduate Attributes

Graduate attributes are ‘the qualities, skills and understandings a university community agrees its students should develop during their time with the institution. These attributes include but go beyond the disciplinary expertise or technical knowledge that has traditionally formed the core of most university courses. They are qualities that also prepare graduates as agents of social good in an unknown future.’

Bowden, Hart, King, Trigwell & Watts (2000)

Currently, the University's Graduate Attributes are:

• Communication
• Critical and Creative Thinking
• Leadership

The Graduate Attributes for Victoria University are currently under review.

Disciplinary communities may define these attributes in different ways. To find out more about Graduate Attributes in your discipline, staff can view the Faculty-based descriptions of Communication, Critical and Creative Thinking, and Leadership on the Academic Office website (intranet only).

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