General transferable skills: autonomy and personal skills

(Transcript of a section of the General transferable skills report, 1998)

Competence Statement	A student who is self reliant and is able to: deal with the unexpected match individual skills with that required in a particular situation accept and provide constructive feedback reflect, assess and learn from own actions
Basic Level	Able to: work effectively with limited autonomy in well structured situations judge performance based largely on the criteria set by others recognise own strengths and weaknesses within criteria set by others to a limited extent
Advanced Level	Able to: act independently in planning and managing tasks with limited, but still significant support develop own criteria to evaluate performance seek and make use of support and feedback use skills that have been developed in new and different situations and identify from them what is relevant to the new context
Illustrations Of Activities	At basic level: group work on a defined task contributions in tutorials (structured and set by the tutor) meeting deadlines for assignments organising visits to key institutions (for example, court visits and writing up a report on the visit) At advanced level: carrying out major independent research project setting his/her own parameters and deadlines. Judging, reflecting and evaluating own work in the process. group based inter disciplinary work (tribunals) skills passports – students take responsibility to identify the skills they need to fulfill the passport and complete the skills
Illustrations Of Evidence	interaction with others time management – managing own work and managing work of others prioritising, organising, and planning your time willingness to take responsibility and to learn appraising own work through critical review and reflection identifying and articulating skills the student has developed

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