This paper describes a first-year skills unit that has been introduced at the Carseldine campus of Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. The unit, which is taught by a team of academics and librarians, aims to provide first year students with the foundation skills and knowledge necessary for effective and efficient study and for an enjoyable and successful university experience. These skills include basic competencies in using information and communication technologies, academic research and writing skills, critical thinking and time management. Most of the students taking the unit are enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts , the Bachelor of Social Science or the Bachelor of Human Services; many are mature age students. Feed...
The increasing rate of unemployed graduates in this country is worth worrying. One of the major reas...
There is a growing emphasis on generic skills in higher education to match the changing skill-set re...
Information literacy has become an important skill for undergraduate students due to societal change...
The effective teaching and learning of generic skills is becoming an important component of undergra...
The purpose of this paper is to identify skills and attributes that should be included in developing...
Generic skills are increasingly the focus of universities worldwide and are often developed in profe...
While the development of undergraduate generic skills has become a significant issue in universities...
Industry employers require new graduates to bring with them a range of knowledge, skills and abiliti...
To increase higher education participation and meet government targets, Australian universities are ...
In many cultures and countries including Malaysia, the issue of incorporating generic skills into th...
AbstractGeneric skills are skills that are needed for a student to function effectively when perform...
AbstractThis study examined the students’ generic skills (communication, IT, numeracy, learning how ...
Innovative approaches need to be adopted to meet the challenge of ensuring that graduates at the end...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Oxford Review of Educa...
Demands at the workplace are transforming the kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for s...
The increasing rate of unemployed graduates in this country is worth worrying. One of the major reas...
There is a growing emphasis on generic skills in higher education to match the changing skill-set re...
Information literacy has become an important skill for undergraduate students due to societal change...
The effective teaching and learning of generic skills is becoming an important component of undergra...
The purpose of this paper is to identify skills and attributes that should be included in developing...
Generic skills are increasingly the focus of universities worldwide and are often developed in profe...
While the development of undergraduate generic skills has become a significant issue in universities...
Industry employers require new graduates to bring with them a range of knowledge, skills and abiliti...
To increase higher education participation and meet government targets, Australian universities are ...
In many cultures and countries including Malaysia, the issue of incorporating generic skills into th...
AbstractGeneric skills are skills that are needed for a student to function effectively when perform...
AbstractThis study examined the students’ generic skills (communication, IT, numeracy, learning how ...
Innovative approaches need to be adopted to meet the challenge of ensuring that graduates at the end...
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Oxford Review of Educa...
Demands at the workplace are transforming the kinds of knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for s...
The increasing rate of unemployed graduates in this country is worth worrying. One of the major reas...
There is a growing emphasis on generic skills in higher education to match the changing skill-set re...
Information literacy has become an important skill for undergraduate students due to societal change...