Our graduate profile requires us to develop students' professional skills. These skills prepare our students for employment and life after graduation. It is possible to build professional capabilities and discipline-based content in ways that are mutually supportive. It's a win-win.

Professor Susan Geertshuis will introduce you to this guide and how it can be used in the following video:

Introduction to the Guide to integrating professional capabilities (2021) courtesy of University of Auckland

Professional capabilities: Teaching, learning and assessment

Below is a list of generic professional capabilities. To use the guide first decide which category of capability you want to develop then select the relevant banner to be guided through three steps: selecting a learning activity, finding teaching material and deciding how to gather evidence and feedback.

Assessments provide an opportunity to further develop professional capabilities. Via the following link you can see a summary of differences between academic and professional skills which have implications for assessment design Integrating professional capabilities with the assessments of discipline knowledge and thinking.