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Transferable Skills - Skills Audit Tool
Transferable Skills Course Audit Tool – for auditing skills within an
individual course
Date of Audit:
Course Title:
Auditor / Lecturer:
Course Code:
Sub-skills
(if appropriate)
Skill
Specified in
learning
outcomes
Taught
Practiced
Assessed
Level of
proficiency
aimed for
(1,2,3)
Examples of teaching and
learning methods and/or tasks
employed to develop skill
Additional Comments
Categorization:
A, B, C or D
(Tick appropriate box)
Oral
communication
Written
communication
Presentation skills
IT skills
Team work
Planning
Managing one’s
own learning
Decision making
Multi-tasking
Time management
Problem solving
Other
Other
Other
The skills highlighted in red above are the skills which have been chosen for development in the Transferable Skills project pilot programme.
Adapted, with permission, from Queen’s University Belfast Skills Audit Tool, 2003
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Transferable Skills - Skills Audit Tool
Definitions:
Specified in Learning Outcomes – the learning outcomes of the course explicitly mention that the skill will be developed as a result of the student undertaking the course.
Taught – a lecture or tutorial (or part of one) on the course is devoted to giving the student information on the skill or directing the student where to find information on the
skill.
Practiced – Students are explicitly required to use the skill in classes or in completing course assignments
Assessed – Marks are formally awarded for the use of the skill as part of an assessment, or assessment criteria include explicit reference to the skill
Level of proficiency aimed for (1, 2 or 3):
See Levels of Proficiency / Skills Definitions document
Categorization: A, B, C or D
A – skill already present and at a satisfactory level in the curriculum
B – skill already present and would like to improve in the curriculum
C – skill not present and would like to integrate into curriculum
D – skill not present and not likely to integrate into curriculum
Adapted, with permission, from Queen’s University Belfast Skills Audit Tool, 2003