The National Graduate Attributes Project: Integration and assessment of graduate attributes in curriculum
The National Graduate Attributes Project is a scoping project, funded in 2007-8 by The Australian Learning and Teaching Council, and led by the University of Sydney, which investigates institutional strategies and institutional policy issues related to embedding and assessing graduate attributes.
This study explores practice around the implementation of generic graduate attributes in Australian universities. Generic graduate attributes are the set of core outcomes a university community agrees all its graduates will develop during their studies, and are usually stated in institutional policy.
The study builds on previous research into successful embedding of graduate attributes in curriculum and assessment and also into the reasons why individual academics sometimes do not develop curricula around graduate attributes. It draws on data from every Australian university in the form of published reports, invited interviews and contributions from participants at national seminars. The data collection and dissemination process aims to build the capacity of the nominated institutional contacts from all participating universities.
The project will identify the nature of the institutional and disciplinary barriers and affordances to embedding and assessing Generic Graduate Attributes and recommend strategies for moving forward.
