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VISION 2030 GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

LIFELONG
Through benefitting LEARNING
from a life-changing
educational
experience,
Nelson Mandela
University
graduates will FOUNDATIONAL LEARNING AND
be known for KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
demonstrating LITERACIES COMPETENCIES
the following
attributes: • Core disciplinary depth • Intellectual curiosity
• Inter-disciplinary • Critical thinking
breadth and synthesis
• Innovation and
• Knowledge creation creativity
• Multiple literacies • Communication
(academic, digital, • Collaboration
numeracy, civic, etc)
• Transformative
competencies

LIFE AND CAREER SKILLS
• Professionalism and integrity LIFELONG
• Resilience and persistence LEARNING
• Adaptive expertise
LIFELONG
• Socially conscious, responsible global citizens
LEARNING
• Progressive agency

beyond the curriculum. These attributes outline • Foundational knowledge and literacies
the highly valued skills, mindsets and attitudes that represent how graduates apply core disciplinary
equip graduates to grapple with challenges and and interdisciplinary knowledge to everyday
adapt to new environments quickly and effectively. tasks. Knowledge includes theoretical concepts
Moreover, students with these generic attributes are and ideas in addition to practical understanding
better able to apply their skills in diverse contexts based on the experience of having performed
and find ways to innovate by applying the depth of certain tasks. Foundational literacies serve as the
knowledge acquired through their core discipline basis upon which graduates need to build more
and/or profession, while also embracing inter- and advanced competencies and character qualities.
transdisciplinary thinking to solve complex problems This includes numeracy and various literacies such
and challenges. as scientific, linguistic, digital, financial, cultural,
and civic literacy. To meet the challenges of the
Through benefitting from a life-changing educational 21st century, students also need to be equipped
experience at Nelson Mandela University, our with transformative competencies to shape a
graduates will develop the knowledge, skills and better, more sustainable future. These include:
attributes required for success in life and work in
a complex and rapidly changing world. The key – Creating new value means innovating to shape
categories within which our generic graduate better lives, such as developing new knowledge,
attributes have been identified and conceptualised insights, ideas, techniques, strategies, and
include the following: solutions, and applying them to problems.

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