ABSTRACT

In higher education in general there has been an ever-increasing focus on facilitating the development of a number of key skills in students. Two groups of skills are referred to here: core and transferable skills. Core skills is a term used to refer to particular skills developed throughout a course of study in psychology. Transferable skills is a term used here to refer to certain skills that are deemed desirable for all graduates to develop by the time they leave college or university-and is part of the notion of “student graduateness”. These skills are considered here in general terms. Students are advised to consult with their own course leader, or study skills adviser, at their own institute for specific guidelines on skills relating to that college or university. All college and university institutes will have developed guides or a model of how such skills should be developed on their courses.