STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE TEMPLATE – WELSH
GENERIC EMPLOYABILITY COMPETENCIES
Subject
Benchmark
Indicators
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Assurance Agency for
Higher Education
Appreciate the cultural
and social significance of
Welsh
Understand and
appreciate the
expressive power of
language
Foster the habit of
reading literature in a
critical and analytical
fashion
Understanding of the
creative process and of
the value of works of
literature
Appreciate the products
of the past as well as
encompassing and
promoting new
developments and the
relevance of Welsh for
today's world
Understand that the
heart of the subject is the
Welsh language, its
Cognitive Skills Generic
The ability to identify,
Competencies
and solve problems,
work with information
and handle a mass of
diverse data, assess risk
and draw conclusions.
High level and
transferable key skills
such as the ability to
work with others in a
team, communicate,
persuade and have
interpersonal sensitivity.
Personal
Capabilities The
Technical
Ability For example,
ability and desire to learn
for oneself and improve
ones self-awareness,
emotional intelligence
and performance. To be
a self-starter (creativity,
decisiveness, initiative)
and to finish the job
(flexibility, adaptability,
tolerance to stress).
having the knowledge
and experience of
working with relevant
modern technology.
Business and /
or Organisation
Awareness An
Practical and
Professional
Elements Critical
appreciation of how
businesses operate
through having had
(preferably relevant) work
experience. Appreciation of
organisational culture,
policies and processes
evaluation of the
outcomes of
professional practice,
reflect and review own
practice participate in
and review quality
control processes and
risk management
Analysis
Judgement
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
nature, history and
current position, and
Welsh literature in all
periods
Develop a thorough
knowledge of the
attributes of the Welsh
language. This will
include familiarity with
the standards of
contemporary literary
Welsh and an ability to
use it effectively for
intellectual and practical
purposes. It will also
include awareness of
other written linguistic
registers and of their
appropriateness in
certain contexts. It will
additionally encompass
oral fluency, as well as a
grasp of different oral
registers and an
awareness of the
features of fine, polished
speech
Develop knowledge of
how to describe and
analyse language using
appropriate technical
terms. This will include
applying knowledge to
understand examples of
language from different
periods and to recognise
significant differences
between contemporary
Welsh and the Welsh of
earlier period
Display an awareness of
the development of the
Welsh language over
time and of the main
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
periods in the history of
the language
Display knowledge of the
social conditions that
affect the development of
Welsh and of ways to
restore and promote the
language
Develop knowledge of
Welsh literature past and
present
Be familiar with a range
of significant texts from
the earliest periods to the
present day
Exhibit knowledge of
Welsh literary history and
of the historical, social
and intellectual factors
that have influenced
Welsh literature over
time
Know how to treat works
of literature critically,
using technical
vocabulary where
appropriate, and
discussing their content
from the point of view of
comprehension and
imagination, linguistic
and stylistic features, and
craftsmanship
Identify the different
literary modes and
genres and their
characteristics. This
includes familiarity with
those modes that are
especially associated
with Welsh (for example,
cynghanedd) as well as
more general literary
modes
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Interpersonal Sensitivity
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
Develop an awareness of
the various ways of
studying literature,
including a perception of
the relevance of critical
concepts
Exhibit knowledge,
where relevant, of the
connections between
Welsh literature and
literature in other
languages and of the
place of Welsh literary
texts within international
cultural patterns
Display an awareness of
the function of language
and literature in fostering,
maintaining and
developing Welsh
national identity
Be familiar with the
standard reference
sources for Welsh
language and culture, in
both printed and
electronic format
Display practical
linguistic skills including
possession of sufficient
language resources to
discuss complex topics in
a polished fashion, both
orally and in writing
Exhibit proficiency in the
ability to analyse
language and its use in
different situations
Display the ability to
assemble and convey
information about literary
texts and to treat them
critically, orally and in
writing
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Interpersonal Sensitivity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Written Communication
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Written Communication
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Listening
Questioning
Creativity
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
to respond appropriately
to the use of language
and imagination in
literature
Consider literature in its
historical, social and
intellectual context
Recognise literary
conventions and
appreciate their use and
function in relationship to
particular literary genres
Develop technical skills
appropriate to the
discipline, such as
producing bibliographies
and referring to sources
in a consistent and
standard fashion
Display the ability to
express themselves
elegantly in Welsh, both
orally and in writing
Frame consistent,
coherent arguments in a
convincing fashion
Develop independent
thinking skills
Respond critically,
analysing and
summarising the
arguments and opinions
of others
Work independently and
gather information in an
orderly and purposeful
fashion from various
sources, evaluate it
critically, selecting
significant and valid
elements; and present it
in a coherent, meaningful
way
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Written Communication
Listening
Questioning
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Written Communication
Listening
Questioning
Creativity
Achievement Orientation
Professional Expertise
Written Communication
Listening
Questioning
Creativity
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Written Communication
Planning and Organising
Achievement Orientation
Listening
Questioning
Creativity
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
Understand and develop
complex concepts and to
treat them critically and
analytically
Work in a detailed and
thorough way
Work as part of a team
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Attention to Detail
Planning and Organising
Demonstrate
organisational skills in
relation to set tasks,
including effective time
management
Use basic information
technology skills,
including wordprocessing and the ability
to gather information
from electronic sources
Edit work and present it
in a clear, well-wrought
form
Understand material
produced in another
language or other
languages and translate
it into Welsh or
reproduce it in Welsh in a
way that is consistent
with the characteristics of
the language
Exhibit the ability to
gather and evaluate
information
independently
Reason and analyse
critically
Attention to Detail
Teamwork/Working with
Others
Planning and Organising
Demonstrate a sound
grasp of the syntax and
attributes of Welsh
Demonstrate a sound
ability to recognise and
appreciate the
Technical Application
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Achievement Orientation
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
expressive power of
language
Demonstrate clear and
effective communication
skills, in an appropriate
style, in speech and
writing, across a range of
contexts
Demonstrate a good
grasp of the technical
terms and vocabulary of
the discipline
Demonstrate a sound
knowledge and
understanding of the
Welsh language, past
and present
Demonstrate a sound
knowledge and
understanding of a range
of authors, texts and
literary genres in Welsh
literature from different
periods, and the ability to
compare them and place
them in their broader
historical, literary and
linguistic context
Demonstrate a sound
knowledge of the
standard information
sources in the field and
an ability to gather
relevant and reliable
information from a
substantial number of
written, oral and
electronic sources and
use it intelligently and to
effect
Demonstrate familiarity
with a good number of
the ideas and values
presented through the
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Written Communication
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Initiative
Achievement Orientation
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Technical Knowledge
Technical Application
Professional Expertise
Professional Expertise
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STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY PROFILE - Welsh
language and its
literature and the ability
to respond critically to
them
Demonstrate an ability to
evaluate primary and
secondary sources in an
intelligent and balanced
way and to use them to
effect
Demonstrate an ability to
analyse familiar and
unfamiliar literary texts
critically and in detail,
and to respond to them
in an intelligent and
impartial way
Demonstrate an ability to
respond to an opinion, to
express a balanced
personal opinion, and to
present and develop an
argument in a clear and
logical fashion
Demonstrate an ability to
summarise the ideas and
arguments of others in a
fair and balanced way
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Achievement Orientation
Initiative
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
Analysis
Judgement
Attention to Detail
Achievement Orientation
Initiative
Listening
Questioning
Professional Expertise
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