Graduate attributes

Our Graduate Attributes aim to enable our students to explore their development under four key headings - academic expertise, professional skills, personal effectiveness, and social and ethical responsibility - and to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attributes to make positive change in the workplace and the community beyond Keele. 

Academic Expertise

We want to enable our students to become subject specialists and to develop a broad and detailed knowledge of their academic discipline. We will encourage students to become critical thinkers, to challenge ideas and to question and interpret evidence. We will also teach students how subject knowledge can be applied in different contexts and across discipline boundaries. 

Professional Skills

Developing professional skills will help students to be successful at university and in their future chosen careers. Through both the curriculum and co- and extra-curricular activities, students will have the opportunity to develop and enhance a range of professional skills including problem solving, digital readiness, research skills, reflective practice, effective communication, collaboration, independent working and career management. 

Personal Effectiveness

We want all of our graduates to have a positive impact on the communities they live in, and the places they work. During their time at Keele, students will have opportunities to develop skills in personal effectiveness by working as part of a team, learning from others, adapting to challenging and unexpected circumstances, and influencing others through positive contributions to our Keele community. 

Social and Ethical Responsibility

Through engagement with the wider community, students will be exposed to different backgrounds, beliefs and ways of living and working. Students will have the opportunity to learn about different global issues and challenges, and appreciate different cultures and traditions. Our students will develop the knowledge and skills to make decisions which promote economic, environmental and societal sustainability.