Student Affairs Office

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Develop Your Generic CompetenciesDevelop Your Generic Competencies

Knowledge, skills and attitudes (e.g. leadership, EQ, problem solving) that could be learnt in different ways and transferred/ applied to new situations.

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Employers and professional bodies nowadays value professional AND generic competencies.

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DomainGeneric

Competencies

Social DevelopmentTeamwork, Leadership,

Communication, Interpersonal Skills,Biliteracy and Trilingualism

Physical and Psychological Wellbeing

EQ & Psychological Wellness,

Healthy Lifestyle

Ethics Social & National Responsibility

Career Development Entrepreneurship

Intellectual DevelopmentProblem Solving,

Critical and Creative thinking

Aesthetics Cultural appreciation

LearningGlobal Outlook,

Interest in local & international affairs,Lifelong Learning

…helps you Organize various Generic Competencies

Framework

To understand how well students develop in Generic Competencies whilst studying at PolyU…,

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we compare graduates’ self-ratings to the SAARD QuestionnaireTM during admission (pre-test) and graduation (post-test).

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Abbreviations ofCompetencies:

CO = CommunicationPS = Problem SolvingCreT = Creative

ThinkingTW = TeamworkGO = Global OutlookCriT = Critical ThinkingCA = Cultural AppreciationLL = Lifelong LearningLS = LeadershipEQ = EQ &

Psychological WellnessIE = Interpersonal

EffectivenessHL = Healthy LifestyleEN = EntrepreneurshipSNR = Social & National Responsibility

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Summary of Survey Results –

This group of PolyU graduates had relatively GREATER development in:

Communication Creative Thinking

Problem Solving Teamwork

However, their development in the following 3 competencies was SMALLER:

Social & National Entrepreneurship Healthy Lifestyle Responsibility

If you have completed the SAARD QuestionnaireTM during admission, you may also compare YOUR OWN developmental status along 14 Generic Competencies with other PolyU students.

Just use your student ID # and PIN to login your SPECIAL ePortfolio:

www.polyu.edu.hk/sao/special/portal Then choose “All-round Development Report”

from the menu bar on the left >>>>>>>

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After knowing your strengths in Generic Competencies and room for improvement, you may then follow the

path embedded in ePortfolio to develop yourself:

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E- Portfolio

Set Goals & Plans Join Activities to Develop

Record & Showcase

Achievement

Our supportSAO’s counsellors and advisors will provide guidance and encouragement for the pursuit of all-round development.

For enquiries and booking:

(By phone) 2766-6800 (Walk in) ST314, 3/F., S Core(Via SAMS) www.polyu.edu.hk/samsEnquiries about the SAARD Survey:

(By phone) 2766-4250 (email) saphilip@inet.polyu.edu.hk