Critical thinking is the ability to analyse facts, data, information, and opinions to form an evaluation or judgment.

Related subskills include: interpreting, analysing, evaluating.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: writing an essay, conducting a literature review, doing your own independent reading to better understand a news story.

Information literacy is the ability to understand the nature and value of information, search and select information, manage lots of different bits of information effectively, and create and produce information so that it is robust and adds value to different discourses.

Related subskills include: searching for information, managing information , using and creating information.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: using databases, conducting literature reviews, communicating research findings to acknowledge limitations of the research.

Digital literacy is the ability to live, learn, and work in a society where communication and access to information is increasingly through digital technologies like internet platforms, social media, and mobile devices.

Related subskills include: IT skills, social media management, personal branding.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: using common Office software such as Excel and Word, managing a club/society social media feed, building an effective LinkedIn profile.

Sustainability is the awareness that the human past and present will profoundly affect our entangled environmental and social futures.

Related subskills include: social engagement, community citizenship, values thinking.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: recycling wherever possible, voting in your local elections and considering local issues of environmental and social sustainability when choosing who to support, researching an organisation’s values and seeing if they match up with the actions of the organisation when applying for a job.

Communication is the ability to convey or share ideas and feelings effectively, by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.

Related subskills include: public speaking, creative writing, active listening.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: giving a presentation, writing an essay, volunteering with Nightline.

Intercultural awareness is the ability to work productively with people from different cultural backgrounds.

Related subskills include: intercultural understanding, intercultural communication, intercultural sensitivity.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: learning a language, working in multicultural teams, sharing experiences with people from different cultural backgrounds, e.g. meals, sports events, seminars.

Teamwork is the ability to work in a team respectfully, productively, and cooperatively?

Related subskills include: collaboration, leadership, managing team processes.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: completing a group project, setting meeting agendas, being part of a sports team, and managing team deadlines.

Organisational awareness is the ability to understand organisational structures, operations, culture and systems, and adapt your behaviour and attitudes accordingly.

Related subskills include: commercial awareness, corporate social responsibility, government awareness.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: performing a SWOT analysis, researching an organisation and finding out its values, priorities and culture prior to a job application/interview.

Professionalism is the ability to be reliable, set your own high standards, and show you care about every aspect of your job by being industrious and organised, and holding yourself accountable for your thoughts, words, and actions.

Related subskills include: time management, attention to detail, personal impact.

Examples of where you might develop this skill during your time at Warwick: balancing competing deadlines to still complete all assessments and coursework on time, thoroughly proof-reading and editing coursework before it is submitted, representing your coursemates’ views to University staff.