Developing a Key Skills Module for Mathematicians at Exeter

Personal transferable skills - problem-solving, communication, teamwork - will come to form the stabilising characteristic of work: if higher education is to meet the needs of the economy and the individual it must seek actively to develop these generic core competences. The national and local background to key skills are outlined. …Developing a Key Skills module, covering Exeter^s early practical experience, leading to the current level 2,15 credit module designed to run throughout the 3 years of a degree programme...