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Whittle, Sue R.; Pell, Godfrey; Murdoch-Eaton, Deborah G. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2010
Students arrive in higher education (HE) with a range of generic and subject-specific skills which they are expected to use and build upon during their degree courses. In order to ensure that undergraduates are able to make a successful transition to HE, it is important that teachers and course designers understand the level and range of skills…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Medical Schools, Numeracy
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Robley, Will; Whittle, Sue; Murdoch-Eaton, Deborah – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2005
Since the 1997 Dearing Report, generic skills development has become an essential part of higher education in the UK. Generic skills programmes are, in the main, either run in parallel with existing curricula or "embedded" within them. In 1993 the General Medical Council introduced student selected components (SSCs) into the UK medical…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Job Skills