Knowledge Management: Teaching competence-based higher education

Competence is developed by practice and assessed in application (knowing when, what and where to bring knowledge, understanding and skills into play). As such, competence-based programmes of study must be designed, delivered and assessed in a particular way.

This Competence Framework sets out University of Hull Graduate Competencies. It is a tool to help programme directors and module leaders:

• create an over-arching programme identity that communicates your programme’s distinct offer and can be used in programme design;
• create programme competencies that clearly explain what students are able to do on graduation;
• design, deliver and assess competence-based programmes/modules;
• outline what is expected of students at different levels/stages of their programme of study.

It is a tool to make the job of programme/module writing easier. The Teaching Excellence Academy has a Canvas site for the Competence Framework.