AL-Rawi, Mohammad and Chand, Praneel and Khanna, Jai and Kumari, Sarla (2021) Developing soft skills to produce work-ready international graduate diploma students in engineering: A comparative study. Work-Integrated Learning on the Rise 2.0, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand (online), 29-30 of April, 2021.
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The final year project (FYP) in engineering provides an opportunity for students to both develop and demonstrate their professional capabilities and interpersonal skills which are key graduate attributes assessed by accreditors (in accordance with the Washington, International Engineering Alliance, or Sydney Accord), as well as solve complex problems with open-ended projects (Rasul et.al 2009). “Soft skills” are critical professional capabilities, required by the Engineering New Zealand professional body, that must be integrated into the FYP to meet the graduate profile for Graduate Diploma International (GDI) students. This demand comes at a time when engineers are increasingly called upon to play an active role in addressing global challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century (Bernard 2019).
| Item Type: | Paper presented at a conference, workshop or other event, and published in the proceedings |
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| Keywords that describe the item: | Final year project (FYP), Soft Skills, Work-Ready, Engineering |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Schools > Centre for Engineering and Industrial Design |
| ID Code: | 7826 |
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| Deposited On: | 05 Oct 2021 01:02 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2021 01:02 |
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