For the purposes of this report, the term “professional skills” is used to refer to both academic skills and transferable skills and competencies of other kinds that graduate students will need to acquire as ‘carry-forward’ or work-ready skill sets applicable in workplace settings of all kinds.
“Professional Skills” includes academic skills developed while undertaking the courses and research that characterize disciplinary areas of study. Such skills include both those related to the conduct of research and related scholarly work and those connected to teaching through work as teaching assistants or, in the case of some doctoral students, as course instructors.