Final Report Pilot Project - Phase 1

In April, 2001 a draft of the first questionnaire for graduates andemployers was prepared. Time constraints limited the participation ofmembers in the initial stage of the questionnaire’s design, although thiswould be desirable on future occasions. This initial draft tried topropose a balanced representation of competences from all threegroups: instrumental, interpersonal and systemic. The provisionalquestionnaire was discussed at the first Tuning meeting and someitems were changed by the Tuning members 15 . Some groups alsoadded competences more directly related to their subject area.(Mathematics, History and Education Science.)In May 2001, these suggestions were incorporated and thedefinitive questionnaire was prepared. Also incorporated, in bothgraduate and employer questionnaires, was a series of variables foridentification considered important to the study.The definitive questionnaires comprised the following 30 competences:—Instrumental competences:• Capacity for analysis and synthesis.• Capacity for organisation and planning.• Basic general knowledge.• Grounding in basic knowledge of the profession.• Oral and written communication in your native language.• Knowledge of a second language.• Elementary computing skills.• Information management skills (ability to retrieve and analyseinformation from different sources).• Problem solving.• Decision-making.—Interpersonal competences:• Critical and self-critical abilities.• Teamwork.• Interpersonal skills.• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.• Ability to communicate with experts in other fields.• Appreciation of diversity and multiculturality.15See the questionnaire on the Tuning website: www.relint.deusto.es/TuningProject/index.html or www.let.rug.nl/TuningProject/index.html or europa.eu.int/comm/education/tuning.html.72