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Final Report – The National GAPAUSTRALIAN LEARNING AND TEACHING COUNCILSuch shared understandings are ‘complex’ in that they do not suggest a singlecorrect view — rather a complexity of multiple perspectives that is the hallmark ofa scholarly community. As a resource to support ongoing graduate attributesimplementation, the project has developed a series of short, 2–3 page, ‘issuespapers’ on each of the elements of the GAP framework. These papers outlinesome of the key considerations in relation to each of the eight elements of auniversity’s efforts to renew curricula to achieve graduate attributes. The paperscan be read as a set, or each read individually. Each issue paper is accompaniedby reflective prompts and triggers for use by an individual reader or as astructured learning activity in organised events, e.g. curriculum planningmeetings, discussion groups or graduate certificate courses. A key resourcedeveloped by the project is the community of individuals across Australia (andScotland), who are more informed and engaged in collaborating in the task ofcurriculum renewal to achieve graduate attributes. It was apparent from the lastround of symposia that the many members of this group have been activecontributors to the recent debate on academic standards. Consequently, they arenow ideally positioned to contribute to work in this area, as graduate attributesconstitute statements of core discipline learning outcomes. During the final roundof GAP symposia, participants developed over 90 proposals for futurecollaborative projects.Publication and DisseminationProject resources are now readily accessible to support further graduateattributes activity and to promote national and international collaborations. Theseinclude the GAP Issues papers which can be downloaded from the GAP websitewhich also provides access to the 79 posters reporting on local GA initiativeswhich have been shared amongst the GA community in Australia and in Scotland.The PowerPoint slides from each of 19 publications, conference papers andinternational and national keynotes at which the project has been reported canalso be downloaded from the site. Interested members of the universitycommunity can also join the GAP network and mailing list via the site.The National Graduate Attributes Project: Integration and assessment of graduate attributes in curriculum 3