UCAS Employability profiles: Architecture

Select and use various media in order to communicate to the intended interest group

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies Interpersonal sensitivity, written communication, listening, questioning
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical knowledge, technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements

Select and use design using design-based software and multimedia applications

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities	Technical ability Technical knowledge, technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements

Listen and engage in informed dialogue

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies Listening, questioning, interpersonal sensitivity
Personal capabilities	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise, image

Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary environment

Cognitive skills	Generic competencies Teamwork/working with others
Personal capabilities Creativity, adaptability/flexibility	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements

Respond to a broad constituency of interests and to the social and ethical concerns of the subject

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement	Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Initiative, creativity, achievement orientation	Technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements Professional expertise

Communicate effectively with other people using visual, graphic, written and verbal means

Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail	Generic competencies Written communication, listening, questioning, teamwork/working with others, interpersonal sensitivity
Personal capabilities Decisiveness	Technical ability Technical knowledge, technical ability
Business awareness	Practical elements