Required skill:

Construct reasoned arguments to support own position on the ethical and social impact of advances in the biosciences

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Listening, questioning, creativity, initiative, achievement orientation, influencing		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Apply relevant advanced numerical skills (including statistical analysis where appropriate) to biological data

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements

Required skill:

Develop an appreciation of the biosciences as a family of methods and disciplines grouped around the investigation of life processes and the inter-relationships of living organisms. This may involve studies at a variety of levels from molecules to populations.

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Achievement orientation		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Develop competence in comparing the merits of alternative hypotheses and receive guidance in terms of how to construct experiments or to make observations to challenge them.

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Questioning, listening		 Technical ability
Technical knowledge
Business awareness
Process operation		 Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Focus on developing self- education and development after graduation to maintain knowledge and understanding of rapidly changing areas

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills Generic competencies
Personal capabilities
Lifelong learning and development		 Technical ability
Business awareness Practical elements
Professional expertise

Required skill:

Participate in collecting data by undertaking experiments and practical investigations (eg fieldwork for field biologists and laboratory studies for most other groups)

Required competencies:

Cognitive skills
Analysis, judgement, attention to detail		 Generic competencies
Planning and organising
Personal capabilities Technical ability
Technical knowledge
Business awareness
Process operation		 Practical elements

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