Develop a capacity for the critical evaluation of arguments and evidence
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement |
Generic competencies Listening, questioning |
| Personal capabilities Adaptability/flexibility, tolerance for stress |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Develop the ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources, including drawn information;
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Engage in the solution of routine and unfamiliar problems, including collecting, analysing and interpreting data
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities Decisiveness |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Using appropriate quantitative and other equipment, and using standard and relevant IT software;
| Cognitive skills Analysis, judgement, attention to detail |
Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Communication skills such that they can present quantitative and qualitative information, together with analysis, argument and commentary, in a form appropriate to the intended audience, including appropriate acknowledgement and referencing of sources
| Cognitive skills Attention to detail |
Generic competencies Written communication, listening, questioning, interpersonal sensitivity |
| Personal capabilities Adaptability/flexibility |
Technical ability |
| Business awareness | Practical elements |
Skills in the use of communications and information technology such that they can acquire, design, use and modify existing communication technologies
| Cognitive skills | Generic competencies |
| Personal capabilities | Technical ability Technical ability, technical knowledge |
| Business awareness | Practical elements Professional expertise |
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