Dimension IV: Enhanced Learner Outcomes
Dimension IV emphasizes the achievement of enhanced learner outcomes through the deliberate integration of future-focused skills, applied learning, and innovation-driven education. By embedding real-world projects, experiential learning, and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence within academic programmes, the institution ensures that learners develop practical competencies aligned with evolving workforce demands. This dimension also highlights the cultivation of entrepreneurial mindsets and innovation skills, enabling learners to create new ventures, contribute meaningfully to organizations, and adapt confidently to complex professional environments.
Criterion 9:
Future Skills & Applied Learning
Equips learners with the skills and competencies needed to thrive in modern and future job markets through practical, applied learning experiences.
Capabilities
- The institution ensures that learner projects consistently address authentic real-world challenges, fostering practical problem-solving skills and meaningful community or industry impact.
- The institution’s internal quality assurance processes comprehensively include evaluation of experiential learning components, ensuring their rigor, relevance, and alignment with learning outcomes.
- The institution systematically teaches learners how to responsibly use Artificial Intelligence and its applications, integrating ethical considerations and practical skills into the curriculum to prepare graduates for modern digital environments.
Key outcome
- Industry Project and Placement Conversion Rate: Percentage of learners who receive job offers from companies where they completed industry projects or internships.
Criterion 10:
Entrepreneurial Mindset & Innovation Skills
Fosters an entrepreneurial mindset and innovation skills, enabling learners to create new ventures and drive change within existing organizations.
Capabilities
- The institution integrates entrepreneurship education across its entire portfolio of programmes, ensuring that entrepreneurial skills and mindsets are fostered beyond just business and management disciplines.
- The institution actively encourages and facilitates learner participation in extracurricular activities that promote entrepreneurship, such as workshops, hackathons, and incubators, creating vibrant opportunities for practical innovation and venture creation.
Key outcome
- Learner Startups and Ventures: Number of learner-led startups or new business ventures launched per academic year.
Learn More About the Applied eXel Framework
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