Recognised by key stakeholders (but particularly by students and employers) as being necessary for the personal and professional future of graduates of the degree.

To clarify the difference between Relevant and Valuable:

The student decides the relevance because they own their future.

The discipline, profession, and sector decide the value, because they are usually best placed to define what is necessary for success in the student’s chosen future.

For example, a science student may wish to pursue a career in ‘science education’ (a common and reasonable future for many science graduates). Therefore, the student should be able to develop competencies that are relevant to this future. However, stakeholders within the science education sector best understand specifically which competencies are the ones that are most valuable for graduates aspiring to that career.

It is important to note that not all students on the same course aspire to the same future.