{"id":2997,"date":"2021-02-15T21:13:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:31","slug":"news-latest-research-article-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-graduate-attributes-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/02\/15\/news-latest-research-article-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-graduate-attributes-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS \u2013 Latest research article by Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) on graduate attributes in higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\">Dr. Billy Wong<\/a>\u2019s (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) latest paper, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/07294360.2021.1882405\">\u2018A mapping of graduate attributes: What can we expect from UK university students?\u2019<\/a><\/em>, was recently published in the journal, <em>Higher Education Research &amp; Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The paper presents a national mapping of graduate attributes proposed by UK universities and examines four discourses that seem to characterise the overarching qualities UK students can expect to embody by graduation. These are: <em>self-awareness &amp; lifelong learning, employability &amp; professional development, global citizenship &amp; engagement and academic &amp; research literacy.<\/em> These discourses are discussed in relation to the concept of the \u2018ideal graduate\u2019, building on Dr. Wong\u2019s research on the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/idealstudent\"><em>Ideal Student<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/02\/15\/news-latest-research-article-by-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-on-graduate-attributes-in-higher-education\/abstract-image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/02\/Abstract-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/02\/Abstract-image.png 817w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/02\/Abstract-image-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/02\/Abstract-image-768x658.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wong\u2019s latest paper is co-authored with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/people\/t.chiu\">Dr. Tiffany Chiu<\/a> (Imperial College London, UK), <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/idealstudent\/about-meggie\/\">Meggie Copsey-Blake<\/a> (recent MA in Education graduate, University of Reading, UK) and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/idealstudent\/about-myrto\/\">Dr. Myrto Nikolopoulou<\/a> (Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece).<\/p>\n<p>His open access article can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/07294360.2021.1882405\">here<\/a>. For more information on Dr. Wong\u2019s research, visit his staff profile page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\">here<\/a>. You can also follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybwong\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/25\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-and-his-colleague-dr-peter-kemp-principal-investigator-from-kings-college-london\/billy2-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/12\/billy2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wong, B., Chiu, Y-L.T., Copsey-Blake, M., &amp; Nikolopoulou, M. (2021). A mapping of graduate attributes: What can we expect from UK university students? <em>Higher Education Research &amp; Development<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/07294360.2021.1882405\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/07294360.2021.1882405<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Billy Wong\u2019s (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) latest paper, \u2018A mapping of graduate attributes: What can we expect from UK university students?\u2019, was recently published in&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#99;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#49;&#47;&#48;&#50;&#47;&#49;&#53;&#47;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#45;&#108;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#45;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#45;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#108;&#101;&#45;&#98;&#121;&#45;&#100;&#114;&#45;&#98;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#121;&#45;&#119;&#111;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#97;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#99;&#105;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#45;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#102;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#114;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#45;&#119;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#110;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#105;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#117;&#110;&#105;&#118;&#101;&#114;&#115;&#105;&#116;&#121;&#45;&#111;&#102;&#45;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#103;&#114;&#97;&#100;&#117;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#45;&#97;&#116;&#116;&#114;&#105;&#98;&#117;&#116;&#101;&#115;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#45;&#104;&#105;&#103;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#45;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#99;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":2998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-blog-posts"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEWS \u2013 Latest research article by Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) on graduate attributes in higher education &#183; 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