How can the analytical chemistry training develop transferable personal and professional skills?

Abstract

The changed institutional and social characteristics require, besides technical and technological training, students also to have a wide range of social skills, including the so called skills for professional competence (employment). Modern engineering and technology training brings educational objectives closer to the expectations of business. The technical and personal skills must be developed as transferable skills for a better career. This guides the processes of modernization of training to the development of skills and competences in response to the needs of the users/employers. Thus, the system of the higher engineering education can ensure that during the course of training the students will receive the appropriate basis for further professional development. In this paper a model for the development of integrated skills is applied in analytical chemistry exercises and extracurricular activities are considered - results from the end of the exercises in analytical chemistry