Welcome to the UNSW Skills Passport Hub
The UNSW Skills Passport helps you identify, reflect on and express the skills you are developing throughout university and beyond. Use this hub to explore the nine UNSW Skills, check in on your development, see how skills work together, and find ways to keep building them.
A 2-minute overview
Start with this 2-minute overview to see how the UNSW Skills Passport makes your learning visible — then explore what it means for you.
What would you like to do?
There’s no right place to start – choose what’s useful to you.
Understand the nine UNSW Skills and how they might show up for you.
Reflect on your development and get a personalised skills snapshot.
Play with different skill combinations and see what they can look like in different situations.
See how skills continue to matter beyond university.
Explore UNSW opportunities, support and resources that can help you grow.
Explore the nine UNSW Skills
These are the nine UNSW Skills you’ll develop throughout your studies, work and life. Click on each skill to learn more and explore how it might show up for you.
Critical thinking
Critical thinking is about making sense of information, questioning it, and using evidence to form your own conclusions by considering different sources and perspectives.
Communication
Communication is about sharing and understanding ideas clearly, and adjusting how you communicate for different audiences, cultures, contexts, and formats.
Creativity
Creativity is about developing new ideas by building on what you already know and exploring different ways of thinking and doing.
Collaboration
Collaboration is about working effectively with others to achieve shared goals by contributing, listening, and taking responsibility while engaging respectfully with diverse perspectives.
Problem solving
Problem solving is about breaking down challenges, exploring possible solutions, and testing and refining them.
Digital literacy
Digital literacy is about using digital tools thoughtfully by choosing the right ones, understanding their limits, and making responsible decisions about how and when to use them.
Organisational
Organisational skills are about setting goals, planning your work, prioritising what matters, staying on track, and adjusting when things change.
Self-regulation
Self-regulation is about understanding your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and adjusting your approach to support your learning and wellbeing.
Technical
Technical skills are about working effectively with physical and digital tools and systems by setting them up, using them, and managing what they produce.
Get a snapshot of your skills
The Skills Profile Builder helps you reflect on your development across the nine UNSW Skills and identify how confident you currently feel using them. Once you’re done, you can download your own personalised skills snapshot.
Once you’ve got your snapshot, you might like to reflect on these questions:
Where do these skills show up most strongly for me?
Which skills would I like to develop further?
What examples or experiences do I already have?
See what happens when you mix the skills
Skills rarely work alone. Choose two or three skills and explore what they might look like when they work together in different combinations.
Skills beyond university
Hear from UNSW alumni about the skills they developed at university and how those skills continue to shape their careers.
Find ways to develop and use your skills
There are lots of ways to keep developing your skills at UNSW. Explore opportunities, support and resources that can help you put them into practice.
