At the beginning of 2009, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of UCT, Dr Price, launched a process to develop a new strategic plan and mission for the university. These documents, approved in December 2009, committed the university to developing the following graduate attributes: • Capacity for critical comparative thinking • Effective cross-cultural communication skills • Critical knowledge and understanding of the country’s history • Skills for active local and global citizenship • Ability to bring a contemporary African focus to future professional work • Capacity for critical thinking and handling constant change • Commitment to social justice • Ability to use a range of information sources and evaluate the reliability of those sources • Capacity to reflect on the implications of living and working in different social contexts. INITIATING DEBATE ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REVISED MISSION AND THE STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THINKING ABOUT THE CURRICULUM Given the strong emphasis on de...
