Students’ understanding of generic skills development in a university in Hong Kong

For many years universities around the world have placed students’ development of generic skills high on the agenda. However, limited empirical studies can be found on how these generic learning outcomes are achieved within the curriculum. This paper reports some initial qualitative findings of interview data on students’ understanding of generic skills and their experiences of such development in university. The findings will inform the development a survey instrument for use in a subsequent part of the present study and for further research in the local and international higher education arena.