Graduate Attributes

Avondale's objective is that its graduates:
  1. Are equipped to reflect creatively on the interface between Adventist Christian values and home, workplace, and community
  2. Possess high ethical standards including an orientation to service
  3. Are committed to human and environmental sustainability
  4. Possess excellent and relevant professional employability skills
  5. Enjoy a sense of individual worth
  6. Lead confidently in their communities and workplaces
  7. Possess relevant technology skills
  8. Possess scholarly qualities and enthusiasm for their future lives and learning
  9. Understand and respect cultural differences in people
  10. Transfer their acquired knowledge to a variety of contexts

In addition,

Avondale's objective is that its graduates from research higher degrees are
  1. Autonomous researchers
  2. In command of a new subset of specialised knowledge
  3. Passionate about the discovery and advancement of knowledge
  4. Reflective and critical thinkers
  5. Insightful in the use and usefulness of research processes and research outcomes for society, the workplace and education
  6. Able to theorise, analyse and research a problem
  7. Able to communicate research outcomes in written and verbal forms adapted to suit different target audiences
  8. Learners in orientation and attitude
  9. Literate in relevant research information technology
  10. Active participants in a community of scholars

Approved by Avondale College Council 19 October 2010