Research shows building skills like teamwork and problem-solving in the classroom boosts academic outcomes and increases perseverance. Into adulthood, higher essential skills halve the likelihood of being out of work and increase earnings across a lifetime. They even boost wellbeing and life satisfaction. That’s why Priestley has introduced the Skills Builder into its curriculum making it easy to identify which skills you develop on each course.

Click on the skills icons below to find out more about the steps you will take to develop each skill and look out for the icons on our course profiles to see which you will develop on your study programme.