Helping you achieve your potential
Introducing your PassPORT
Your course is the first of many journeys to come in your adult life. That’s why, alongside your qualification, you’ll develop the Portsmouth PassPORT qualities.
These qualities give you a valuable transferable skillset. Skills that equip you to navigate challenges and opportunities in your life and career:
Proactive
You’re bold and enterprising. You choose your own direction. You have the curiosity and initiative to seek out opportunities, solve problems and take risks.
Open
You’re inclusive, you understand the world and you connect with others. An active listener and collaborator, you show great empathy and cultural awareness.
Resilient
You’re adaptable, determined and independent. You keep your head and push through challenges, making smart, evidence-based decisions.
Transformative
You’re an innovative and influential leader. A creative thinker, you have a clear vision for the difference you can make in the world.
With these qualities, you’re ready for anything.
How it works
While the four PassPORT qualities are fixed, every student’s journey is unique. Each year of your studies at Portsmouth will bring new development goals.
You’ll grow through practical experience on your course, and through opportunities you seek out - from work placements, to taking part in sports or student societies. Reflecting on your experiences, you’ll build evidence of your development.
As a Portsmouth graduate, your proactive, open, resilient and transformative qualities can take you anywhere.
How does the PassPORT benefit you?
University is about more than getting a degree. It’s a chance to discover what you’re capable of, try things you haven’t done before and shape the person you want to become.
Your PassPORT gives you a way to recognise that development as you go. It can help you:
- Make the most of every opportunity - use your time at Portsmouth to explore, get involved and try something different.
- See how you’re growing - step back from your experiences and recognise the progress you’re making, both in and beyond your course.
- Build your confidence - understand what you can do, what you have to offer and where you want to go next.
- Take your next step - leave Portsmouth with a better understanding of yourself and the qualities you can draw on wherever your journey takes you.
The qualities of being proactive, open, resilient and transformative became a roadmap for my university journey. They helped me grow into a more confident and capable professional.
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