Travel and Tourism provides opportunities during the teaching and learning phase to give learners practice in developing employability skills. There are three main categories:

• cognitive and problem-solving skills: using critical thinking, approaching non-routine problems applying expert and creative solutions

• interpersonal skills: communicating, working collaboratively, negotiating and influencing, self-presentation

• intrapersonal skills: self-management, adaptability and resilience, self-monitoring and development.

Students will also develop transferable knowledge and skills that will prepare them for progression to university. The transferable skills that universities value include:

• the ability to learn independently

• the ability to research actively and methodically

• the ability to give presentations and be active group members.

In Travel and Tourism students can also benefit from opportunities for deep learning where they are able to make connections among units and select areas of interest for detailed study. BTEC Travel and Tourism provides a vocational context in which learners can develop the knowledge and skills required for particular degree courses, including:

• effective writing

• analytical skills

• creative development