From Developing the Capable Practitioner, O’Reilly, D, Cunningham, L & Lester S (eds), Kogan Page, 1999 Downloaded from www.heacademy.ac.uk 1 Archive Material (May contain scanning errors) Original Location Chapter 8, in Developing the Capable Practitioner, Dave O’Reilly, Lynne Cunningham & Stan Lester (eds), published1999 by Kogan Page, London, pps 83-98 Reproduced on the HE Academy website by kind permission of Taylor and Francis Ltd Key words Summary About HEC: HEC was a national project of the Royal Society of Arts focused on encouraging higher education institutions to develop programmes that enabled students to become more personally capable, and to share their experiences with others. HEC was set up in 1988 and was hosted by Leeds University and Leeds Metropolitan University from 1991 to 1997 and by Middlesex University till 2004. The HEC Archive comprises items submitted to national conferences, many of which have been published either in compilations or in HEC’s journal, Capability. As such the HEC Archive provides insights into issues and initiatives during that period. Downloaded from http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ Scanned by Keyline Consultancy for Middlesex University Press Competence and capability: from 'confidence trick' to the construction of the graduate identity Len Holmes capability, competence, assessment, graduates The author applies a critique of the discourses of competence and capability to the development of graduates.