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The Portfolio Pilot

The problem

Employers say they trust evidence of real work over marks — but no institution in the room offers students a structured way to produce and certify that evidence.

The hypothesis

If a cohort maintains an evidenced portfolio against a published capability rubric for one term, external reviewers will rate it a stronger hiring signal than the same cohort's marksheets.

The solution

A lightweight portfolio protocol: a public rubric, a review cadence, and an evidence format any student community can adopt without institutional permission.

Implementation & current status

Rubric v0 drafted from the capability demands surfaced in Conversation 03. First cohort to be drawn from participating student communities after the November convergence.

Research & evidence

  • Origin: portfolio-assessment idea (Conversations 01 and 03).
  • Rubric dimensions derived from industry statements in the global relay.

Where this came from

Origin idea: Portfolio-based assessment, piloted alongside exams

  1. idea
  2. exploring
  3. prototyping
  4. testing
  5. validated
  6. recommended