Academic and Research Skills

Academic and
Research Skills

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.................................................................................................................................................3
Reflection on learning..............................................................................................................................3
Note-taking..............................................................................................................................................4
Academic research project......................................................................................................................5
Reflection on progress.............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills refer to certain type of core skills which are required in order to attain
the required success in academics and the field of study chosen by a student (Bortnik and et.al.,
2017). Research skills refer to qualities which are required in order to gain more depth into the
chosen field of study. Both of them are required to attain the desired success at the university
level. In this report, a detailed analysis will be made on reflection on learning, note taking,
academic research project. Additionally, specific focus will also be made on reflection on the
overall progress made.
MAIN BODY
Reflection on learning
As I am a student studying in a university, I need to develop certain skills which would
be quite beneficial for me to attain the desired success in the future. Before I can work on them I
need to make a thorough assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. These are stated as
follows-
Strengths-
 Communication- I have seen that I am quite good at communicating effectively with the
people. This can help a lot especially at the university level where you need to interact
with so many students and teachers (Bueno, 2017).
 Speaking skills- I think that I am good at speaking skills and can speak in front of a large
audience also. This will help me if I take part in different types of competitions such as
debates.
Weaknesses-
 Focus required- I have a weakness of losing focus on certain key subjects of my study.
Thus this is an area where I may require specific improvement.
 Analytical skills- I think on the analysis front I am a little bit weak. Therefore I need to
develop analytical skills so that I can work forward on doing extensive analysis on my
core subjects.
For enhancing my strengths and for removing my weaknesses, I need to develop certain
targets for the purpose of self-improvement. These targets are as follows-
Short-term targets-
 To enhance focus- I have to make sure that I increase my focus on my core subjects so
that I can prepare hard for them and therefore achieve the desired results.