Personal and Professional Development

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Definition of Higher Education skills and their importance.......................................................3
Skills required to become a HE Leaner.......................................................................................3
Current existing skills to become a HE Learner.........................................................................4
What other skills are needed to acquire ?....................................................................................4
How to develop the skills ?.........................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal skills refers to the inter-personal or soft skills which an individual acquires for
his/her personal developing. Some personal skills include problem solving, analytical skills,etc.
Professional skills refer to the technical or hard skills which are important for the professional
development of an individual. These include writing skills, computer programming, etc. (Davies,
Curtin and Robson, 2017). This is a reflective report for which Gibbs Reflective Cycle is used
for reference and supporting my reflection. Thus, for developing the skills for Higher Education
Learner, this report shall cover identification of existing skills, what skills are required and a
personal development plan to develop the required skills for becoming an effective Higher
Education Learner.
TASK 1
Definition of Higher Education skills and their importance.
Higher Education (HE) refers to the education which leads to awarding of the academic
degree. It is the post secondary education. The higher education skills are the requisite skills
required to become a HE Learner which includes communication skills, team working skills, IT
skills, decision making and problem solving skills and many more (Moriña, 2017) .
These skills are required for the effective development of the personality of HE learner.
In my perception, a skilled HE Learner performs better than the unskilled one which in turn will
not assure their relevance of knowledge. A skilled HE Learner will have a confidence to fully
participate in activities to give its best performance. I believe that the appropriate skills plays a
vital role in the successful career of HE Learner which makes them different from those of the
unskilled HE Learner. Success is assured by acquiring the requisite skills as it helps in effective
performance which shows the knowledge and talent of the person and prove its relevancy.
Skills required to become a HE Leaner.
In my opinion, the following skills are required to become a HE Learner which are
provided below-
 Team working skills- These are the skills which are required to build an effective team
which can perform effectively in requisite time and has capacity of listening and patience.
 Academic writing skills- It requires a formal tone with good research quality who is
capable of following a formal structure and format to show its relevance of knowledge.