Importance of Foundation Year and Challenges Faced by Students

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body .......................................................................................................................................3
a) Figure out the importance of the foundation year for the student...........................................4
B) Describe the key challenges face by the foundation year students........................................5
c) Explain how study skills help the individual to overcome these challenges..........................6
d) Draw conclusion the key points..............................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Study skills are those skills which enable to study and learn efficiently and they are
useful for overall career development. These applied to learning as they are mainly use in the
school as it is used for learning throughout the life (Bonsaksen and et., al., 2019). This is
consider as array of skills which tackle the process of organising as well as taking in new
information for retaining and effectively completion of assessment. The present study is based
upon higher education and what challenges are faced by the foundation year student. Further this
report discuss about the skills which are required to gain higher education knowledge. At the
conclusion have to be developed so that there can effective decision should be taken into
account.
Main body
Study skills are known as the discrete techniques which are used to be learned in the short
time and applied to in all major field. There fore there are different strategies which are useful in
improving the study skills of the individual for the higher education. Foundation year offers
supportive environment where student can make there promising career in the well define
manner.

a) Figure out the importance of the foundation year for the student.
Going for a higher education is the big step and the development of the foundation year
has opened the door to many of the students weather for the personal and academic reason. For
example at the university of Bedfordshire the initial session focus on the career aspiration and
opportunities including a review of exiting and transferable skills. This is crucial for the student
to attain the correct level of qualifications and the skills to pursue the degree at the university.
Further this will help student to require additional language support (Cottrell, 2019). A
foundation year is usually presented in three term programmes which is made up of academic
modules as well as specific modules related to chosen subject.
Along with this it help in fulling the gap and also help in choosing the right qualifications
to get direct admission in a degree programmes. It also provide broad introduction to the subject
the student choice which help them have a master degree in coming years. Here some of the
importance of foundation year for the student.
Improve academic skills: Foundation course allow student to develop the skills which
are need to succeed in the tertiary education. This range from general study such as academic
writing, time management and independent research are related to the chosen field. If the
individual is lacking in the prerequisite or feel like they can get more knowledge from the
freshmen course as for selecting the suitable in order to carry forward for the higher education.
Along with this it help in improving the other skills such as maths and science which increase the
chance to get in university.
Help in choosing stream of interest: Foundation course in UK help in figure the best
stream to carry forward in the future. Many courses are created according the field to study and
allowing the student to get started on their studies in the area of interest. It can be any field in
which student is interested such as arts, education, engineering or psychology. Some of the
stream may cater the student who have never taken knowledge regarding the study with the
educational background. While there are some advance foundation course which help person to
improve there skills in a well define manner.
Bridge the gap between school and university: Educational system differ around the
world, from teaching to qualifications. Foundation course in UK help the student to fill the gap in
school to university. These are design in such a manner in which this help in choosing the right
option for the people. This include building knowledge on the subject which you want to study