Seven Key Skills Taught in Higher Education

This report identifies and discusses seven key skills that are generally taught in higher education including time management, problem solving, stress management, communication, note making, creative thinking, and reading skills. These skills are essential for students in improving their discipline, intellectual skills, and management skills. The report also highlights the importance of skill development in securing good grades in academic life and in professional life.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Seven key skill and their importance......................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
References:.......................................................................................................................................6
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
During higher education student learns different skills which helped them further Indian
Academy and professional life. Skills help the students in getting a better understanding of the
several subjects that are there in the education (Donnelly and et. al., 2018). The module that is
designed for the student I made in a way such that it can help in learning different sets off skills.
In higher education the courses are designed and customizer in a manner of personalized learning
so that effectively learning can we achieved and the exams and assessment. This report revolves
around the identification of seven key skills that are generally taught in the higher education.
MAIN BODY
Seven key skill and their importance
Skills are essential in the student life as it helps them in attaining the objectives and further in
their future. There are several skills later learned in the higher education which are useful for
students in improving the factors such as discipline, intellectual skills and management skills.
Some of these skills along with the significance of the skills in student’s life are discussed below:
 Time management skills- The skill is essential in the life of the student as it helps them
in managing tasks. This helps in improving the habits of the student as it brings a sense of
discipline and punctuality in their life. This helps in completion of the assigned task
without skipping and missing the deadline that is there for the particular task. In higher
education there are several aspects on which the student has to look and therefore the
time must be well managed. This helps them in improving their grades as they allot time
slots for every subject.
 Problem solving skills- this refers to the capability of the student to analyse the issue and
further come up with a solution for the respective problem (Mrig and Sanaghan, 2017).
Determining the issue and applying Strategies to solve those issues helps this student in
dealing with real life problems. They face several problems in their academic and
professional life and hence they must have the skills so that they can overcome the issue.
 Stress management skill- stress is a common subject these days, this is one of the
common and major issues that the student faces in their academic and professional life.
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Stress management skills refers to the techniques that are used by the individuals in order
to manage and control the level of stress. Stress is generally undertaken as the outcome or
feeling bounded and trapped by the daily issues. Stress can be of several types, student
generally faces it when they want to score well and perform better in their exams. This
skill is helpful as it helps in creating a positive environment for the student.
 Communication skills– This refers to the ability of effectively transmitting information
from one to another. The student must be able to affectively pass the information so that
the other person can easily comprehend what they’re trying to convey. This skill is
helpful in academic life, professional life and in personal life as well. Communication
skills are essential and includes several activities that is active listening, speaking,
observing and empathising. There were sessions for the student so that they can increase
the interaction skills as it will help them in interviews. It also helps them in actively
participating in the class activities and discussions. It also helps the student in resolving
issues that they are facing regarding the academic subjects (Raitskaya and Tikhonova,
2019). Note making skills- Making notes is one of the major activity that is conducted in the
academic life as it helps in understanding the point of the whole information. Note
making helps student then understanding through the classroom session and further using
that for future references. Notes are treated as the permanent records that are written by
using short keywords. Note making skills are taught to the student as it helps them in
getting a better understanding of the information that is given in the classroom. The notes
that are prepared by the students are further used by them in their preparation of the
exams, which helps them in revising all the information that was taught in the class (Soto
and et. al., 2020). Through note making skills, students learn to present the information in
a precise, presentable and understandable manner so that the one reading the notes can
easily comprehend the idea behind writing the particular note. This is helpful in covering
a range of topics that are there in the subjects which the students are learning in their
classrooms. Creative thinking skills- This refers to the ability of the student to come up with good
ideas and strategies to make the decision making effective. Creative thinking helps in
effective problem solving and decision making as they uses the innovative ideas. This
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skill enables in enhancing and improving the cerebral activities so that the generation of
new and innovation ideas can be processed. Student develop these skills in activities
where the creative thinking is applied, further this skills is developed in them in the
brainstorming sessions that are conducted in the universities. The creativity skills are
helpful for the students in the professional life as well as every firm looks for the
employees who has good set of thoughts and ideas so that the organisation can further use
them in enhancing the structure and effective meeting of goals and objectives. They
become self-confident about the way by which they can conduct the work in a very
unique manner. While developing the skill of creativity, the students develops their
critical thinking skill also in which they counter many of the aspects which can be done
in a new and unique way. Reading skills: Reading skills are the most common skill that is learnt and developed by
the student during their course of study in the university. This skill includes effective
ways of reading the information so that the other end who is listening can easily interpret
what thing is being conveyed in the lesson (Suleman, 2018). It is an essential skill as it is
directly related with other skills such as writing and communication. This helps in
improving the ways in which a student read, it includes the good pitch and pronunciation
part. These skills of the students are improved by taking classroom loud reading and
sessions as it directly contributes to the process of expressing thoughts with the help of
words and figure of speech.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that developing skills is an essential task for the
students as this helps them in securing good grades in their academic life. Skill development is a
continuous process where the students are required to put continuous efforts in the learning so
that they can effectively implement the learnt skills whenever needed. These skills are helpful in
the professional life as well as the student goes through different job roles, they realize that these
skills are used in every job and it helps in making the work effective. The daily challenges can be
met easily by using the strategies and skills that are developed by the student in their academic
life.
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References:
Books and Journals
Donnelly, A., and et. al., 2018. A Generic Integrated and Interactive Framework (GIIF) for
Developing Information Literacy Skills in Higher Education.
Mrig, A. and Sanaghan, P., 2017. The skills future higher-ed leaders need to succeed. Denver:
Academic Impressions.
Raitskaya, L. and Tikhonova, E., 2019. Skills and competencies in higher education and
beyond. Journal of Language and Education, 5(4), pp.4-8.
Soto, J.B., and et. al., 2020. Perceptions of immerseme virtual reality platform to improve
english communicative skills in higher education.
Suleman, F., 2018. The employability skills of higher education graduates: insights into
conceptual frameworks and methodological options. Higher Education, 76(2), pp.263-
278.
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