Study Skills for Higher Education: Analysing Skills for Student Success

This report analyses the impact of study skills on student life and highlights the importance of communication, critical thinking, time management, management, professionalism, organizational, team building, analytical, prioritization, and delegation skills. It provides examples of each skill and explains how they contribute to student success in higher education and beyond. The report also emphasizes the inclusive practices adopted by the education department for the overall development of students.

Study Skills for Higher
Education

TABLE OF CONTENT.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Analysing the study skills that leads students towards the success.............................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Study skills for higher education refers to those skills that adds glory in the character and
personality of the students or learner. These skills help in adding more efficiency in the student
life. During studying period the student witness many skills. Some of them are their inner skills
and some of them has been adopted from the outside practices. Collectively both the internal and
external skills play an important role in the higher education of the students. This report will
illustrate the concept of study skills and along with this, the report also describes the impact of
this skills over student life.
MAIN BODY
Analysing the study skills that leads students towards the success
In student life it is important to adopt some skills. These skills are just not limited to increasing
the learning capability of the students. Within this, these skills prepare students for their
upcoming life. Study skills for higher education is the mixture of all those skills that leads the
student towards the path of success. (Gill, 2018). Academic writing is a clear, concise, structure
of a writing by the evidence of writing for better understanding to the reader. The academic
writing normally is formal writing that does to require any long sentences and explanation. For
doing academic writing the skills need to their in students and they have to learn how they will
write the writing in a proper way to under stable the reader easily (Balula, Vasconcelos, and
Moreira, 2019).
Skills that students should have for perfect writing.In order to understand this with clearance,
here are the examples of the study skills for higher education:
Communication- This is one of the most important skill that must be possess by the students. It
has been further said, that communication is the key to success. In higher education, a student
must be able to share the opinions in the front of the teachers and everyone. An effective
communication skill in student results in solving large number of barriers. For example: A
student who is highly effective in terms of communicating puts their opinion and doubt in front
of the teacher. Such students does not feel hesitation while asking any query. (León-Pérez and
et.al., 2020). And this result in clearing of the doubts and effective understanding of the topic. As
a result, the learning power of the students increases. On the other hand, this result in increasing
the confidence in the learner.

Critical thinking- This skill refers to the collection of number of skills. The critical thinking
element in student enables them to experiencing the skills such as, analysis, open minded,
interface, self-regulation and problem-solving ability. The student learns this skill in higher
education while making critical analysing over a topic. For example: Book review, the students
critically analyse the book. This provides a platform to the students in terms of showing their
reviews and thinking over a particular topic. This skill enables student to have more open mind
where the numerous thoughts can arise. And these thoughts adds glory in the over all thought
process of the students. This skill often capable students in solving the problem by making their
own perception. (Murillo-Zamorano, Sánchez and Godoy-Caballero, 2019). This study skill has
considered as one of the mandatory skill in the student’s life as this enables them to increase
their learning capacity by critically analysing it and along with this it further helps in increase
their problem solving ability in their life with the help of their self-perceptions and thoughts.
Time management skill- This skill enables the student in completion of their assignment and
projects on time. The time is very crucial element in student’s life. Completing every thing on
time results in adding more effectiveness in the life of the students. Time management element
creates the skills of being punctual in them. This skill enables the students to divide their
assignment and project in different parts so, this can be covered in appropriate time. Along with
this, it further helps in creating the parts of the whole topic so the learner can easily learn the
topic over a specific period of time. (Nagel and et.al., 2020). Apart from this, the time
management skill taught the importance of time to the students. It helps in determining the value
of time so, the goals that has been set in life can be achieve within the time. As there is no sense
of achieving the objectives without deciding a specific time period.
Management skills: management skills mainly include the ability and educational
understanding between the students to gain the functions and carry out the professionalism by
learning this factor and skills . this skills interpreted that student should have ability to resolve
the conflict and understanding in decision making while learning the ability that will beneficial
for them. Every person should have at least minimum ability of leadership and motivation
towards the work by which they are able to motivate others also and in the work field also in the
university students know how to manage the people and engage them into the work, and also
solve the problem they are facing in the working environment and also in the learning time. This

will help the students in the long run. Management include the planning, organizing, staffing,
coordination, motivation, training etc.,etc. by which the student will get help and they easily
learn from the things and skills they learn from their university by analysing the factor that what
matter to them most.( Redmond, and et.al 2018). Better directing in the skill management give
the organization a better experience for better understanding in order to gain the better
achievement and success in the work field and also in the academic.
Professionalism skills: every student should learn the professionalism skills in their lives for the
betterment of their lives while they are working or any other circumstances in their professional
life because of this skills they are able to communicate, present themselves well to influence
someone and make profitable achievement by the help of professionalism skills. in the
professionalism skills dedication towards the work and ethics are also play an important role. In
professionalism individual should learn how o behave and being mature enough and also self-
confidence should there in the professionalism because this skills need this. Patience in the
professionalism matter enough for the accuracy in the work. For better performance in the
professionalism reliability and maturity should be in the student (Tang, 2019). That’s why they
have to learn how should they behave as a professional and dedicate towards their work while
being honest about that. Students also have learn about the emotional intelligence and flexibility
in the professionalism because with the help of this they will achieve their targets. Organize and
teamwork should be in the students these skills students should have learn and adopt by
developing in themselves (Shoaib, Abdullah,. and Ali, 2021).
Organizational skills: these skills help the students in order to organize themselves as well as
their surrounding while learning this skills. Categorizing data where they are going to work or
their surrounding while learning this skills. This will help the students in order to be successful
in their further life. Coordination is also the part of organizing the data while learning and
developing the skills. Setting the goals for the better achievement is also necessary in student
life. This skill also include the project management and prioritizing the work which is more
important. An individual should know about their deadlines, work ability in order to maintain the
credibility of the work for better achieving . organizing skills should include the scheduling of
the task which an individual assign for and applying the strategic planning for the better
understanding. Time management is the essential in the organizing the task of the skills.

Team building skills: this skills include the collaborative work with the team members and well
organized. The skills need communication for the better understanding and effective team work
among the students. Students should establish a open communication with this they will get help
in their future in their working life. Observation also the part of the team skills with this an
individual can learn how will they work better by observing other from their team members. In
team work participation is play an important role for the betterment of the task they are assign
for and for better understanding, create connection from the people will the person in their
growth. In teamwork respect should be their individual should learn how to respect their team
members in order to achieve the better success and better achievement for the project they will
assign for and there after the students should share the experience they gain from the work with
their subordinates for better understanding and experience of their work life also (Aker, 2019).
Analytical skills: this skills evaluate the students mind set analytically by critical evaluation of
their work and develop in their workflow by critically thinking. Every students should learn the
analytical skills for better understanding and the task, project they are assign for with this mind
set and individual get easily approachable and help in the data analysation of the work.
Numeracy also include in the analytical skills. In analytical skills the report, research is included
by the understanding of the work and their analytical critical understanding by learning this from
the course and apply on the work in their practical life or professional life for better
understanding and this will also help in the troubleshooting of the work.
Prioritization: this skill students should have in their skills list for getting better marks as well
as this will help them in their long term life. As well as working life for the better decision
making and organize the work of the individual. Students should prioritize the work of they
assign for and have better understanding of the work with the help of prioritization of the work
and make the objective for better aching the success and goals of the project they working on.
This also include the time management by which an individual can learn and adapt things fast.
They should make a list of their assign work by which they will get easily under stable and
evaluate the work of their own.
Delegation: this is the essential in the academic skills for the students. Their everyday life also
based on this factor that they can easily understand the authorization of the task will get help
from this. The delegate of work also helps the students and encourage towards the achievement
and growth of their own.. delegation of work look like, that everyone should take part and

perform well, they have to prepare the task and need understanding while communicate with
each other. Team should have accountability, responsibility to work better and achieve the
success. Activity also analyse when everyone in the class participant in that particular learning of
the skills by which they will analyse their work efficiency for the betterment of the self-
awareness. After all this students should have to perform well enough in their academics for
getting benefit in the university or academic where they learn the skills (Skoyles, Bullock, and
Neville, 2019).
CONCLUSION
The above report concluded that, the study skills in higher education plays an important
part in the learner’s life. These skills enable the students to grow in their higher education and
along with this, it further helps students to grow in their career as well. The students learn many
elements in their studying period. And these elements make their character more effective and
prepares them to stand strongly in the outside world. Apart from this, the report also highlights
the importance of these skills in their career as well. As the education department are focusing on
adopting the inclusive practices. Therefore, development of students is just not limited to
increasing their learning capabilities. The development involves over all development of the
students.

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