Study Skills for Higher Education

This article discusses the importance of study skills for higher education, methods to remember and retain information, major challenges faced by students, and recommendations to overcome them. It emphasizes the significance of goal setting, attention, and looking for opportunities in learning. It also highlights the challenges of time management, homesickness, and depression that students face and provides recommendations to overcome them. The article concludes with recommendations for students to enhance their learning and memory retention.

Study Skills for Higher
Education

ABSTRACT
Higher education is the term that significantly carry the study of learning and Development that
positively impact the life of students and also helpful in terms of developing their career. The
methods that are used to enhance learning is also useful in retaining things in the mind of
students for the longer period of time is also useful for the various techniques. Despite from this
higher skills taught students that how to manage and deal with uncertain situation by carrying
forward their prominent skills and learning. Along with this it places a significant role within the
Academic Staff concerning the requirements of students and makes them quite conscious
regarding their overall personality that impacts their learning.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................5
Importance of goals in the life of students...................................................................................5
Methods by which students can remember new information and retain existing........................6
Major challenges which students face in their life......................................................................6
Recommendations to overcome these challenges........................................................................7
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In present time higher education is important in the life of students as it bring growth and
success for their career development and also plays an important role towards a sustainable
economy that can be increase with the help of prominent talent. In this context higher education
focus on the knowledge and the application that put great contribution towards the development
of economy and also leads to bring suitable Innovation and their career with the help of higher
skills (Gormley and et. al., 2018). In this context education is important in order to provide
competitive advantage in the development of career. Therefore this report is going to cover why
goal setting is important for the students and also identify some methods that lead to improve the
retention power of students. Moreover it also describes the significant ways by which students
can overcome the prominent challenges which they face in the life.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Kneale, P. (2019) Higher education and skills both are helpful in order to
develop suitable opportunities for the career of an individual and student as it leads to develop
knowledge regarding many areas according to the interest of student considering economy,
personal development, Healthcare, Civic development, better communication, sense of
development and many more. Despite from this higher education is helpful in order to offer the
suitable connection among the educational role of universities intellectually and also leads to
develop the society as well. Improving skills refers to the suitable factor of higher living standard
and also describe the well being that is useful in investing the knowledge and also enable the
diffusion which is the prominent factor to develop higher education and also leads to improve
growth of students. In this context stress hormone and cortisol tense to develop at the time that is
the teenage that has suitable impact including the loss of weight stress tension anxiety with the
impact of education and learning experience.
Despite from these students also put emphasis on various challenges at the suitable time as it
leads to determine the specific stressful time and specific and of the level of students those carry
forward their studies in the universities within United Kingdom and also supports from the
increment in stress level that does not good for their growth and development (Van Emden and
Becker, 2016). Despite from this the ongoing and daily survey is conducted regarding the
analysis of current situation and stress in their mind because of this they feel exhausted and

prominent research is conducted on the continuous basis considering their cortisol level. Despite
from this it is analysed that many students around 69% face decrease in their outcome and
knowledge.
In relation with this the two prominent categories are developed to treat analyse the pressure
level of students. In this context many people feel that the suitable knowledge and learning can
be developed because of the mental ability and competence and also prepare the mind to face
failure on the temporary basis. Despite from this individual who claims that the learning is pre
determined and can be achieved the highest level of cortisol in their highest kills. Despite from
this the response of researchers on the statement is that stress arises to inhibit the crucial thinking
and versatility (Ding, Wei and Mollohan, 2016). Along with this the memory retention is also
considered as the most significant and prominent way by which students can recall enhance and
maintain their learning and memories for the longer period of time and it depends on the thought
process of students to analyse their thinking and also hold information for the long time. Along
with this the researchers determine that the learner’s associative memory time period is around 2
and 3 minutes. Hence all the considering discussion carries forward towards the students and for
their daily collection of memories
Besides from this, many of the students face stress level and anxiety in their learning
duration with their experience and because of this they are significantly responsible for that. In
terms of this approval study is conducted on students in order to describe their stress level and
tension and after that it is analyze that around 65% of the students feel depression and tension
during their education period. Despite from this they also try to balance their college life and job
and also stress about their future and career development by which deletes to manage all the
challenges that makes them exhausted and annoyed.
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Importance of goals in the life of students
Goal setting is the fundamental factor which is helpful in achieving long-term success.
Goals are helpful for the student in order to focus on their journey and also collect suitable
achievements that allocate their resources and time more significantly and also access motivation
when they feel like giving up. In this context there are two types of goals short term and long
term and both are important in the life of student (McNally and et. al., 2017). As long term goals

are the goals which they develop for their whole future mean by short term goals are the integral
part of the planning to achieve something. Short term goals act as a milestone in the journey of
students to reach towards the long term goal of their life. Meanwhile to achieve the long-term
goals students need to break them within the short term goals as by dividing it into smaller units
it becomes easy for the students to achieve their long term goals without getting demoralize
because short term goals give suitable motivation and inspiration to achieve their long term
goals.
Methods by which students can remember new information and retain existing
There are various techniques that are useful for the enhancement of the memory retention
and few of them are mentioned as under:
Attention: It describes the suitable concentration level of students that are useful for them
in order to learn various things regarding the development of their career and knowledge.
Moreover it is not in their habit to develop themselves but motivation is helpful for them as it
induces the individuals from inside to develop their skills and knowledge (Fisher, Reynolds and
Sheehan, 2016). Moreover it is also tough for the students in terms of never giving up on your
studies as it need proper attention towards lecture. Hence developing concentration and attention
is the significant way in order to learn new things and retain it for the longer period of time.
Look for other opportunities: Each and every individual look forward for the suitable
opportunities as they are expert within the particular topic. Despite from this research describe
that the suitable explanation regarding the concept to others as it is the prominent way to learn
significant things by themselves. Along with this it also described that individuals explore
suitable learning with the help of other person by sharing their knowledge and explaining the
concepts to them. In relation with this students need to adopt proper options and need to organize
significant information in order to understand things in probable manner (Moore and Morton,
2017). Therefore looking for the opportunity is great for the students and for this they need
suitable guidance from the specialist and their tutor that is helpful for them to achieve their goals
within the stipulated period of time.
Major challenges which students face in their life
Time management: It is analysed as the most significant problem and challenge that is
faced by the wiki students at the time of taking admission in the universities and during their
course period (Hedin and Kann, 2016). It happens in front of students because they think that

college life is same as their school life which is not the truth both the school and colleges are
different. In college lives students need to do various task and study multiple subjects at the same
time. Because of this that does not significantly manage their time in equal way and that leads to
arise problem regarding their time.
Homesickness: It describes that student’s stay away from their home in order to pursue
their study and explore themselves for their future growth and development. It leads to develop
homesickness among them as they live miles away from their home and relatives. It described
that there is a time the life of each and every student as they need to go away from their home in
terms of studies job and many more by which they miss their instincts and home (Cottrell, 2017).
In normal case students who went School which is around 4 to 5 hours away from their home
and in this context that college life is quite tough as in this they need to live far away from their
home.
Depression: It is the biggest challenge that is faced by students when it comes to learning
as in this they live far away from their home that leads to develop stress and tension among them
and that is not take care of themselves and leads to develop various issues regarding their health
like weight loss lack of sleep and many more (Paulsen and Perna, 2016). Despite with this living
in the small areas can also leads to develop health risk and can increase the chances of illness
within the students.
Recommendations to overcome these challenges
The few prominent strategies to overcome above discuss the challenges are mentioned as
under:
 To overcome the challenges students need to take proper counseling from there instructor
or counselor that are present for them within the university. As it is the important method
by which students can eliminate their tension and stress from their mind and maintain
significant balance in order to manage their work college and family. (Bartimote-Aufflick
and et. al., 2016)
 In terms of this offering suitable advice to the life of students is quite complex as it leads
to develop suitable approaches for the behavior of individuals. Along with this The
Counselor need to develop easy contract concerning expectations of individual from the
beginning. Considering this students are breaking up there relations that are required to

them and for this they need meditation and counseling concerning the peace to their mind
and progress (Becker and et. al., 2017).
Critical evaluation: By considering the above discussion it is evaluated that and it and space can
become the significant issue in the life of students. In terms of this they need to spread awareness
concerning the important issues like what are the side effects of stress and what it can do. This
awareness can be spread by the teachers, instincts, friends, family, Government and other
individuals in order to save the students from being stressed (Schneider and Preckel, 2017).
Along with this it is considered as the work based approach that is helpful to manage things
within the stipulated period of time considering the studies and family similarly. Therefore there
are two prominent ways that came in front of students which depicts their confidence and stress
that is useful in order to offer them prominent future.
Despite from this without confidence it is quite easy to develop stress and tension among
their mind and it becomes the responsibility of family members and professes to maintain
probable relations with them and also ask their daily routine (Ahrari and et. al., 2016). Despite
from this it is quite easier for the students to reduce their stress level the time of spending some
time with their loved ones. In addition to this it is clearly discussed that students need to take self
care and action concerning there each and every feeling that leads to develop confusion in their
mind and decrease their confidence level. Overcoming these elements is required to gain suitable
position and leads to develop their career. In this context there are prominent factors by which
students can make themselves more confident for their future and capable enough to survive in
the dynamic business environment. In this context all the need to do is self analysis on the
continuous basis.
RECOMMENDATIONS
By considering the preceding discussion it is recommended to students that there are various
and techniques that are helpful in order to develop learning and education and also useful in
retaining the memory for the longer period of time that is helpful in the development of the
career of students and also helpful in achieving significant outcomes. In terms of this the
prominent recommendations are discussed as below:
 There are many universities which provide study material to the students in order to
enhance their learning and skills that is helpful for them in order to improve the memory
and retain it for the longer period of time. As this study material include video and audio

method in order to enhance their skills and education. Despite from this educators also
analyse that they have gone through various studies and provide guidance to the students
regarding fresh and new ideas that leads to upgrade their vision and perspective.
 Universities also offer required material two students according to their needs in order to
make them more strategic concerning their studies that put positive impact on them and
also motivate them for their overall improvement and it provide effective and prominent
outcome.
 Along with this the mission of modern universities is to find out the significant a solution
regarding the big challenges in order to conduct prominent research at the international
level and also provide suitable contribution regarding the social result that is socially
engaged.
 Besides from this the reading material is important for the students as it is useful in order
to enhance their learning and memory. In this context the educator should add additional
information in the material that is useful for the enhancement and growth of students by
which they can follow their ideas and get upgrade according to it.
CONCLUSION
Considering the above information it is summaries that students get suffered through their
study period by various syndromes including depression stress anxiety and many more. In this
context they need to maintain suitable communication with their friends and family and also
maintain probable balance in their Classroom lectures and studies. Along with this developing
healthy communication is also useful in order to reduce the stress from their mind by which we
feel quite relax and this piece of mind is useful in there learning and development and also helps
in retaining things in the mind for a longer period of time. In this context various techniques are
discussed that are helpful to learn and retain memory among students and various challenges
which they face during their studies.

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