Report: Challenges Faced by University Students in UK Education

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges faced by university students, particularly those in the UK higher education system. The introduction highlights the increasing difficulties students encounter in managing their studies, work commitments, and family life, emphasizing the impact on academic performance. The literature review delves into challenges such as time management, financial constraints, and the difficulties of balancing work and family responsibilities, as well as strategies for memory retention and learning. The analysis and discussion section examines specific challenges faced by university students, including financial pressures, time management issues, and the need to balance studies with extracurricular activities. The report also discusses techniques for improving memory retention, such as structured organization and visualization. Recommendations are provided, focusing on planning, financial analysis, and the development of future goals. The conclusion summarizes the key challenges and the importance of adopting effective strategies to overcome them. The report references various academic journals and books to support its findings, offering a comprehensive overview of student challenges and potential solutions.

INDIVIDUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
Challenges faced in management of work and family.................................................................1
Learning strategies and techniques to improve memory retention and understanding how
people learn..................................................................................................................................2
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................2
Challenges faced by students at university in management of study, work and family..............2
Ways in which students can retain their memory........................................................................3
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REREFENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
With increasing level of education challenges faced by students also increases. There are
various kinds of challenges that students face in higher education as the level of education
increases challenges for students also increase because of which it becomes difficult for students
to manage their studies, work and family life (FarhanaYasmin and Ahmad, 2018). These
challenges can made it difficult for students to maintain good grades, high academic performance
and many more. This assignment will ly emphasis on challenges faced by university students that
are being faced by them when they start university and in management of work and family life,
and recommendations that could help students to overcome these challenges.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Challenges faced in management of work and family
According to the view of Kaoropthai, Natakuatoong and Cooharojananone, (2019) There
are various kinds of changes that are being faced by students or working individuals because of
management of other commitments and in management of work and family life. One of the main
challenges faced by people or students in management of work life and family is management of
time as they need to manage their time in such a manner that their time is equally distributed and
they can manage their work as well as family life in a better manner. But many times, due to
excessive work pressure it becomes difficult to manage work and family life. Work pressure on
individual and pressure of performing extremely well within their work increases pressure on
individuals and makes it difficult for them to focus on their family life as well. Kaoropthai,
Natakuatoong and Cooharojananone, (2019) further explains that, if an individual life’s far from
their family them it becomes even more difficult to pay attention to their family. Another
challenge faced by individual in management o work and family is cost management. Many
times, expenses of an individual are much more as compared to their saving. Pressure of saving
more amount for family increases difficulty for individuals to manage their expenses and saving.
Many times, pressure of building bring future and providing time on self- management for good
health also becomes difficult. Many times, due to other commitments or pressure of managing
work and family it becomes difficult for individuals to recall things or memorize things easily.
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Learning strategies and techniques to improve memory retention and understanding how people
learn
As per the view of Nishat and et al., (2020) there are various techniques and learning
strategies that can help in enhancing memory retention of an individual. These techniques also
help in understanding ways in which they learn new things. One of the best strategies that helps
in memory retention is organizing information in a structured manner. Many researchers have
identified that by organizing information in a structured manner helps individual to understand
and lean new things in an easy and organized manner. Mnemonic device is one of the most
common technique which is used by people to recall and memorize things easily. Using this
technique any kind of information can be recalled easily as well as the learnt information retains
within one’s memory easily. Visualization concept is another technique that can help in
enhancing one’s memory as well as can help in retaining memory. Using this technique any
information can be visualized photographs, charts, and other graphical information. Sometimes it
even helps in recalling information or remembering information easily. Nishat and et al., (2020)
further explains that, one of the most common learning strategies that can be adopted by induvial
is paying extra attention to difficult information. By paying extra time and attention to difficult
information it can be memorized and recalled easily without any kind of difficulty. This strategy
can also be used to restructure information in a well- organized manner. These techniques and
strategies can help an individual to retain their memory in a better manner.
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Challenges faced by students at university in management of study, work and family
There are various kinds of challenges that are being faced by the students when they start
university. Education in UK is quite expensive because of which one of the main challenges that
occurs in front of university students is managing their expenses. It becomes difficult for
university students to manage their educational cost, other cost associated with university as well
as their personal expenses (Ahmed, Fakhry and Saad, 2019). If students are studying away from
their families then it becomes even more difficult for them to manage their expenses as they need
to manage their living expenditure as well. Another challenge faced by university students is
management of time. It is one of the most challenging part for university students i.e. to manage
their time equally such that they can focus on their students, plan for future as well as pay
equivalent time to their families and on one’s health as well. Many times, university students are
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engaged within their studies and other activities till such an extent that it becomes difficult for
them to pay extra attention to other issues as well. If studies, activities and other responsibilities
are not managed in an appropriate manner then it can increase studies pressure and poor grades
pressure on the students. If students do not have idea of ways in which they can manage time or
organize their studies, work and other activities then it becomes one of the most challenging
things that they might face in their university life. Many times, because of this another challenge
that occurs within university student’s lives is attending all the classes and manage their extra-
curricular activities equally (Bell, Bryman and Harley, 2018). Another challenge faced by
university students is eating and staying healthy. Many times, students are engaged within their
studies and other activities till such an extent that it becomes difficult for them to focus on their
health and stay healthy which can further affect their memory retention. It is important for
university students to focus on these challenges so that they can manage their time in a better
manner, organize or make schedule of things or task they need to do, memorize things or
information in a better manner, pay equivalent time to their families and stay healthy. But out of
all the above challenges one of the main challenges faced by them is memorizing all the
important information and retain those information within their memory.
Ways in which students can retain their memory
There are various of techniques or strategies that can be adopted by university students for
retention of their memory. One of the most commonly used technique that can be used by
university students for memory retention is structuring and organizing. Students should organize
as well as structure their information in a proper format (Sharples and et al., 2016). This will help
the students to sharpen their memory and memorize things in a better format. This will further
help them to outline important information or concepts and note down important things that are
important and required to be focused on by them. Another strategy through which students can
visualize their information with the help of graphs, diagrams, images and many more. This will
also help them to pay extra attention to the important information and will also help them to pin
point all kinds o important information that should be paid extra attention.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are few recommendations that can help the university students to overcome
challenges that are being faced by them in management of their studies, work and family life.
Some of the main recommendations to overall challenges are as follows:
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 Planning is one of the most important recommended way that can help university students to
overcome most of the challenges faced by them (Bodine, Mothapo and Reardon, 2019).
Planning of all the classes they need to attend, activities in which they need to participate,
future planning and family life. Planning will also help them to manage their time
accordingly and will also help them to understand task on which they need to pay extra
attention.
 Students can first of all analyse what are their main current and future expenses. This
analysis will help them to understand their likely overall monthly expenses in a much better
manner. This will help them to increasing their saving amount and manage all of their
expenses even if their live far away from their families.
 Developing future goals and objectives. Development of goals and objectives will help the
students to set some milestones that are required to be achieved by them in a much better
manner. Development and achievement of desired goals and objectives will help to enhance
their overall grades, bring improvement within their studies and brighten their future as well.
These are some strategies that can help university students to overcome all the
challenges faced by them in a much better and appropriate manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above assignment it has been summarized that there are various kinds of
challenges that are being faced by university students when they start university which makes it
difficult for them to manage their work and family like. There are various kinds of techniques,
learning methods that can help students to enhance their overall memory as well as overcome
these challenges that are faced by them.
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REREFENCES
Books and Journals
Ahmed, R.A., Fakhry, S.F. and Saad, N.F., 2019. Conflict Resolution Strategies Training
Program and its Effect on Assertiveness among Nursing Students.
Bell, E., Bryman, A. and Harley, B., 2018. Business research methods. Oxford university press.
Bodine, P.A., Mothapo, N.P. and Reardon, K., 2019. 3-Step Charrette: A Framework for
Teaching Students to Solve Complex Problems in a Real-World
Environment. Management Teaching Review. p.2379298119855704.
FarhanaYasmin, M.S. and Ahmad, N., 2018. Challenges faced by postgraduate students: A case
study of a private university. Journal of Education and Human Development. 7(1).
pp.109-116.
Kaoropthai, C., Natakuatoong, O. and Cooharojananone, N., 2019. An intelligent diagnostic
framework: A scaffolding tool to resolve academic reading problems of Thai first-year
university students. Computers & Education. 128. pp.132-144.
Nishat, N., and et al., 2020. Empowering tertiary level students to solve their own study-related
problems to improve study performance. Journal of Applied Research in Higher
Education.
Sharples, M., and et al., 2016. Innovating pedagogy 2016: Open University innovation report 5.
Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University.
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