Study Skills for Higher Education: Core Skills and Planning

This report delves into the crucial aspects of study skills in higher education, emphasizing the significance of education and its impact on personal and national growth. It highlights the importance of universities in shaping students' careers, offering diverse options and fostering the development of core academic skills. The report explores key skills such as problem-solving, creativity, communication, leadership, and information management, emphasizing their relevance in academic and professional life. Furthermore, it provides a detailed study plan encompassing both short-term and long-term goals, guiding students in acquiring knowledge and developing essential skills. The conclusion reinforces the value of these skills and planning for academic success and future endeavors, supported by a list of references including books and journals.

Study Skills for Higher
Education

INTRODUCTION
Education is very important for everyone and this also helps in making the nation strong. Every student
studies in their life to achieve something better and the discipline is very important in every student’s life. After
completing high school, universities give the platform to the students to choose the career. This file includes the
reason for studying a degree at University and the importance of University in students life and how the universities
help the student to choose their career and the core academic skills that can be developed and its important non
every student life and at last the study plan that includes short and long term goals that will help in acquiring and
developing the skills and knowledge of students.
1. What are the main reasons for studying a degree at University?
After completing high school, the biggest question in front of every students are which University will be
the best option to start their career and search the different types of Universities in all over the country according to
their interest. Some of them join the Universities by the variety of reasons that can be academic interest, future
career and spending the social life in the college. Many students attend the Universities to learn the subject in depth,
some of them choose some other career options and most of the Universities gives the different types of career
option to the students and also some additional subjects so that the students can learn the new and innovative things
and the experts give the lectures to the students and guide them. Students who join the college to learn about
politics are also having several types of courses of political science that can be political system, political
philosophy, comparative politics, and other specific topics related to politics. In Universities, there are several other
facilities available such as libraries, laboratories and the computer rooms. Another reason of going to Universities
for the higher studies if that it gives the better career options because sometimes the students are confuse in
choosing the subjects so the colleges help them in choosing the subjects according to their interest and also the
Universities organize college campus drives of different companies for the students and companies hire the students
deserving candidates to fill the positions and also gives the higher pay to them and the other attractive incentives.
There are so many other professions like doctors, lawyers and engineers required the Universities support and
guidance.
Apart from the studies, students also make new friends and enjoy their social life and this is the best part of
Universities and some of them are studying from so long, school and now in college. They share their hobbies and
interest with each other. Regardless of the rationale, it is important for students to recollect why they are in
university and do their best in achieving their goals.
2. What are the core academic skills that can be developed and why are they important?
Every student need to develop the core skills to develop themselves and this is very important for the
future as well. There are several core skills that need to be developed that are as follows-
Problem solving
This skill is important to solve the complex problems in real time and this is necessary for every student in
future because the world is changing regularly and everyone needs to change according to the changing world.
Students face the problems in their academic life and this skill is required at that time that helps in taking the

right decisions that can impact on the present and future. Problem solving skills help them in tackle anything
and realizing their biggest dreams.
Creativity
Creativity is an important factor and plays a vital role in schools, colleges and at the workplace. Creative
thinking helps the students to achieve the success in future and secure their loyalty. Ultimately, creativity is a
common language that every student has to learn and also learn to communicate with passions and ideas.
Communication
In this modern world, the communication is an important key for every students to get the success in future
because it helps in connecting with the other people and also helps in solving the critical problems in life and
this gives the confidence to the students to communicate with the new people and the healthy communication
means less stress, more productivity and the better relationship.
Leadership
Every student should bring leadership in their lives and because this helps the students in taking the critical and
the difficult decisions in their life and also improves their decision making quality a good leadership quality
always impacts on their life and makes them independent and responsible in taking the important decisions and
every student need to develop this quality in their life.
Information Management
Information is essential thing to grow and alive and every student need to manage the information in their
academic as well as in their personal life and keep the students updated and advanced.
3. Develop a study plan that includes short and long term goals that will help in acquiring and
developing the skills and knowledge.
Every study needs to develop the plans to make their life better and managed and the plans and in the academic life,
every student set two types of goals i.e., short and long term goals. The short term goals are for their academic life
that will make their career.
The short term priorities are important for the students to develop their skills are as follows-
Academic
Grades
Maintaining connection with the mentors
Completion of graduation
Planning of further studies
Personal
Learning something new
Being part of the social life and the other social activities
Being in touch with family and friends
Travelling
Professional
Finding and creating a new jobs for others and themselves
Working with the organization after study with the skills that helps in growing the organization
Information management

Now, it is very difficult for the students to plan the long term because students do not know what is right for their
future and what is wrong. There are some of the thoughts and plans that defines the long term goals of every
students that are as follows-
Firstly the long term goal are completely depends on the short term goal because of the short goals are not perfect
then it is very difficult for the students to achieve the long term goals and also students need to develop several
types of skills that can be leadership, communication skills, creativity and the problem solving that helps in making
their future secure and if these skills are there in every student then the student can solve any type of critical
problems in their life and there several other long term skills that are as follows-
Education
Experience
Communication
Creativity
Leadership
Monitoring and coaching
Community
Marketing
Training
Ability
Authority
Entrepreneurship
Influencing
Quality of life
Knowledge work quality
Relation building
Finance, etc.
So, these are some of the long term goals that help every student in making their life stable and successful.
CONCLUSION
The whole file concludes about the academic life of the students and some of the plans every need to bring
in their life and the reasons why students need to go to the Universities for the further studies and what is the
importance of University in every student’s life. It also summarize about the core academic skills that can be
developed importance of the academic skills in the life and at last it summarizes about the short and long term goals
that helps in acquiring and developing the skills and knowledge.
REFERENCES

Books and journals
Assiter, A., 2017. Transferable skills in higher education. Routledge.
Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Barrable, A., Papadatou-Pastou, M. and Tzotzoli, P., 2018. Supporting mental health, wellbeing and study skills in
Higher Education: an online intervention system. International journal of mental health systems, 12(1), p.54.
Hagedorn, L.S. and Kuznetsova, I., 2016. Developmental, remedial, and basic skills: Diverse programs and
approaches at community colleges. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2015(168), pp.49-64.
Horton, T.L., 2018. The Role of Higher Education in Bridging Workforce Skills Gaps: An Evaluation
Study (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California).
Ryan, Y. and Zuber-Skerritt, O., 2017. Quality in postgraduate education. Routledge.
Lim, D., 2018. Quality assurance in higher education: A study of developing countries: A study of developing
countries. Routledge.