Report on Study Skills: Challenges and Strategies in Higher Education

This report examines study skills essential for success in higher education, focusing on memory retention techniques and the challenges students face. It explores the impact of competition, stress, and time management difficulties. The literature review highlights the importance of higher education in economic growth and the negative impacts of stress on learning. The analysis and discussion section emphasize the role of awareness and communication in addressing student issues. The report recommends counseling, strategic study approaches, and the use of reading materials to enhance learning. It concludes that effective communication and balance are vital for reducing stress and improving memory retention, offering practical strategies to help students overcome obstacles and achieve their academic and career goals. The report references books and journals to support its findings.

STUDY SKILLS FOR
HIGHER
EDUCATION

ABSTRACT
Higher study is a term which broadly carry study of skills and learning that is likely to
positively influence the lives of individuals as it is useful in terms of enhancing their career and
also helps in the retention of things for longer period of time with the help of various techniques.
Higher skills taught how to deal within the critical or various situations in order to carry forward
their skills and learning. In complementing, it plays an important role in the academic staff for
the needs of students and makes them quite conscious regarding the overall personality and study
skills as it impacts their learning. Moreover, this report depicts various learning and memory
retention techniques and also describes various strategies by which faced challenges can be
overcome.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION...................................................................................................3
RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
In today’s world, increasing competition influences the lives of individual and students
where most commonly it is influenced most commonly it influences the stress level of students
while handling their course in universities and their own family conditions. In this students need
to develop proper balance buy managing their higher skills and education that leads to enhance
their career and helps in achieving their career goals and objectives (Bas and et. al., 2017).
Moreover higher education focuses on the application of knowledge in order to provide great
contribution to the economic growth and development that leads to Foster Innovation and also
increases higher skills. This report is going to cover the knowledge of learning strategies in order
to enhance memory retention and prominent challenges which students face and also describe
ways to overcome these issues.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Cottrell S. 2019, higher education provide prominent opportunities in order to
achieve success in the global economy as modern universities conduct various programs for their
students in order to prepare them for the economic sectors and achieve progress in their career
goal. Higher education automatically supports business and industry which is the dynamic
process because of the changing nature of Technology. In addition to this stress hormone and
cortisol are usually increases at the time of adolescence which leads to lost their education and
learning. In addition to this students still put emphasis on various challenges and at the particular
stressful time it is determined that ends it level of students at universities in United Kingdom
increases due to their stress. For this daily survey is conducted concerning the current tension
which they feel and research is obtained on the frequent basis regarding there cortisol level.
Along with this it is found that many students around 69% experience decrease in their results.
In relation with this two prominent categories are developed in order to treat their
pressure level. People who feel that knowledge can develop their mental ability are tends to face
failures as on temporary level. Moreover people who claimed that knowledge is pre-determined
attain highest level of cortisol for their higher skills and education (Hedin and Kann, 2019). For
this researchers responded by saying that stress appears to inhibit critical thinking and versatility.
In addition to this memory retention is the most possible manner by which individual can recall
or maintain their memories which relies on their thought procedure of analysing things and
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retaining information. For this investigators examined that the learners associative memory time
period is of 2 minute. All these discussion please carry forward in terms of students, they might
recollect their memory in the below paragraph.
In relation with this menu of the teenagers that distress level and learning positive manner
and their experience in negative manner with slightest accountability. For this the society study
in 2013 depicts that around 65% of students feel depression and anxiety. In addition to this
students are balancing their college life home part time jobs and so on and also wondering about
their future and at the time they try to manage all these issues that makes them irritate.
Few challenges faced by students:
Time management: it is considered as one of the most important problem and challenge
that is faced by students while joining the university and reason behind this is that they think that
their college life would be same as their school life but it is quite opposite. As in college life
students need to perform multiple activities at the same time in terms of various subjects and in
regard of this they need to manage their time in equal manner (Rodriguez and Armellini, 2017).
For example many of the students take 15 carat semester in which others try to earn up to 18 or
even 21 credits for this it becomes impossible to stay on the top rank at all.
Homesickness: it describe that students need to stay away from their home regarding
their studies that can develop homesickness. As there is a time in the life of each student that I
need to go some other place regarding their studies (Wilson, 2018). Particularly at sometime
individuals who went School that is around 3 hours from home and for this college students face
many difficulty because it is their first year or time that this stay away from their home.
Depression: it is the knowledge challenge which is faced by students when it comes on
their learning of new things as it relies on their stress level poor self care and lack of sleep which
can cause health issues in them. Along with this living in small areas and rooms also leads to
develop health risk and can increase the illness chances of students.
Anti-social: those students who live away from their home can become antisocial after
sometime. As after sometime they take time to develop relations with their family members as
they are quite happy in their own life which is surrounded by their peers’ flatmates friends and so
on (Van Emden and Becker, 2016). Away with this spending too much time leaves to develop
daunting and disagreements can also arise.
Strategies to overcome these challenges:
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 To overcome this students need to take counseling from their probable counselors that are
present in their University as it is considered as the significant method which students can
opt in order to eliminate their stress and tension and also leads to manage their work
family and college life.
 In this context giving life advice is quite complex because of the various approaches of
individuals. For this, the setup in easy contract regarding their prominent expectations
from the beginning. Like, if students are breaking up from there relation then it is
required them to take counselling regarding the progress and peace of their mind.
ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Considering the above discussion it is determined that stress and anxiety can become a
major problem in students life and in relation with this to spread awareness regarding this is
important like what stress can do and what are its side effects. This awareness is spread by
family government teachers and other individuals to save the life of students. In addition to this
work based approach is helpful for students in order to manage things on time such as studies
and family in simultaneous way (McNally and et. al., 2017). Usually there are two ways that
came in front of students which describe their confidence and interest as it helps in offering
better future to them. As without confidence stress and anxiety can easily develop therefore it is
required by the family members and professors to develop healthy communication with their
students and also ask them about their daily activities. Due to this it becomes easier for students
to eliminate this test level at the time of working and spending some time in college and
Universities.
In addition to this it is clearly discussed that students need to take actions regarding their
small feelings about confusion lack of confidence depression and so on and overcome these
factors to acquire good position and lead to develop their career. As these are the factors which
make students more competent enough for their future and capable enough to survived in the
dynamic business market (Assiter, 2017). For this all the need to do is self determination which
is an ongoing process.
RECOMMENDATIONS
From the discussion it is recommended to students that there are many ways and techniques
to develop education and learning and also retain it in the memory for longer period of time by
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which we can easily achieve prominent result for the development of the career. In relation with
this suitable recommendations are mentioned underneath:
 By many universities reading material is provided to each and every student in order to
offer them effective learning that helps in improving the memory. Educator’s and analyst
have found that having understudies instruct fresh ideas to other individuals in order to
upgrade their comprehension and perspective.
 Another recommendation is offered over here is that it is required for students to become
more strategic regarding their studies which positively influence them and offer more
effective and efficient result.
 Moreover the mission of modern universities is to find prominent solution of the big
challenges by conducting research at global level and also contribute to the social
outcomes that are health and social engagement.
 In relation with this reading material is quite important for students to improve and
enhance their learning and memory material. For this educator’s and analyst must have
additional found that they need to undergo with their studies and also follow new ideas of
others to get updated.
CONCLUSION
Considering the above discussed report it is concluded that students need to maintain proper
communication with their family by balancing their Classroom lectures and studies. Away with
this it is helpful to reduce the stress level in the shorter period of time as many of the students
feel relief while talking to their relatives and instincts. For this various techniques are discussed
which is useful in the learning and retaining memory of students for longer period.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Assiter, A. ed., 2017. Transferable skills in higher education. Routledge.
Bas, N.D and et. al., 2017, September. Influence of study skills on the dropout rate of
universities: results from a literature study. In International Conference on Interactive
Collaborative Learning. (pp. 133-144). Springer, Cham.
Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Hedin, B. and Kann, V., 2019. Improving Study Skills by Combining a Study Skill Module and
Repeated Reflection Seminars. Education Research International. 2019.
McNally, B and et.al., 2017. Flipped classroom experiences: student preferences and flip strategy
in a higher education context. Higher Education. 73(2). pp.281-298.
Rodriguez, B.P. and Armellini, A., 2017. Developing self-efficacy through a massive open
online course on study skills. Open Praxis. 9(3). pp.335-343.
Van Emden, J. and Becker, L., 2016. Presentation skills for students. Macmillan International
Higher Education.
Wilson, J.D., 2018. Student learning in higher education (Vol. 34). Routledge.
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