A Comprehensive Report on Study Skills for Higher Education Students

This report focuses on study skills crucial for success in higher education, particularly during the foundation year. It begins by emphasizing the importance of the foundation year, highlighting its benefits such as improved language proficiency, increased admission chances, and reduced culture shock. The main body of the report identifies key challenges faced by students, including lack of confidence, communication skill deficiencies, demotivation, adapting to non-traditional cultures, and environmental issues. The report then offers practical solutions to overcome these challenges, such as developing awareness, improving communication through thoughtful speaking, understanding the reasons behind demotivation, and fostering a friendly and supportive environment. The conclusion summarizes the key points, reinforcing the significance of study skills for navigating the higher education landscape and achieving academic goals.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
The importance of foundation year for students.........................................................................1
The key challenges of foundation year.......................................................................................2
The ways of overcome those challenges.....................................................................................4
Conclusion based on key points..................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Study skills are support to students for increasing knowledge, to acquires new skills, t5o
gain qualification, learn new and take advantage of study. Developing and improving their study
skill is longer process and also individual process. The present report is based on the study skills
for higher education which is important for the students. The education system of UK is highly
affected by the mind sets. In this students are learn through the gap and takes its knowledge by
schools and universities. Report lays emphasis on the importance of foundation year for students.
It will shows the key challenges of foundation yea and ways of overcome those challenges.
MAIN BODY
The importance of foundation year for students.
Education is key of success in the country and anywhere in the world. It plays the vital
roles in students life in order ensure about the students gets best and effective knowledge and
information (Gormley And et.al., 2018). It is important and more essential for students because
of they are become professional and possibly each teach in the next generation. It is one year
course for the internation students. In this they have need additional English language and
academic preparation. There are following benefits of foundation for students are as follows;
Better language proficiency
The foundation year is important and valuable for the students and their growth factors.
In this students are improve their English ability as well as academic skills. This can be includes
essay, written and oral language of peoples. This is very important for the students to get
knowledge and information with the help of foundation program.
Increased chance of admission
With the help of foundation year, student have opportunity for taking admission in the
universities in UK. Because UK education system is highly affect to students through gap in
knowledge. This help to improve and create chance for students and their growths.
Relevant qualification for future growth and studies
Foundation year is provide student with the high skills and knowledgable students which
are necessary and important for the students (Hills, 2018J). With the help of this students have
great and unique advantage over the students. In this stage, students are learn more theories and
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notions which are related to their field of study. With the help of this students are fully ready and
prepare for start degree program.
Reduce culture shock
Most of the students are struggle with the culture shock by involving different academic
system. At the time of foundation course, students have the lots of chances of culture and custom
with the experience which is local environment. Meanwhile, it can get adjust with academic
environment, teaching system and various types of assessment.
Those are the importance of foundation year which is necessary for entry into the UK
country university for undergraduate course. This help to students from the different education
system. With the help of this, students are ready for done their education in UK. It is very
important and valuable for students (ääskelä, 2018). This help to align qualification of education
system of the country. This is important for students to be a more personalised learning and
experience which are help to meet their success. This provide intermediate level which is
technical and professional skills. This contributing for participating agenda with the help of new
and accessible route offers. This is effective and important for the students become the eligible
for the universities. It is the quality approaches to learn and support advanced as per
performance.
The key challenges of foundation year.
The foundation year students are faced various problems and challenges with foundation
year. This is effective and valuable for students because this help to create best and effective
knowledge for the students. There are various challenges which are faced by the students at the
time of foundation which are as follows:
Lack of confidence
Lack of confidence is main challenges which is create problems and challenges for the
students at the time of work and growth work. By this students is not able to take and done
education in proper and effective manner. Lack of confidence is very critical in context because
it make challenges for the students at the time of foundation year. The lack of confidence have
the dramatic effect on the career (Nelson-Royes, 2018). This students in their comfort zone and
they feel safe in their area of work and also in their safe zone. Lack of confidence is create the
various problems and challenges for the student because with this students are not able to give
hard contribution for achieving their career goals and objectives.
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Communication skills
Communication skills is also the big factor which create problem and challenges for
students. In this, students are not feel safe and good because students are think they have not
ability to compete with the others in communication skills. Communication is the biggest
problem for the foundation year students because they are not able to communicate with other
peoples and students or not able to understand meaning of concept. That is not good and best for
the students in foundation year (Richards, 2018). That could be ways of emotional, cultural etc.
It has two types which are oral and written. In the oral communication students are not
understand communication needs and point of views other person. It has the purpose which can
be unclear and confused with communication needs and wants. This is the poorly structured
content without correct context and organization which is missed or misinterpret the messages.
De-motivate
De-motivation is the biggest challenge for the students because of this students are faced
various problems. In that students are de-motivate with their new peoples and environment. In
that students not able to convey correct and right messages to the peoples because in this they
feel shy with every students and peoples in this context. De-motivation is not good for the each
and every peoples. By this students are not able learn important thinks and information which is
not good for gain knowledge. De-motivated peoples are not participates in each and every
activity which is happing in foundation year. In contras , with the help of motivation students are
done their with high effective ways and growth. Motivation is the strong reason to act which is
accomplishing something for students. Motivation is help to learn more thinks but in the absence
of these they are not get learning thinks and also not develop various thinks which are most
important for them.
Non-traditional culture
Non-traditional culture is the biggest challenge for students because with this they are not
able to feel comfortable with the culture and environments of country. Students when go in other
culture and country then they faced various problems with their culture differences (Saido,
2018). Culture difference are faced by the each and every students by this they are faced various
problems and issues related to education. Because by this they are not get proper education and
learning. Culture environment is highly affected to the students. In that, teacher required to make
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the happy and friendly environment. By this, new students are feel happy and effective towards
the learning.
Environment
Environment is the great issues which is faced by the students at the time of foundation.
It is main concerns with the students if they are not suit environment of foundation year classes.
This is biggest issues and challenge with the peoples. Environment of class room and college
here is affect to students at the time of learning new thinks. By this they are not feel safe and
happy with their environment. With that, they faced problems.
Those are the challenges which are faced by the peoples and students at the time of
foundation year.
The ways of overcome those challenges.
There are various problems which has faced by the students with foundation year. Here,
is important to overcome those for best learning and get proper information which are related to
work. Those challenges such as lack of confidence, communication skills, Demotivation, non-
traditional culture and environment (Wright, 2018). There is very important to overcome those
challenges for better understanding and learning with foundation year program. With the help of
overcome those challenges, students are easily learn and it is more beneficial for the students.
Here, is mentioned various ways for overcome those challenges are as follows:
Live in moment and develop awareness
Live in moment and develop awareness is the ways of overcome the lack of confidence
because it is very important to overcome this challenges. With the help of increasing awareness
of particular topic and foundation program. Students are able to learn effective in higher
education. Awareness is shows the best and effective confidence in students. By this they are
able to learn more and effective. This will create great opportunity for student towards the
learning. Live in moment is the help to build more confidence with the policies and effectiveness
to the students.
Think before speak
It is the way of thinks better and effective ways to improve communication skills. In this
here is required the various concerns and effectiveness. To improve communication skills here,
is required to think before specking which is help to learn various thinks in effective manner.
With the help of this the challenge of communication skills and language overcome on the time
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and also done in effective manner. This is effective for improve this for higher eduction learning.
Other hand, here can also maintain a positive attitude and smile. This also help to overcome
those challenge from the foundation program. Positive attitude of students are effective and
valuable for the business and its growth process.
Understand the reason of demotivation
It is the way of overcome the demotivation challenge which is faced by the students at the
time of foundation for higher education. It is the best and effective way of learning new and also
in effective manner. First thing when you feel demotivated and down do think about why you are
demotivated and what's reason (Younger, 2018). With the help of this students are get the thinks
and reason of demotivation. By this, student get idea of this and try to resolve them in order to
improve this. This is very important and effective for the students of higher education.
Friendly and happy environment
Create happy and friendly work environment is the best and effective to overcome the
challenge of non traditional culture and environment. Here, is required to make positive and
happy environment by this students are feel happy and able to learn more thinks with the help of
happy environment (Zapko and et.al., 2018). It is very important for the students of higher
education to live in friendly or happy environment.
Those are the ways of overcome those challenges which are faced by the higher
education students during foundation program.
Conclusion based on key points.
Here, has mentioned the importance of foundation in students life who has compete for
high education in UK. The system of UK education has affected to the students and peoples by
mind sets like knowledge. That has important for students to provide intermediate level of
technical and professional skills. It has effective and valuable for the students by increasing
chances for admission in higher universities. Students has faced various problems with the
foundation program which has not goods for the students. Because by this they has not able to
take proper education with the foundation year. The various challenges such as lack of
confidence, de-motivate, non-traditional culture and other. Here has mentioned various routes
and ways for overcome those challenges like create happy and friendly environment, understand
the reasons of demotivation and develop awareness of peoples.
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CONCLUSION
From the above study it had been concluded that the study skills has important for the
higher education students. The foundation year has important for the students for better learning
and also developing great opportunity. Report has covered by the challenges by the foundation
program which has faced by the students. Here has also mentioned ways of overcome those
challenges which has important to resolve for make better concentration on learning thinks.
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