Study Skills Report: Strategies for Academic Success at UWS

This report focuses on the importance of study skills and strategies for students, particularly within the context of the University of West of Scotland (UWS). It begins with an introduction highlighting the significance of study skills in academic and personal development, emphasizing their role in addressing challenges and enhancing learning. The report then outlines the student's current position, including their background, strengths, and weaknesses, and their objective of opening a beauty salon in the UK. Key learning objectives are identified, such as improving reading and writing skills, time management, and online study effectiveness. Strategies to achieve these goals are discussed, including attentive class participation, enhancing English language skills, and gaining workplace experience. The report concludes by emphasizing the enduring value of study skills in critical thinking, communication, and confidence-building, and references relevant academic resources.

Study Skills

Table Of Content
Introduction
Current Position
Study Skills Learning Objective
Strategies To Achieve Goals
Conclusion
References

Introduction
Study skills are important as it plays important role in the life of
students where they come to learn various strategies related to their
study and commonly it is known as study strategies. Students face many
problems in their day to day life which requires due attention due to
which they are not able to concentrate their studies properly. In the study
career student come to know the various different things which are
important in life and able to develop their skills and personality. Student
in this time period should focus on learning only so that they would able
to learn as much as they can so that they would develop and enhance
their skills. The focus of the student should be on achieving study goals
and objectives.

Current Position
The student is studying in University of West of Scotland established in
UK. Earlier student live in Romania and has completed his schooling
from Romania where focus was on English language. There he would
able to identify his strengths that is he is good at communication and is a
friendly person. Furthermore he is confident and creative person who
want to achieve its goals. Along with this he also have some weaknesses
which are lack of time management skills and find difficult to study
online. The main objective behind this is to open up its own business in
near future of beauty salon in UK.

Study Skills Learning Objective
The main focus is to focus on the study and to complete the university
education in the most effective and efficient manner. There are set of skills
which help in accomplishing the study goals. By focusing on reading and
writing skills I would be able to enhance and develop my skills and also
able to learn things quickly. My plan would be to focus on the main topics
and remain the related concepts before writing the answers. With the help of
videos and tutorials of previous lecture I would be able to make my old
concepts stronger. Furthermore I would be able to build mu smart objective
in order to enhance my learning skills. Moreover I would able to develop
my learning skills and able to remember the concepts for long period of
time as I would able to understand the study material in most effective
manner. I come to develop and enhance time management skills so that I
would able to manage all the subjects and obtain good results. Time
management is important as with the help of proper management of time I
would be able to complete my daily target in the most effective and efficient
manner.

Strategies To Achieve Goals
The focus would be on to obtain the desire goals and objective in most
effective and efficient manner. In order to be successful and obtain good
marks the main focus is on to consider the opportunities which are
coming along with minimising the weaknesses as it act as barrier in
order to achieve the desire results. The first step would be to be attentive
in class and to develop effective learning style. In order to focus on
English language my strategy would be to read as many books and use
various sources in order to improve and enhance English. This will also
help in enhancing my communication skills as I would be able to
communicate in the effective manner. Furthermore after completion of
my study I would like to work in organisation in order to understanding
the work environment and work culture. This will provide great help in
opening my own business as I would get experience of workplace
before come up with my own business.

Conclusion
From the above report it is concluded that study skills are the most
important skills which are needed now a days. Study skills help in
engaging in debate and in critical arguments. Also they helps in standing
in seminars and tutorials. These skills develops the intellectual and
critical ability of an individual. These are the opportunities which
encourage a person tom apply in some test, giving interviews etc. also
they helps in becoming more confident and familiar in that field. These
skills needs preparation on regular basis and active participation in the
session. Also it needs to be follow up consistently. This creates an
opportunity for a person to develop his confidence and learn new skills.

References
• Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International
Higher Education.
• Thompson, P., 2017. Communication technology use and study skills. Active
learning in higher education,.18(3). pp.257-270.
• Burns, T. and Sinfield, S., 2012. Essential study skills: The complete guide to
success at university. Sage.