Study Skills for Higher Education: Degree Importance and Skills

This report explores the significance of obtaining a university degree, emphasizing its role in career advancement and higher earning potential. It outlines key academic skills developed during university studies, including writing, note-making, learning, and research skills, which are crucial for academic success and future employment. The report also presents a study plan that incorporates both short-term and long-term goals, such as academic achievements, personal experiences, and career aspirations like securing high-paying jobs or starting a business. The conclusion summarizes the benefits of a university degree and the importance of developing academic skills, along with the value of a structured study plan for students to achieve their objectives. The references include various academic sources that support the arguments.

STUDY SKILLS FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION-1

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Higher education is the university degree or courses which are taken by the students to
pursue further career and achieve their objectives (Altbach, Reisberg and Rumbley,2019. ).
However, this report will highlight about the importance of university degree and along with that
it will outline about the academic skills which can be developed during earning their degree at
university.
After completion of school education every student plan to take admission in universities
for pursuing their further career and achieve their objectives. However, the university degree is
important for students at with the help of that they can achieve their goals and earn higher
income.
Making money: For some individuals, the capacity to make more money is the thing that
drives them to head off to college. Regardless of whether it is a bachelors or graduate degree, a
postsecondary degree offers them the chance to seek after higher paying professions that require
propelled abilities. Further, college graduates gain more cash in their lifetime contrasted with the
individuals who just have a secondary school confirmation (Moore and Morton,2017).
Increases the knowledge: earning degree from university allows students to benefit
advanced know-how regarding their topics of interest and an extensive range of experience in
lots of different subjects. Further, it also offers them the capability to exercise vital and abstract
questioning and helps them to gain the ability to express themselves each in writing and speech
virtually and to make practical selections. Therefore, these skills are pretty vital each on and off
their job opportunities.
Enhances career opportunities: The common direction to a better career is getting a
college degree. Even if when the majority students take admission in university, they don’t
recognize what they need to turn out to be in future, maximum of them recognize they need a
terrific job with a view to pay them well and offer them greater pride and protection. Thus, this is
one of the major reason student make investments and time to take admission in college.
Moreover, college offers them a huge range of skills; many graduates come to be operating in
numerous fields that are one of a kind from what they studied. Therefore, university opens up
doorways for opportunities that aren’t always to be had to people who haven’t been engaged in
better schooling.
Job security: A university degree usually ends with higher job security because without
college degree students may not be as precious for organization in which they will be working
(Assiter,2017). Further, university degree is so important that a few organization will offer to pay
for their personnel’ tuition. Therefore, this is how treasured a college degree is.

An investment for future: earning a college degree is a major assurance of time and
money; however it's also a down fee on fulfillment. Further, getting a university degree will
assist student to recognize their objectives for career as well as existence in general. However, it
requires lots of efforts, but that will prepares them for a hard and worthwhile career and a more
successful life.
Moreover, there are various academic skills which are developed by earning college
degree and are important for the career of students.
Writing skills: This is the First and primary academic skills, which includes having a
strong command on the English language is critical part of the student’s life. Moreover, students
need with a view to specific themselves articulately in some of written contexts, together with
essays, thesis and examinations.
Note making: a useful talent to have in terms of each kind of coaching environment they
will come across at university is note making. Whether it’s in a lecture or doing research inside
the library, finding a manner to summarize the giant quantity of data to which they will be
uncovered is important in case they are to make any experience of it and dedicate it to long-time
period nostalgia.
Learning skills: The potential to take a look at independently, without taking many
instructions from teaching workforce, is crucial for studies. Thus, while earning degree from
university the students will learn to make efforts to schedule their time efficiently, locate matters
out for yourself without being told to, and learn how to make the maximum of the resources they
have been given on their analyzing listing (Kennedy, 2019).
Research skills: one of the most critical academic capabilities is research; it's miles, after
all, the reflection upon which the college studies is based. Further, these skills include things like
where and a way to find the records you need, highlighting vital facts in footnotes and following
it up, and even being used to the prescribed style of academic writing. Therefore as part of their
studies, they will have to undertake a bigger piece of studies, a dissertation, so their studies
capabilities will stand in desirable stead for this as well as to their everyday essays. Thus, this
skill is the most important as it enhances their research technique and help them in their future
during applying for jobs for doings jobs.
STUDY PLAN FOR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS
Short Term Goals
Goals Activities Priority Time
Academic goals By scoring goods Highest 3 years

marks and learning
new things and at the
same time planning to
clear some entrance
exams to study
abroad.
Personal goals Planning for tours
with friends for
exploring new
destinations and
gaining experience
and moreover,
participating in
activities of their
interests like music,
sports, dance etc
(Hebert and
Hauf,2015).
Moderate 1 year
Long Term Goals
Goals Activities Priority Time
Making Money The students will be
doing jobs in an
organization that will
pay them higher
salary and at the same
time give them the
opportunity for
promotion.
Highest 10 to 15 years
Own business After making money
and saving them, the
students can start
their own business
Moderate 15 years and above.

with long term
profitability plans and
earning higher
income that fulfill
their needs and wants
including the desires
of their families
(Assiter,2017).
CONCLUSION
The report briefly summarizes about the importance of earning degree at university and
along with that it have outlined about the academic skills which can developed through studying
at university. Eventually the report have highlighted about the study plan that have commented
on the short term and long term goals of the students.
REFERENCES
Altbach, P.G., Reisberg, L. and Rumbley, L.E., 2019. Trends in global higher education:
Tracking an academic revolution. Brill Sense.
Assiter, A., 2017. Transferable skills in higher education. Routledge.
Hebert, A. and Hauf, P., 2015. Student learning through service learning: Effects on academic
development, civic responsibility, interpersonal skills and practical skills. Active
Learning in Higher Education.16(1).pp.37-49.
Kennedy, C.E., 2019. Well Delivered but Lengthy: Reflecting on the Use of an Online Academic
Skills Module to Ease Transition into Higher Education.
Moore, T. and Morton, J., 2017. The myth of job readiness? Written communication,
employability, and the ‘skills gap’in higher education. Studies in Higher
Education.42(3).pp.591-609.