Academic Skills, Benefits and Challenges of University Students

This report examines the academic skills necessary for university students and discusses the benefits and challenges they encounter. It highlights the support systems available to students, including career counselling, library facilities, and mental health support. The report also evaluates the specific benefits and support offered by Waltham International College (WIC), such as a virtual learning platform, career advice, and healthcare facilities. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of academic skills for student success and the role of universities in providing a supportive learning environment. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and resources for students.

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND
STUDYING WITH
CONFIDENCE

TABLE OF CONTENT
• Introduction
• Benefits and challenges of being a university s
tudent and the support available for students
• Benefits of being a university student
• Challenges of being a university student
• Benefits and use of the support available for
WIC students
• findings to new students in their induction we
ek to enable them to cope with their studies.
• Conclusion
• References
• Books and Journals

INTRODUCTION
• Academic skills can be defined as the qualities and the ability
of the students that help them to gain the knowledge
effectively which result in the better performance of their
academics. In this report there will be the discussion on
various benefits and challenges that student of universities
faced.
• This report will contain number of supports that are given to
the students. At last, there will be the evaluation of the support
that is given to the students of WIC.

BENEFITS OF BEING A UNIVERSITY STUDENT
Universities helps students by providing them the professional knowledge and
skills through which they can easily get the job and placement in the reputed
companies. This facilitates the students to become more capable and can gain the
financial security in the future.
Universities provides various facilities to the students like they educates them
how to conduct the research programs and also gives practical knowledge about
the new technologies.
One of the main features that they develop in the students is leadership qualities.
Students learn various leadership styles which helps them in future that how to
lead the work and operations of the company towards the goal and objective.

CHALLENGES OF BEING A UNIVERSITY STUDENT
• One of the biggest challenges that students faced while going to
the university is homesickness. As for the first time, most of the
students left their home in order get the higher students. So, it
becomes very hard for the students to adjust into the new
environment.
• Students find difficulty in finding the new friends in the
university, it is very hard for the students to trust the people of
different interests and backgrounds.

SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN
UNIVERSITIES
 Universities provides various kinds of support to their
students. One of the main supports is that they conduct
career counselling programs for the students. This helped
them to find out their potential and skills. This will provide
an effective pathway to the students.
 They also provide the library facility to the students in
which they can enhance the learning skills. They can access
to the various kind of books through which helps them in
increasing their knowledge.

BENEFITS OF BEING A WIC STUDENT
 Waltham international college provides a virtual platform to the students
that helps them to approach the tutors and all kind of study material at one
place. This creates a virtual learning environment for the students and they
can access this platform 24/7.
 This university also provides the career advice to their students. This helps
them to choose the aim of their life wisely. Professional department of the
college conduct this program in order to give advice related to their
specific course.

SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS OF WIC
 WIC provides mental health support to their students.
Students sometimes faces issue in the colleges related to the
studies, personal difficulties. Professional advisors of the
college help them to overcome these difficulties.
 In their campus they provide the best healthcare facility to
the students. They have contact with the best doctors that
helps the college to treat their students effectively.

FINDINGS TO NEW STUDENTS IN THEIR INDUCTION
WEEK TO ENABLE THEM TO COPE WITH THEIR
STUDIES.
 WIC provides various facilities in their college. They facilitate the
students to choose their carrier according to the capability of them.
This college is much beneficial for the new students as they can
select the aim of their life after analysing their ability.
 They provide the best internet facility in the college through which
students can get easy access to the online classes. New students of
the college will get the facility to use the internet which helps them
in connecting with the existing students and helps in easy access of
the online courses.

CONCLUSION
• Form the above report, it can be analysed that academic skills are very important for the
students. This helps them to become an efficient learner.
• There are various benefits and challenges of the university students have been discussed.
Support that is provided to the students in universities have also been evaluated. At last, there
are benefits and support of the Waltham international college that is provided to the students
have been undertaken.

REFERENCES
•Cottrell, S., 2020. Teaching study skills and supporting learning. Bloomsbury
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•Tamis-LeMonda, C.S., Luo, R., McFadden, K.E., Bandel, E.T. and Vallotton, C.,
2019. Early home learning environment predicts children’s 5th grade academic
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•Peters, M. and Romero, M., 2019. Lifelong learning ecologies in online higher
education: Students' engagement in the continuum between formal and informal
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