University Study: Reasons, Skills, and a Study Plan

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ASSIGNMENT 1
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INTRODUCTION
University students attend the university pertaining many reasons and the main goal behind is
the type of education want by them. There are different skills that are needed by the University
students and which must be developed within the university students. This assignment is thus
prepared to gain an understanding of the key reasons to study and get a degree at university.
This will also cover the core academic skills that must be developed and their importance for
the students. Further, a study plan will be developed and covered that will include short term
and long term goals that can help in developing and acquiring the knowledge and skills.
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MAIN REASONS TO STUDY A DEGREE AT UNIVERSITY
Students choose the university having variety and different reasons. A survey was also
conducted and it has been found there that there were top three reasons for going to
university. The top reason was the students were passionate for their subject, continuous
learning and development comes at the second. There are some other variety of reasons to go
to university and which are a future career, interest in career and social life also (Rudd, 2018).
The first foremost reason for studying at the university to study the particular subject in depth
because University curriculums allow students to select a major. Another main reason to go to
university is the college education that can result a good future in the professional life. In some
of the nations, businesses look for the graduates passed from the university to fill positions that
will have higher pay such as supervisors and managers. Moreover, for the specific professions
that can include lawyers, doctors and teachers, a university degree is at a higher need (Lin,
2018). In addition to this, some universities also provide students with opportunities for
acquiring practical skills that can be used in the real world. As for example, they offer courses in
data processing, accounting, foreign languages and also the internship programs where
students can get experience to work in a company and can learn business skills. So, in short, we
can say that some of the students go in university to get a university degree and practical
abilities and also they can get better employment opportunities in the future. Finally for some
of the students making friends and enjoying social life can be enough reason to stay in school as
they want to meet people from different areas (Elbaz, 2018).
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CORE ACADEMIC SKILLS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED AND THEIR
IMPORTANCE
There are some of the important academic skills that play an important role for the students
and which are as follows:
Academic writing:
Academic writing is one of the important skills that is must for university students. Students
need to develop this skill by having an idea about different academic writing skills. This can be
developed by developing the writing ability in a precise and accurate form. It is the concise,
clear, structures, focused and backed up by evidence. Its main purpose is to aids in the
understanding of the readers. Each subject needs some writing conversations, types of
disclosure and vocabulary (Uccelli et al., 2015).
Learning styles:
This is another important skill for university students that must be developed. This skills must
be present in the students to gain new skills and knowledge as the students need some
modalities to truly commit information.
Note taking skill:
It is the process of connecting, reviewing and synthesizing ideas from the reading and lectures.
Making notes helps students to engage during the lectures, revision and reading. It also helps to
understand the learning activity and clarifying the thinking activity. It also helps to structure and
plans the written assignments. This can be developed while studying and listening to the
lecture. It helps to make the study easier (Elander et al., 2006).
Critical thinking:
It is the ability and the skill that must be applied to all aspects of the studies. Being a university
student, one must be able to think in a critical way about using information and resources for
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using the work. One must have the ability to ask the right question while reading the others
work. It is too important for the student.
Paraphrasing skill
This is also the most important skill for university students. This must be developed in university
students. This means the expressing something in your own words the arguments, ideas and
other material that has been published elsewhere. It is the key skill of academic writing that
must be aware by the students (Uccelli et al., 2015).
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A STUDY PLAN
This section has covered the study plan in accordance with the core skills developed in the above
section. It is very important for the students to develop this skill for the development and
growth in academics. The study plan is being prepared which are as follows:
SKILLS CURRENT
COMPETENCIES
LONG TERM OR SHORT
TERM
WAYS TO IMPROVE
Academic writing 4 SHORT TERM Continuous practice
Learning styles 3 LONG TERM Establishing the own
learning style and
applying the learning
style
Note taking skill 4 SHORT TERM Start taking notes
after each lecture and
improving listening
skills
Critical thinking 3 LONG TERM Developing problem-
solving skill
Paraphrasing skill 4 SHORT TERM Start developing a skill
like summarizing,
changing grammatical
structure etc (Payne
and Whittaker, 2006).
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CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the report that there are varieties of the reason for studying at the
university by the students. Some of the students go for getting the in-depth knowledge of the
particular subjects while other go for taking the degree only so that they can enter into the big
cooperative world with higher packages. The other students go to the meeting the new people
from different cultures and places. Along with this to study in the university there are some of
the core skills that must be present in the students which are note-taking skills, paraphrasing
skills, critical thinking skills, academic writing skills, learning styles etc. This must be developed
over time within the students as it is the most and core skills that must be developed within the
students. A study plan is also being prepared by the students for the development of the skills
over time.
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REFERENCES
Elander, J., Harrington, K., Norton, L., Robinson, H. and Reddy, P., 2006. Complex skills and
academic writing: a review of evidence about the types of learning required to meet core
assessment criteria. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31(1), pp.71-90
Elbaz, F., 2018. Teacher thinking: A study of practical knowledge. Routledge.
Lin, Y., 2018. Core Issues in Developing Critical Thinking Skills. In Developing Critical Thinking in
EFL Classes (pp. 1-8). Springer, Singapore
Payne, E. and Whittaker, L., 2006. Developing essential study skills. Pearson Education.
Rudd, E., 2018. The highest education: A study of graduate education in Britain. Routledge.
Uccelli, P., Barr, C.D., Dobbs, C.L., Galloway, E.P., Meneses, A. and Sanchez, E., 2015. Core
academic language skills: An expanded operational construct and a novel instrument to chart
school-relevant language proficiency in preadolescent and adolescent learners. Applied
Psycholinguistics, 36(5), pp.1077-1109.
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