University Student Challenges: Study Skills and Recommendations Report

This report delves into the study skills challenges encountered by university students, encompassing issues like adjusting to the university environment, study pressure, financial stress, housing problems, language barriers, and time management difficulties. It also addresses challenges related to fear and lack of motivation. The report provides a literature review that explores these challenges through various research papers and articles. Recommendations include the importance of time management through scheduling, effective communication, conducting training and development sessions, team work, and motivational seminars. These strategies aim to help students overcome obstacles, build confidence, and improve their academic performance. The report concludes by summarizing the challenges and highlighting the recommendations for student success.

STUDY SKILLS

ABSTRACT
Study skills or academic skill refers to techniques which is applied for building the
learning skills. In context of student, it is necessary to develop learning skill regarding
carrying successive growth in their personal and professional carriers. In this report, the
challenges examined which is faced by students regarding managing their interest in
university as fear, lack of communication, languages barriers, lack of motivation and many
more. Another aspects in which the challenges is overcome is determined in respect of
preparing the time scheduling plan regarding managing every task in better way. It also
covers the matter related to team work, effective communication and training session helps in
retaining the interest of the students for longer way.

TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT...............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW...........................................................................................................4
RECOMMENDATION.............................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Study skills or approaches are mainly based on learning which is adapted by the
students in respect of building and developing wider range of interest and skills in them.
Through adapting the study skills, it results in enhancing the motivation of the students and
also setting the target and goals which they can achieve easily and also more efficiently. In
this report, the discussion is covered relating to examining the difficulty or challenges which
the students are experiencing when they start studying in university. It also covers the matters
relating to the recommending the factors which is helps students in overcoming from such
challenges.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Abrar and et.al., (2018) suggested that students facing issues regarding adjusting with
the environment as they are not comfortable with the place for the first time. It takes time to
adjust with such places and also make new friends to stay and get connected for longer way.
As every nature of the student are different and also they belong to different family
background. Thus, challenges raised in respect of accepting other person nature and also
make themselves compatible to stay in such environment for longer way.
Alfaki and Khamis (2018) stated that study pressure is another challenges which the
student are facing in recent times. As every student had different capability of learning and
grabbing new things. The criteria of teaching and providing information to students is also
different. Thus, pressure raised in respect of coping up with the other students and also
moving in similarity with the professors regarding not leaving any topic which carry
equivalent importance in studies.
According to Bovill and Felten (2016) cost is the biggest challenges which bring
mental stress to the student’s regarding concentrating on the studies. Usually in some cases,
the stress come out from the family side regarding investing lot of money in the education or
in few cases, it comes from the student own side in context of managing the money to
complete the studies. Thus, by this aspects the challenges faced regarding not concentrating
on single point and struggling to maintain balance between the two.
Bovill and et.al., (2016) viewed that housing issues is another challenges which is
faced by students regarding not getting proper facility of staying or also staying at very far
from the university. As the classes are started on the particular time set and thus, the issues

which is faced by students is not attending the class as they are staying far from the
university. The challenges in this perspective is examined regarding carrying the big
accommodation issues or finding the suitable places to stay or live near to the particular
university.
God and Zhang (2019) examined that languages is the major challenges in respect of
not understanding the way of presenting the ideas and thoughts in better manner. As it is not
necessary that every student are from similar background or also using same type of
languages to make the things clear and understandable. It is also stated that majorly words
carry the double meaning and thus the point of understanding and interpreting the languages
is also different. Thus, issues raised regarding taking time to interpret the actual meaning and
thus in respect of not communicating clearly, than wrong understanding is stipulated in
mind.
MacCullagh, Bosanquet and Badcock (2017) highlight that time management is
necessary in respect of managing the social and personal life and thus it is also important to
manage the time for the studies as well. The challenges which the students faced in university
is regarding to getting multiple task such as attending the cultural events or similarly
attending the class in that particular time period. Thus, it is difficult for the students to do two
to three things in the single time period (7 Common Problems Students Face During
University Life, 2017). As University is not meant for studies but also for other cultural event
in which they represent their university well. By this manner, the impact raised upon student
to maintain their studies and social life in balanced way.
As per Moriña (2017), fear is the challenges which is faced by student regarding not
accepting the new things or not feeling confident to present the new things in front of
everyone. Fear raised regarding getting negative reviews from the classmates or also they are
teased for that particular things. Thus, in such manner challenges occurs regarding not getting
confidences in presenting the views and thoughts in front of everyone. Another fear which is
faced by students is relating to not getting good grades instead of attending the classes or
work hard to achieve the goal.
Sentance and Csizmadia (2017) interpreted that motivation is the best techniques
which is adapted by the professors regarding improving the grades of students in university.
The challenges is raised regarding not adapting the best methods in respect of motivating the
students to adapt the right path to gain knowledge and learning. As it is the duty of the

professor’s to instruct the right path and also provide special training to the weaker students
in respect of keeping all the students in the single platform. Thus, the challenges examined in
respect of not instructing right things and also if they are learning wrong things, professors
are not correcting them.
RECOMMENDATION
By examining the respective challenges, following points are to be recommended
which helps the students in overcoming from such issues are relating to:
 Planning the accurate scheduling for the time management. As it is tough to manage
the day to day routine by examining all the things roaming around. Thus, it is easy to
plan the activities through making the TO DO LIST in which whole activity are to be
mentioned in the list with the accurate time set (Tsai and Gasevic, 2017). This helps
in managing the personal and social life in better way.
 Communication is one of the best mode in respect of building self confidence among
itself, as the issues raised regarding not conveying the thoughts and views in right
way (Wright, Siegel and Mustar, 2017). Thus, through adapting the proper
communication with the professors results in gaining major benefits in the students
and also they can revised their work before attending next session.
 As per the above, it is to be recommended that by conducting the training and
development session in the university will help the students to adjust with others such
that this will help to adjust the students within the university. Using training session,
trainers analyze the skills which a student possess during it and this will help in their
future as well. Also, through the session, students actually learn new skills and
analyze the environment, whether they are easily adjust within a workplace or not.
 On the other side, it is also recommended that by making teams of 4 to 5 students will
also help to minimize the challenges which the students face during the class. Under
team working, the students have to work in a team in which they share the ideas and
beliefs to each others. Through this, student also enhance their communication skills
which in turn assist in their future as well. Also, this will also help to came out the
fear among students and they will easily develop confident.
 In addition to this, it is also analyzed that by conducting effective training session and
team working will help to develop confidence and they will easily accept new things

and also adjust within the University. Therefore, it is necessary in the University to
conduct some motivational seminars in which top professors gave speech how to
adjust within new environment and how they also learn the things. Also, this will
assist to manage the work and gain good grades through their hard work. Along with
this, during training session, trainers make sure that they have enough knowledge of
all the languages because for them, the language is the biggest challenge and that is
why, it is essential to make them comfortable in order to get best outcomes (Tsai and
Gasevic, 2017). Even it is also recommended to the professor that they should
conduct one to one open session in which they come to know any challenges which a
student face and try to sort out the things without getting it more worse. This will
assist to make the environment better and comfortable for the students within a
University.
CONCLUSION
By summing up above it has been concluded that there are many challenged which the
students faces during University. Such that the current study presented that, they face
language issue and this affect their overall performance. On the other side, they also face
issue with regards to fear to accept the new challenges within a University and that is why,
study also concluded some recommendations which assist to overcome the challenges such
that by organizing best training session which will help the student to adjust in the
environment and this will help them to enhance their confidence and also meet the define aim
and objectives for their future. Also, the study concluded that by conducting open session and
one to one meeting will help to determine any issue or challenge that a student face regarding
to University.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Abrar, M. and et.al., 2018. " If our English isn't a language, what is it?" Indonesian EFL
Student Teachers' Challenges Speaking English. Qualitative Report. 23(1).
Alfaki, I. M. and Khamis, A. H. A., 2018. Difficulties facing teachers in using interactive
whiteboards in their classes.
Bovill, C. and Felten, P., 2016. Cultivating student–staff partnerships through research and
practice.
Bovill, C., Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P., Millard, L. and Moore-Cherry, N., 2016. Addressing
potential challenges in co-creating learning and teaching: Overcoming resistance,
navigating institutional norms and ensuring inclusivity in student–staff
partnerships. Higher Education. 71(2). pp.195-208.
God, Y. T. and Zhang, H., 2019. Intercultural challenges, intracultural practices: how Chinese
and Australian students understand and experience intercultural communication at an
Australian university. Higher Education. 78(2). pp.305-322.
MacCullagh, L., Bosanquet, A. and Badcock, N. A., 2017. University students with dyslexia:
A qualitative exploratory study of learning practices, challenges and
strategies. Dyslexia. 23(1). pp.3-23.
Moriña, A., 2017. Inclusive education in higher education: challenges and
opportunities. European Journal of Special Needs Education. 32(1). pp.3-17.
Sentance, S. and Csizmadia, A., 2017. Computing in the curriculum: Challenges and
strategies from a teacher’s perspective. Education and Information Technologies. 22(2).
pp.469-495.
Tsai, Y. S. and Gasevic, D., 2017, March. Learning analytics in higher education---challenges
and policies: a review of eight learning analytics policies. In Proceedings of the seventh
international learning analytics & knowledge conference. (pp. 233-242).
Wright, M., Siegel, D. S. and Mustar, P., 2017. An emerging ecosystem for student start-
ups. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 42(4). pp.909-922.
Yadav, A. and et.al., 2016. Expanding computer science education in schools: understanding
teacher experiences and challenges. Computer Science Education. 26(4). pp.235-254.
Online
7 Common Problems Students Face During University Life. 2017. [Online]. Available
through: < https://www.youniversitytv.com/college-tips/7-common-problems-students-
face-university-life/>.