Knowledge and Creativity: A Report on Preparing for University Success

This report outlines a student's preparation for university success, encompassing various aspects of personal and academic development. It begins with an essay discussing the impact of automation on the job market and the importance of skills like communication and decision-making. A SWOT analysis identifies personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, followed by a VARK questionnaire assessing learning preferences. A detailed study plan is presented, along with a sample questionnaire and graph. The report also delves into the significance of note-taking and communication skills, utilizing the SMART framework for goal setting. Future objectives are outlined, and motivation theory is explored to enhance efficiency and self-confidence. An updated SWOT analysis reflects progress and changes. The report concludes with a reflection on the learning process, highlighting the insights gained from each activity and emphasizing the importance of continuous self-improvement. This student document is available on Desklib, where you can find past papers and solved assignments.

Preparing for Success At
University Knowledge and
Creativity

Contents
MAIN BODY........................................................................................................................................3
Document 1: Essay from an article....................................................................................................3
Document 2: SWOT analysis............................................................................................................3
Document 3: VARK questionnaire....................................................................................................3
Document 4: Study plan....................................................................................................................4
Document 5: Producing Questionnaire with graph............................................................................4
Document 6: Explaining note taking with evidence..........................................................................5
Document 7: Explaining communication skills and its uses..............................................................5
Document 8: Explaining SMART.....................................................................................................5
Document 9: Producing plan for future objectives............................................................................6
Document 10: explaining motivation theory......................................................................................6
Document 12: Reflection on learning...............................................................................................6
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................8

MAIN BODY
Document 1: Essay from an article
Half of the all work and task will be done be machines by the 2025 as it is forecast by
the World Economic Forum. It is said that the robot revolution will be creating the 97 million
jobs across the world (Hafezalkoto and et.al., 2018). The Research done by the forum spanned
300 of the world’s biggest companies, who will employ the almost eight million people
around the world. It is surveyed by the employers by more than 50 % that it will speed up the
automation of the some roles in the organization while other 43 % will surveyed that the job
swill cut due to the technology.
By having effect from the pandemic had sped up to adopt the new technologies as
companies used to have new ways of working. The workers in the company are threatening
as the company will use more automated machines in order to do work in the organization.
The roles like decision- making, communication skills and others will have the rise in
demand as these things cannot be done by using the machines (Hajizadeh, 2019). It is said
that the many manual jobs will be displaced by using and adopting the new technologies.
Document 2: SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis tells about the Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the
person and helps them to overcome from its weaknesses and threats (Wang and Wang, 2020).
Strengths: These are the strong points which
make me to do work better. My strength is
that I have the good leadership skills and
reading skills.
Weaknesses: These are the weak points
which should be improved by the person. My
weak point is that I am not able to
communicate with people.
Opportunities: These are the good points that
the person must adopt. I have an opportunity
to indulge in the course which improves my
skills.
Threats: The threat is that I am not knowing
that I will able to learn that new course or
not.

Document 3: VARK questionnaire
The VARK model of learning used to suggest that there are basically four type of
learners that is visual, auditory, reading and Kinesthetic (Kamal and et.al., 2021).
The above shows the result of the test done by me of the follows questions marked by
me in the questionnaire. It shows that I am good at visual and kinaesthetic as I have score
good in these two learning. Further it interpreted that I have to improve in my reading and
writing skills and I am average in the aural learning.
Document 4: Study plan
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturd
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Sunday
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Travel to
college
Travel to
college
Travel to
college
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college
Travel to
college
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to
college
Holiday
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0 am
Start
studying
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studying
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studying
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studying
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studying
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studyin
g
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Studying Studying Studying Studying Studying Studyi
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1:00 Studying Studying Studying Studying Studyi Studying

pm hard
subjects
hard
subjects
Studying
hard
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hard
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ng hard
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hard
subjects
2:00
pm
Solving
doubts
Solving
doubts
Solving
doubts
Solving
doubts
Solving
doubts
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g
doubts
Solving
doubts
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Back to
home
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home
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home
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home
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home
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to
home
Back to
home
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Studying
the
learned
subjects
Studying
the
learned
subjects
Studying
the learned
subjects
Studying
the learned
subjects
Studying
the
learned
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7:00
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Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
Document 5: Producing Questionnaire with graph
Question 1: Which skill includes in the strengths section of SWOT analysis?
a) Communication skill
b) Leadership Skill
c) Computer Skills
d) Management skills
Question 2: In VARK questionnaire in which learning has needed the improvement?
a) Aural
b) Visual
c) Reading

d) Kinesthetic
Document 6: Explaining note taking with evidence
Note taking is the practice of taking and recording the information from the various
kind of sources and platforms (İpek, 2018). By taking the notes it makes easier for the
students to have better learning by having notes. For example if the person used to have notes
I helps him to have better and easy understanding in exam time.
Document 7: Explaining communication skills and its uses
Communication skills are the skills which show the abilities of the person by talking
and getting the information from someone. It includes communicating about the new ideas,
feelings or for any new project (Back, Tulsky and Arnold, 2020). Communication skills
basically include the listening, speaking and observing. For example: the communication
skills will the students to have better communication with teachers and with their friends in
the college.
Document 8: Explaining SMART
Specific: It includes the well- defined goal of the students as the goal is to study the new
course in the college.
Measurable: It measures the progress in order to accomplish the goal as I am learning new
course this will help me to measure my progress (Shafiee and et.al., 2019).

Achievable: This will help me to achieve my goal and will bale to learn new things from the
course.
Realistic: By having goal in life it makes me to have increase in my communication skill nod
helps me to have good communication with the people in the college.
Timely: By having proper and defined time which includes the start time to the target time or
date it will help me to develop my skills and learn new course.
Document 9: Producing plan for future objectives
Step 1: Set the macro goal
Step 2: Set the micro goals
Step 3: Find skills and objectives want to develop
Step 4: Work for it
Step 5: Achieve success
Document 10: explaining motivation theory
Motivation theory refers to the study in order to understand which makes the person
to work on the particular goal or outcome. It is the most required theory as it makes and
derives the human to work on its objectives (Ervural and et.al., 2018). This theory is essential
in every aspect whether in business, school, colleges or in organization. By having motivation
it helps the person to increase its efficiency and have better working in their particular work.
It makes the person to have self- confidence and increases the power of doing and learning
new things.
Document 11: Up dated SWOT
Strengths:
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Weaknesses:
Active listening skills
Interpersonal skills
Opportunities:
Learn something new from new course
Threats:
This will help me in my future or not.

Document 12: Reflection on learning
From the above documents it is identified the essay on the machines to do half of the
work by the year 2025. This makes to reduce in the employment for the labours and the
organization will be adopting the new technologies in order to do work faster (Börü, 2018).
Further I have done the SWOT analysis which shows the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats. By doing this it makes me to analyse the weaknesses of threats and helps me to
overcome from weaknesses. The VARK questionnaire helps to know about my four qualities
of learning and makes me know that in which I am good and which I have to learn the most.
From making the study plan from my college routine to home it makes to manage my time
according to the plan and helps in order to study for better hours. This is the very time-
consuming method in order to manage the time and learn new things on time. By making the
questionnaire on the above analysis it improves my skill and makes me to do better in my
course.
The above documents make me to know and have importance about the note taking
by having the example in it. It helps me to make notes and helps to read whenever needed. I
have also learned the use of communication skill by having the example contained in the
report. It makes me to improve my communication skills and helps me to improve my
communication skills. By using the SMART model it shows the specific, measurable,
attainable, realistic and timely efforts of mine in order to have better learning of the course.
By producing the plan for achieving the future objectives helps me the lot in order to achieve
the objectives. Further from explaining the motivation theory it makes me to do my work on
time and this makes my skills developed and at last I have made the new and up dated SWOT
by having changes from the first SWOT analysis.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Back, A., Tulsky, J. A. and Arnold, R. M., 2020. Communication skills in the age of COVID-
19. Annals of internal medicine. 172(11). pp.759-760.
Börü, N., 2018. The Factors Affecting Teacher-Motivation. International Journal of
Instruction. 11(4). pp.761-776.
Ervural, B. C. and et.al., 2018. An ANP and fuzzy TOPSIS-based SWOT analysis for
Turkey’s energy planning. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 82.pp.1538-
1550.
Hafezalkotob, A. and et.al., 2018. A decision support system for agricultural machines and
equipment selection: A case study on olive harvester machines. Computers and
Electronics in Agriculture. 148. pp.207-216.
Hajizadeh, Y., 2019. Machine learning in oil and gas; a SWOT analysis approach. Journal of
Petroleum Science and Engineering. 176. pp.661-663.
İpek, H., 2018. Perceptions of ELT Students on Their Listening and Note Taking
Skills. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching. 5(1). pp.206-217.
Kamal, I. and et.al., 2021. Evaluation of Healthcare Science Student Learning Styles Based
VARK Analysis Technique. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in
Education. 10(1). pp.255-261.
Shafiee, S. and et.al., 2019. Developing a model for sustainable smart tourism destinations: A
systematic review. Tourism Management Perspectives. 31. pp.287-300.
Wang, J. and Wang, Z., 2020. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (Swot)
analysis of china’s prevention and control strategy for the covid-19
epidemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(7).
p.2235.