UWS Study Skills Report: Goals, Objectives, and Strategies for Success

This report presents a student's reflection on their study skills, focusing on strategies to enhance academic performance at the University of West of Scotland (UWS). The introduction highlights the importance of study skills, addressing common challenges and the development of personal and learning skills. The student's current position, including their background and goals of opening a beauty salon in the UK, is outlined, along with their strengths (communication) and weaknesses (time management, online study). The learning objectives emphasize reading, writing, and time management skills. Strategies include focusing on key topics, utilizing video tutorials, and developing SMART objectives. The report emphasizes the importance of classroom attentiveness, improving English language skills, and gaining workplace experience before launching a business. The conclusion underscores the value of study skills in critical thinking, communication, and confidence-building, advocating for regular preparation and active participation to enhance these abilities. References to relevant study skills resources are provided to support the analysis.

Study Skills

Table Of Content
Introduction
Current Position
Study Skills Learning Objective
Strategies To Achieve Goals
Conclusion
References

Introduction
Study skills are important as it plays important role in the life of students
where they come to learn various strategies related to their study and
commonly it is known as study strategies. Students face many problems
in their day to day life which requires due attention due to which they
are not able to concentrate their studies properly. In the study career
student come to know the various different things which are important
in life and able to develop their skills and personality. Student in this
time period should focus on learning only so that they would able to
learn as much as they can so that they would develop and enhance their
skills. The focus of the student should be on achieving study goals and
objectives.

Current Position
The student is studying in University of West of Scotland established in
UK. Earlier student live in Romania and has completed his schooling
from Romania where focus was on English language. There he would
able to identify his strengths that is he is good at communication and is a
friendly person. He is confident and creative person who want to
achieve its goals. Along with this he also have some weaknesses which
are lack of time management skill and find difficult to study online. The
main objective behind this is to open up its own business in near future
of beauty salon in UK.

Study Skills Learning Objective
The main focus is on the study and to complete the university education
in the most effective and efficient manner. There are set of skills which
help in accomplishing the study goals. By focusing on reading and
writing skills I would be able to enhance and develop my skills and also
able to learn things quickly. My plan would be to focus on the main
topics and remember the related concepts before writing the answers.
With the help of videos and tutorials of previous lecture I would be able
to make my old concepts stronger. Furthermore I would be able to build
my smart objective in order to enhance my learning skills. I would able
to develop my learning skills and able to remember the concepts for
long period of time as I would able to understand the study material in
most effective manner. I come to develop and enhance time
management skill so that I would able to manage all the subjects and
obtain good result. Time management is important as with the help of
proper management of time I would be able to complete my daily
targets in the most effective and efficient manner.

Strategies To Achieve Goals
The focus would be on to obtain the desire goals and objectives in most
effective and efficient manner. In order to be successful and obtain good
marks the main focus is on to consider the opportunities which are
coming along with minimizing the weaknesses as it act as barrier in
order to achieve the desire result. The first step would be to be attentive
in class and to develop effective learning style. In order to focus on
English language my strategy would be to read as many books as
possible and use various sources in order to improve and enhance
English. This will also help in enhancing my communication skill as I
would be able to communicate in the effective manner. Moreover after
completion of my study I would like to work in organization in order to
understanding the work environment and work culture. This will
provide great help in opening my own business as I would get
experience of workplace before come up with my own business.

Conclusion
From the above report it is concluded that study skills are the most
important skills which are needed now a days. Study skills help in
engaging in debate and in critical arguments. Also they helps in standing
in seminars and tutorials. These skills develop the intellectual and
critical ability of an individual. These are the opportunities which
encourage a person tom apply in some test, giving interviews etc. also
they helps in becoming more confident and familiar in that field. These
skills needs preparation on regular basis and active participation in the
session. Also it needs to be follow up consistently. This creates an
opportunity for a person to develop his confidence and learn new skills.

References
• Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International Higher
Education.
• Thompson, P., 2017. Communication technology use and study skills. Active
learning in higher education,.18(3). pp.257-270.
• Burns, T. and Sinfield, S., 2012. Essential study skills: The complete guide to
success at university. Sage.