Outduction: Enhancing the final year experience
Outduction is a collaborative project between Kingston University London and University of Bradford. It is funded by the HE Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme and aims to improve our understanding of the experience of students in their final year of undergraduate study. 
It will address the issues of student autonomy in study and also the preparation of students to engage with conceptual life planning. It suggests that the notion of 'transfer' and transitions is helpful to examining how finalists experience their last year at university.
The project will initiate a number of research-informed development projects within four faculties/schools across the two institutions. Each will address aspects of the final year experience. This intra and inter-institutional activity will be complemented by the development of case studies gathered from across the sector. It will engage directly with students from both institutions as well as alumni and employers. A key feature of the project will be the establishment of "student internships" to conduct some of the investigations. This role in itself will be scrutinised and evaluated.
Two "Outer Circles" will be established to disseminate findings and examples of good practice and also to support the project in developing ideas for further research and evaluation. There will also be opportunities for national and international dissemination.
