Student as producer: undergraduate reflections on research

Abstract Student as Producer is a programme run by the University of Lincoln with the aim of increasing undergraduate engagement with original research. This paper introduces the concept of student as producer and presents the findings of an undergraduate and staff research project that examined the concept of employability as part of the undergraduate curriculum. It also includes reflections by the undergraduates involved on their experience of the project. While the majority of students accepted the importance of incorporating ‘employability’ into the curriculum, the key findings of the research were that they did not consistently identify its academic value and the majority did not recognise the transferable skills that the concept promotes.