Final Year undergraduate research projects in the Biosciences: Student and staff expectations, outcomes and impact on career choices and employability D. I. Lewis1,2, J. T. Allen3, S. Bailey4, R. M. Bevan5, D. Bevitt6, A. M. Coney7, G. Lace-Costigan3, N. S. Freestone8, M. V. Hejmadi9, D. L. Johnson10, I. S. Kay11, L. Kindred1, L. Lione12, S. McClean13, E. Muir1, S. O'Hara3, C. Palfrey1, D. R. Skingsley14, R. Stubbington15, I. J. Turner16, K. Yeoman17. 1School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Ulberg, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom, 4Dept of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, 5School of Natural & Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 6School of Biomedical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 7Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 8Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom, 9Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, 10Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, United Kingdom, 11School of Healthcare Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom, 12Dept of Pharmacy, Pharmacology & Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, 13School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, United Kingdom, 14School of Life Sciences & Education, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom, 15School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 16Dept of Life Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom, 17School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom