A student project constitutes the largest single piece of work the individual students will carry out during their degree course. Most students see their university projects only as a unit to be fulfilled for their degree attainment and think less of their post-university professional and academic career ambitions. This paper presents industry-linked projects and research-informed-and-enriched curriculum for sustainable improved student educational metrics. The findings reveal that integrated research-informed model of reflection and formative assessment and feedback is a productive teaching-supervision craft practice tool that promises to enhance the student development and outcomes; academic career progress; professionalism; entrepreneurship; employment; and employability.
