Bridging from FdA onto honours degrees: a report on students’ perceptions

This paper reports on the findings from research into students’ perceptions of a bridging programme from their Foundation Degrees to the final year of their BA Honours degrees at three NALN institutions.

The research aimed to investigate students’ perceptions of their bridging programmes across 3 institutions, to identify some of the issues for students making the transition from foundation to third year honours degree level, and to identify good practice in bridging provision and inform new developments for those already providing such programmes, as well as for those who may choose to offer bridging at some point in the future.

The students in the study were accustomed to an HE environment from the outset of their FdAs, and did not have to adjust to a new institution for their final year, which would make for a substantially different experience from those progressing from FE institutions and outreach programmes.