ABSTRACT
These quotations come from reflective reports written by students to discuss their experiences in conducting community based research for local voluntary organizations. Reflective reports, directed towards the academic audience of supervisors and examiners, allow students to comment on what they have discovered through practice about the ‘messiness’ of real life research, as well as the skills and personal development which they have experienced. These reports accompany client reports written for the organization with which the research has been negotiated. Together both reports form the equivalent of a dissertation, at the level of either a final year undergraduate programme or postgraduate degree.
