ABSTRACT
Many were shared by the students in their reflective journals and interviews with the research assistant. The students demonstrated tremendous bravery. They said that their initial fear which emerged while meeting the liaison person and the participants was real, but that it was ephemeral. Students had gained a sense of obligation to their organisations after only four weeks; this had previously taken the full 12 weeks of the semester. This rapid socialisation into taking responsibility for their project was only achieved because of the students' resilience, a willingness to engage with more responsibility after the removal of much of the scaffolding. Community liaisons were more likely to be active than passive. Having signed up for the project, they are most likely to want to be involved in all aspects of the research. They needed to be informed of the course schedules, milestones that the students must meet and the marking criteria, as this is what is driving the students' involvement.
