(1 video; 7 papers, 1 with)

Title of panel:

Long abstract:
The panel will look at approaches for bridging the gap between university education and community development in Africa. It invites papers which look at practical ways of blending academic work with community development issues and gives examples of experiences of doing so. These papers could be about student fieldwork with communities, and community-based formulations of questions for studies to be done by university students (and staff). Papers can also be about research outcomes of research projects that studied community development, and ways of involvement of researchers and students.

7 Accepted papers:
1	Demystifying higher education and community development conundrum: the University for Development Studies model
2	Students' assessment of the Third Trimester Field Practical Programme at the University for Development Studies
3	Community service learning in higher education in Africa
4	Evaluating co-design of community development projects: lessons from university students' engagements in Northern Ghana
5	Community engaged learning and higher education in Africa: selected Theatre for Development (TfD) workshops in perspective
6	Creating science shops in francophone Africa: challenges, possibilities and achievements in 8 countries
7	Participatory citizenry: call and response as a medium to ensure community participation in community engagement projects