Information and procedures
These web pages have been set up as a resource for further information on research ethics and to assist with the process of applying for research ethics approval to the University Research Ethics Committee or an external committee.
- Ethics review process
- Application forms
- University Research Ethics Committee
- List of Research Ethics Officers
- Guidelines for drafting a participant information sheet and consent form
- Ethical standards for research involving human participants - code of practice (PDF)
- Code of practice for academic integrity (PDF)
- What does it mean for me?
- Data protection and information security
- Using email to recruit participants
- Statement of policy and procedures on conflict of interest
- Duty of confidentiality for research participants guidance note
- Research students and ethics review
- Pedagogic research and ethics (PDF)
- Determining light touch review procedures
- Determining expedited review procedures
- When is ethics review by UREC not required?
- External research ethics committees (including NHS)
- Procedures for external researchers wishing to apply to Oxford Brookes UREC
- Indemnity form
- Codes of practice of professional and academic organisations
- Guidelines on the observation, handling and care of animals in field research
- Researcher safety (External web site)
- Useful references
- External seminars and workshops
- World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki (Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects) (PDF)
Contact: ethics@brookes.ac.uk
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