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Completing the ethics process (Undergraduate and Post graduate students)

Professor Dave Walsh, BAL Faculty Research Ethics Chair

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The Ethics Process

• The process, guidance and forms can be found from this webpage
• http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/ethics-and-governance/faculty-

specific-procedures/bal.aspx

• Necessary to complete an application for all primary research
• Primary research – that which involves humans (or indeed animals!)
• Are you planning to do primary research?
• First, you’ll need to complete then in ALL cases a triage form to see

whether you will need to go onto complete an ethics application form

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Section 1 and 2 a to 2d – Just your details, supervisor details, the module details and the title of your research - so it should be easy to do Section 2e – Please tell us what you are planning to do. Go through the items 1 to 8 and supply those details. If they do not apply please advise accordingly. Where any of items 1 to 8 do apply please tell us how they apply. For example, 2e. 7 Give details as to whether your project being funded by a third party? (this

includes if funding has been applied for but not yet given). Most of you will not be funded. So a simple sentence to say “This research is not being funded” will be sufficient and will ensure that item 2.e 7 has been covered. Likewise if you are not doing research overseas, just provide a sentence to that effect “I am not doing research overseas”. If you are doing research off campus please read the note about having your research risk assessed

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Specimen forms

• Participant Information sheet
• Verbal version of the participant information sheet (for say focus

groups or brief face to face interviews)

• Participant Consent From
• Examples can be found on the webpage
• http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/ethics-and-governance/faculty-

specific-procedures/bal.aspx

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After authorisation

• Need to amend your proposed activity?
• Amendment form found from here
• http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/ethics-and-governance/faculty-

specific-procedures/bal.aspx

• See also next slide

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