The outcome of this will either be "approved" or "revisions needed". The Research Ethics Office will email you to confirm the details of your review. You cannot proceed with your research until you have received an email confirming you have received ethical approval. It is imperative that data is handled confidentially and securely to protect research participants and to preserve the reputation of students, staff and the University. Data protection and processing personal data guidance has been issued by the University and should be followed in all research studies.
Please ensure the guidance is read carefully and issues of data security are explicitly addressed in applications for ethical approval. Training related to research ethics, practice and integrity that you should take depends on the nature of your research and may include:. Please see the research governance, ethics and integrity website for more information. Student intranet Undergraduate Assessment Ethical approval Ethical approval Student research occasionally raises ethical issues.
Coursework For coursework involving limited data collection such as evaluations, market research or working with professionals note: students are not classed as professionals ethical approval is not normally required but this is subject to local requirements and the decision is made by your course leader. Ethical approval of coursework is required if: topics are sensitive or contentious; vulnerable groups are included such as NHS patients, children under 18, adults with learning difficulties, adults with a terminal illness, mental illness or dementia, adults in care homes, adults or children in emergency situations eg refugees, asylum seekers, prisoners or criminals, young offenders, users of illegal drugs or illegal substances ; unless otherwise exempt, the data collected will form the basis of a publication or similar.
Projects, dissertations and thesis Before you begin your ethics application, you should complete the Ethics Decision Tool. The application The application Students and supervisors are advised to complete the application together. Completing the application When completing your application, consult with the help of bubbles beside each question as they contain lots of vital information and links to documentation such as templates for participant information sheets and consent forms.
Submitting the application Once you have completed your application including the risk assessment and you have signed it, you then request your supervisor signature by pressing the blue "sign" button. Health and safety The health and safety of you and your participants is very important.
How long does the ethical review process take? Following debriefing, participants are asked to provide their written consent for use of their data using the Post Debriefing Re-consent Form. A Feedback Sheet is given to each participant that outlines the details provided during the oral debriefing process. Note that the Feedback Sheet must include the title of the study at the top of the page and normally, a couple of references related to the study at the bottom of the page.
Copies of some related sample documents are available on the ORE website. Thus, if your study is minutes long, it is worth 0. Please see the REG policies for further information.
Thus, if your study is to take minutes to complete, it is worth 0. It is recommended that you arrange an appointment. Contact us Website feedback Privacy statement. The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.
Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Indigenous Initiatives Office. Skip to main Skip to footer. Unless your applications is being processed under the Proportionate Review Service, you should attend the REC meeting if possible.
Find out what you need to do. The letter may contain details of any revisions and clarification the REC requires and sometimes the REC may make some suggestions about your research. If this is the case, you may be required to submit further clarification, information or revised documents to the REC which will be reviewed, usually by the REC Chair or a sub committee of the REC, before confirming a final opinion. If you receive an unfavourable ethical opinion, this does not necessarily mean that the research can never go ahead.
Your letter will provide detailed reasons as to why an unfavourable opinion was issued, and you can submit a revised application to take account of the ethical issues raised and to demonstrate how the points highlighted by the REC have been addressed. If you have any queries or wish to discuss the content of your letter, you should contact the REC manager or the named person in your decision letter. A REC is required to give an ethical opinion on an application within 60 calendar days of the receipt of a valid application.
If you chose not to attend the first meeting available, the 60 calendar days will start from the cut-off date for the meeting which is 14 calendar days before the meeting date. Where the REC considers that further information is required in order to give an opinion, it may make one request in writing for further information.
The period of 60 days will be suspended pending receipt of this information. If your application has received an unfavourable opinion and you can address the reasons given for this by the REC, you should revise your research proposal accordingly. You should submit it to the same REC, if convenient, as a new application.
Research ethics committees will normally look for the benefits of your research to outweigh the risk of harm and will assess your application to ensure that this is the case. It is therefore important that you address both in a manner appropriate to your research. Search site. International students Continuing education Executive and professional education Courses in education. Research at Cambridge. Home Research Ethics Ethics application guidance. Applying for ethical approval: Basic principles.
There are, however, some core issues that ethics committees will normally expect you to have addressed as part of your application: Respecting autonomy Wherever possible, ethics committees will expect you to demonstrate that you intend to respect the autonomy of individuals involved in your research.
Normally this will include: Providing research participants with sufficient information to make an informed decision as to whether to take part in research informed consent ; Ensuring that participants are not subject to coercion to take part or penalty for not taking part; Ensuring that participants are, and are aware that they are, free to withdraw from the research at any time without giving a reason and without a prejudice; Protecting and respecting personal data provided by participants through rigorous and appropriate procedures for confidentiality and anonymisation.
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