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Introducing Research Ethics & the UREC
Professor Peter Bath, UREC Deputy Chair
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Definition of ‘research’
• All investigation undertaken to acquire
knowledge and understanding* including:
work of educational value designed to improve
understanding of research process
administrative research e.g. by Professional
Services
*definition taken from Research Assessment Exercise 2008
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Definition of ‘research’
• But NOT including:
Routine audit and evaluation
Routine testing and analysis of
materials, components, processes etc
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• Ethics is part of doing the best possible
research...with integrity
• Ethics is about how we conduct our
research, from start to finish.
• Ethics is about how we treat those
involved in, or affected by, our research.
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Fundamental principles
• Participants rights:informed consent confidentiality
security (data/samples) safety
• Researcher’s obligations:
honesty minimising risks
integrity cultural sensitivity
Ethics review procedure for all research
involving human participants, personal
data and/or human tissue
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The University’s approach
• UREC – oversight & monitoring (representatives from each Faculty)
• Devolved to departments to ethically
review applications
• Each department has:o A pool of ethics reviewers (over 200 in 39 academic
departments)
o a Principal Ethics Contact
o an Ethics Administrator
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The University’s approach
• Based on trusting colleagues but balanced
with monitoring
• Based on the belief that disciplines know
their own fields best
• Based on policy dissemination and staff
development
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The University’s approach
• Based on the belief that self-regulation
results in greater engagement than top-
down regulation
• Based on the belief that involving more
people in ethics review results in a greater
awareness
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• To promote awareness and understanding of research
ethics throughout the University
• To advise on any research ethics matters that are referred to
it from within the University, including on the interpretation
of the Research Ethics Policy
• To monitor the ethics review procedure as administered by
departments
• To keep abreast of the external research ethics environment
and ensure that the University responds to all external
requirements.
UREC’s key tasks…
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• The ethical review of individual applications:
• unless an applicant has appealed, or
• the department cannot reach a decision.
• Give advice on ethical issues that are not concerned with research.
What UREC doesn’t do…
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from UREC
• Online ethics review system (Autumn 2013)
• UREC survey of departments (how can
UREC help departments promote need for ethics
review better?)
• Faculty reps work to engage with
departments
• Plans for a ‘10 years of research ethics’
event in 2013/14 (good practice sharing,
awareness raising, discussion of key issues etc.)
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Further resources:http://www.shef.ac.uk/ris/other/gov-
ethics/index