Research integrity and ethics
Research involving people, their data or their images is reviewed before it begins. We publish what our committees decide, except where the law or a confidence prevents it.
Ethical review
Every project that involves human participants, personal data, human tissue or identifiable images needs ethical approval before it starts. Low-risk projects are approved by a faculty’s ethics lead. Everything else goes to one of three committees, which report to the Research Committee of Senate:
- Arts and Humanities Research Ethics Committee (AHREC), for philosophy, the arts and humanities, and law
- Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee
- Science, Engineering and Health Research Ethics Committee
The annual statement
Each year the University publishes a statement on research integrity, setting out how it supports good research practice and the investigations it has carried out into allegations of misconduct.
Raising a concern
Anyone who has a concern about the conduct of research at the University may raise it with the Named Person for research integrity, the Pro-Rector (Research), Professor Neil Ardern, in confidence. Concerns are handled under the University’s Procedure for Investigating Allegations of Research Misconduct.
For committee members
Members and secretaries of the University’s committees read their papers in the Committee Papers Service.
Contact
Research Governance Office, The Old Schools · research.ethics@oxenfurt.uk · 01632 960577
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