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This Checklist Must Be Completed Before Potential Participants Are Approached To Take Part in Any Research
This Checklist Must Be Completed Before Potential Participants Are Approached To Take Part in Any Research
This checklist should be completed for every research project which involves human
participants. It is used to identify whether a full application for ethics approval needs
to be submitted.
Before completing this form, please refer to the University Code of Practice on
Ethical Standards for Research Involving Human Participants. The principal
investigator and, where the principal investigator is a student, the supervisor, is
responsible for exercising appropriate professional judgment in this review.
6. Course title and module name BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, Cie-
and number where appropriate 6002, Dissertation
School/Centre:
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Declaration by Researcher (Please tick the appropriate boxes)
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Section IV: Research Checklist
YES NO
11. Will participants’ right to withdraw from the study at any time
be withheld or not made explicit?
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13. Might permission for the study need to be sought from the
researcher’s or from participants’ employer?
If ALL items in the Declaration are ticked AND if you have answered NO to ALL
questions in Section IV, send the completed and signed Form RE1 to your
School/Centre Research Ethics Officer for information. You may proceed with the
research but should follow any subsequent guidance or requests from the
School/Centre Research Ethics Officer or your supervisor/module leader where
appropriate. Undergraduate and taught postgraduate students should retain a copy
of this form and submit it with their research report or dissertation (bound in at the
beginning). Work which is submitted without the appropriate ethics form will be
returned unassessed.
If ANY of the items in the Declaration are not ticked AND / OR if you have answered
YES to ANY of the questions in Section IV, you will need to describe more fully in
Section V of the form below how you plan to deal with the ethical issues raised by
your research. This does not mean that you cannot do the research, only that
your proposal will need to be approved by the School/Centre Research Ethics
Officer or School/Centre Research Ethics Committee or Sub-committee. When
submitting the form as described in the above paragraph you should substitute
the original Section V with the version authorized by the School/Centre
Research Ethics officer.
If you answered YES to question 14, you will also have to submit an application to
the appropriate external health authority ethics committee, after you have received
approval from the School/Centre Research Ethics Officer/Committee and, where
appropriate, the University Research Ethics Committee.
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Section V: Addressing Ethical Problems
If you have answered YES to any of questions 1-12 please complete below and
submit the form to your School/Centre Research Ethics Officer.
Project Title
Principal Investigator/Researcher/Student
Supervisor
Please note that it is your responsibility to follow the University’s Code of Practice on
Ethical Standards and any relevant academic or professional guidelines in the
conduct of your study. This includes providing appropriate information sheets
and consent forms, and ensuring confidentiality in the storage and use of data.
Any significant change to the design or conduct of the research should be notified to
the School/Centre Research Ethics Officer and may require a new application for
ethics approval.
Signed: Principal
Investigator/Researcher
Date:
No ethical problems are raised by this proposed study - Retain this form
on record
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Retain this form on record
and return a copy of section V
to Researcher
using the attached suggestions
Signed:
Date:
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Example 1: Participant Information Sheet
Perceptions of owners of timber frame housing about the quality of their homes
If you agree to take part, I will ask you to answer some questions. There aren’t any
right or wrong answers – we just want to hear about your opinions. The discussion
should take about half an hour at the longest. Please note that some of the
questions may relate to your personal experiences.
No, taking part is voluntary. If you don’t want to take part, you do not have to give
a reason and no pressure will be out on you to try and change your mind. You can
pull out of the discussion at any time.
All the information you give us will be confidential and used for the purposes of this
study only. The data will be collected and stored in accordance with the Data
Protection Act 1998 and will be disposed of in a secure manner. The information will
be used in a way that will not allow you to be identified individually. However, we
must inform the University if, in the unlikely event, something you have said
leads me to believe, that either your health and safety, or the health and safety
of others around you, is at immediate risk.
If you feel I have not acted appropriately after the discussion, and need help dealing
with your feelings, it is very important that you talk to someone right away.
Name:
Tele:
E-mail:
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