Research ethics approval process

There is a research ethics approval process for students and staff at ARU and students at our Academic Partners.

If you are a researcher who has recently moved to ARU with a project ethically approved by your previous institution, contact your Faculty Research Ethics Panel Chair before starting your research at ARU.

If you are an external researcher wanting to carry out research at ARU, you will normally need a contact at ARU. This is especially true if you need someone to advertise your research or distribute questionnaires on your behalf, for example.

You will also need to have obtained ethical approval from another organisation. One of our ethics committee chairs will need to give permission for your research to proceed at ARU.

Please submit the following to [email protected] copying in your ARU contact and clarifying what their role will be:

• ethics application
• all other documents submitted to your ethics committee eg advertisement for the research, participant information sheet, consent form, questionnaire/interview schedule
• ethical approval letter
• evidence that you have insurance to carry the research out, as ARU will not be liable for your research
• confirmation that the ethics committee who gave approval were aware that you were planning to obtain permission to carry your research out in other organisations
• justification as to why you need to involve ARU
• data management plan if you have one.

We will then pass this onto the relevant ethics committee Chair for their review. You will need to wait for their permission before you can start your research.