Ethics Review Form for Research Project

Ethics Review Form for Research Project

Involving Gathering Data from Participants

(Students)

For students intending to conduct a research project involving gathering data from participants, it is necessary that you complete this form, having consulted your supervisor, to ensure that your research is carried out in an ethically appropriate manner. Your responses should be word-processed.

Name:
Supervisor’s name:
Title of research project:
Declaration and signature: / By signing here I declare that I agree to adhere to the College’s Code of Practice for Research 2014-2020and have consulted the BERAEthical Guidelines for Educational Research (Sept. 2011)before completing this form.
Signed:

College’s Code of Practice for Research 2014-2020

BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (Sept. 2011)

Research Methods:

Click on all the research methods which you will use in your research.

Audio Recording

Focus Groups

Interviews

Observations

Questionnaires

Video Recording

Viewing Images

Other please specify:

Participants:

Who will the participants in your research be? (e.g. Key Stage 1 pupils, etc.)

How many participants will take part in your research?

How many of these participants will be children, i.e. under the age of 18?

How many of these participants would you consider to be vulnerable adults? (Referred to in the BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (Sept. 2011) as someone whose intellectual capability or other vulnerable circumstances may limit the extent to which they can be expected to understand or agree voluntarily to undertake their role)

How do you propose to approach and engage participants in your research? Outline what you propose to ask them to do?(use no fewer than 200 words)

Having read the College’s Code of Practice for Research 2014-2020 and the BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (Sept. 2011), what possible risks(e.g. loss of privacy, deception, psychological risk, etc.)to the participants do you see occurring in your research and how do you intend to safeguard against these possible risks? (If NONE, write NONE)

THIS SECTION IS TO BE COMPLETED BY YOUR SUPERVISOR & THEIR DEPARTMENT/COURSE TEAM COLLEAGUE

The supervisor& their department/course team colleague should click, sign and date one of the following options below:

(A) The supervisor & their department/course team colleague are of the opinion that this research project does not give rise to serious ethical issues: / Signed: Signed:
Date: Date:
(B) The supervisor & their department/course team colleague are of the opinion that this research project cannot get under way due to ethical reasons, and should be referred to the College Research Ethics Committee by the student completing the more detailed Ethics Review Form: / Signed: Signed:
Date: Date:

Revised October 2014