Guidance for completing ethics form for research projects

Projects involving Projects involving participants who are unable to give full and voluntary and informed consent (e.g. children) Projects requiring co-operation of a gatekeeper Guidance These are complex projects, individuals are advised not to undertake projects which involved this category of participants These also include: employer / employee relationships where permission from a gatekeeper is required for access to participants (including contact details of participants) These are complex projects, individuals are advised not to undertake projects which involved this category Areas to be addressed in full ethical approval form: CRB check (please be aware this can take several months to obtain) Gatekeeper / parental consent All points below Agreement of access from gatekeeper All points below

Projects where participants are taking part without their knowledge and consent

Explanation of why this is critical to the project Who is being observed and where All points below (apart from obtaining consent) Explanation of why this is critical to the project All points below

Projects where: Participants are deliberately being mislead Sensitive topics Prolonged and repetitive testing Psychological stress or anxiety Participants are offered financial inducements

These are complex projects, individuals are advised not to undertake projects which involved this category

All participants in research have a right to refuse to participate and must be without prejudice to the participants. There should be no coercion to take part in research. Inducements should only be for their time and expenses involved

What incentives will be provided and why Also all points below

Involving Staff / Students of the University Recruitment of staff or patients through the NHS And / or Administering of any substances / harmful procedures

All points below These are complex projects which will require a full ethics review from the NHS approval can take up to six months. Individuals are advised not to undertake projects which involved this category of participants These are complex projects, Will require NHS ethics approval

Actions which might be

Explanation of why this is

Guidance for completing ethics form for research projects

regarded unethical or illegal individuals are advised not to undertake projects which involved this category critical to the research All points below

Where ethical approval is required the following points must be addressed in the form: Aims and objectives of the project How will research recruit participants Consent from all participants (example consent form can be found in ethics toolkit page 12) How participants will be debriefed on research (please see ethics toolkit page 10 for further information on what this should include) What are the participants being asked Risk assessment e.g. potential harms, researcher safety (see page 15 of ethics toolkit) Addressing confidentiality, storage / management of data (see page 18 of ethics toolkit)