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  • Apply for ethics approval
  • Ethics committee structure
  • Guidance and useful links
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Do I need ethics approval for my research?
    • Examples of consent forms
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Guidance and useful links

This is a range of material for use when considering the ethical implications of research and teaching. 

Training

The Humanities Research Centre offers a training session on Research Ethics for postgraduates and staff in the Spring term. See the HRC calendar for details.

Information sheets and consent forms 

• Guidance on developing participant information sheets (PDF , 62kb)
• Guidance on designing participant consent forms (PDF , 92kb)
• AHEC template information sheet for personal and special category data (MS Word , 12kb)
• Examples of consent forms

AHEC guidance

• Ethics and Research with Humans - presentation (PDF , 2,819kb)
• Ethics Approval for Student Work on PGT Modules (PDF , 68kb)
• AHEC guidance on using Virtual Reality (VR) systems (PDF , 92kb)
• Impact, Ethics and Data Protection (PDF , 85kb)
• Frequently Asked Questions

University of York guidance

• Code of practice and principles for good ethical governance
• Code of practice on research integrity
• Data Protection guidance
• University Research Data Management Policy
• Policy for research evaluation using quantitative data
• Guidance for managing health and safety aspects of student work placements
• Guidelines for the use of social media data in research
• Social media guidelines for researchers
• Guidance on conducting research outside the UK
• Guidance for student leavers on storage of research data
• Guide to co-production with the public for researchers
• An illustrated introductory guide to co-producing research

Updated guidance on research data management is already available and the Policy web page signposts readers to this guidance: Research Data Management: a practical guide

The Open Research team helps researchers in both understanding and fulfilling their research data management responsibilities. You can get in touch with the team to arrange a talk for your department, school or research group, or to ask questions, email lib-open-research@york.ac.uk.

Other guidance

• Social Media Research: A Guide to Ethics by Dr. Leanne Townsend and Prof. Claire Wallace, University of Aberdeen