University Research Ethics Group
All research proposals have to be sent to the Online Ethics Review System if the research includes work with:
- Students
- The public
- Members of some non-NHS support groups and charities
- People from the researcher’s place of employment
and the type of research includes:
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Case studies
- Observational studies
- Ethnographic research
- Overseas research
- Human tissue samples imported from outside the UK
- Human tissue samples collected from healthy volunteers
- Secondary use of tissue samples previously collected with consent for research and the patients or when service users are not identifiable to the research team
- Human tissue samples held under the Human Tissue Authority licence
Guidance for research ethics
For futher guidance, read the frequently asked questions.
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