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How to apply for Ethical Review

The Online Ethics Review System requires an account – one will be automatically be created for you when you first log in.

Download the following guidance sheets to support the application process:

Applicant guide to the Online Ethics Review System

Example Consent and Participant Information Sheet

Generic Research Projects (staff use only)

Guidance on Lone Working

Participant and Researcher Safety and Wellbeing

Postgraduate taught and undergraduate applicant workflow

Placement health and safety procedure and guidance

Principles of Anonymity, Confidentiality and Data Protection

Principles of Consent

Research involving highly sensitive topics

Research involving illegal activities

Research involving vulnerable people

Research led by another UK Higher Education institution

Reviewer guide to the Online Ethics Review System

Security sensitive research materials

Staff applicant workflow

Supervisor guide to the Online Ethics Review System

The BPS Code of Human Research Ethics

The Code of Practice for Research

University Ethics Policy

Key features of the Online Ethics Review System include:

Embedded advice and guidance for applicants
An integrated risk assessment tool to identify projects that can be self-certified as low risk
The introduction of a generic review process for low-risk projects on taught programmes
An embedded records management system
Improved data security

Please contact Veronique Laniel: veronique.laniel@sunderland.ac.uk / 0191 515 3202