Arts and Humanities Ethics Committee (AHEC)
Read the University’s statement on conducting Responsible Research and Innovation.
If you are planning to conduct research that involves human participants, you may need ethics approval before continuing with your work.
Do I need ethics approval for my research?
If you are in the department of
- English and Related Literature
- History
- History of Art
- Philosophy
you should apply to the Arts and Humanities Ethics Committee for approval.
If you are in the department of
- Archaeology
- Language and Linguistic Science
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies (act-ethics@york.ac.uk)
you should apply to your departmental/school ethics committee for approval.
On these web pages you will be able to find all the information you need to determine whether you need ethical approval, and if so, how to obtain it.