Do I need ethics approval?

If you are a member of staff or a postgraduate student and your research involves people (adults or children), may raise ethical issues or issues of harm, or involves human data then the answer is probably yes.

Ethics flowchart

If what you propose requires departmental/subject level ethics committee approval, and you are in one of the departments served by AHEC, visit the page Apply for Ethics Approval where you will find information on how to apply.