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University Research Ethics Committee (UREC)

University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) has specific responsibility for institutional oversight of matters relating to ethics in research undertaken by both staff and research students that involves human participation, personal data or human material.

The committee membership is multi-disciplinary, encompassing academic staff and researchers from across our schools alongside non-research lay members. All research conducted by both staff and research students (MPhil / PhD / Research Professional Doctorate) involving any human participation, personal data or human material will require formal approval from UREC in advance.

Please note the following:

• No recruitment of human participants for the proposed research may occur until ethical approval from UREC is confirmed.
• Samples of any documentation to be passed to participants as part of the proposed research, such as information sheets or consent forms, must be enclosed with the application.

UREC will convene for three meetings in both Semester A and B of the academic year 2011-12, with one additional meeting during the Summer Break. The dates of the remaining meetings for this academic year are listed below with the corresponding deadlines for the submission of applications to Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE):

Semester B

UREC Meetings	Deadline for Applications to QAE
Wednesday 4 April 2012	Wednesday 21 March 2012

Summer Break

UREC Meetings	Deadline for Applications to QAE
Wednesday 4 July 2012	Wednesday 20 June 2012

All completed applications should be forwarded via email to researchethics@uel.ac.uk

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