Department of Animal and Plant Sciences – Ethical Review procedures

If your research involves animals or human participants, data or tissue, your work needs to be approved by an ethics review committee. The procedures you will need to follow for research involving (a) animals; and (b) human participant, data, or tissue, are outlined below. The procedures apply to all members of the University, (staff and students) and whether research activities are within or outside the University premises or facilities. They also apply to individuals who are not members of the University but undertake research activities with University premises or facilities (e.g. collaborative research project involving non-university staff or student).

The ethics administrator for the department is: Mrs S Carter, email s.a.carter@sheffield.ac.uk ext 24376. Please contact her for details of the departmental review procedures.

Links

The following link will take you to the central University Research Ethics Web site and provides links to information for:

  • Staff and postgraduate researchers
  • Undergraduate students
  • Supervisors
  • Link's to the University’s ‘Ethics Policy for Research Involving Human Participants, Data and Tissue’
  • Link's to the University’s Good Research Practice Standards and the Research Governance and Clinical Trials websites.

University Ethics Website

The University pages are updated centrally with any new guidance and information.