We want Edge Hill research to be safe research.
Find out how we ensure research integrity through robust policies and procedures.
Governance
Our research governance policies help researchers to meet the high standards required under the UK Concordat to Support Research Integrity. They ensure research is high quality, rigorous and carried out safely and responsibly.
In line with this, we produce an annual statement on research integrity at EHU.
Ethics
Our ethics policies and processes protect everyone involved in our research – from participants to researchers.
We have five Subject Research Ethics Committees, each providing specialist scrutiny and approval in their areas of expertise.
These SRECs all report to a central University Research Ethics Sub-Committee which oversees research ethics and research ethics policy for the whole University.
Human tissue
We undertake ethically approved research involving the lawful storage of human tissue under the Human Tissue Act 2004. EHU is licensed to do this by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA; licence number 12632).
Our staff and students have to adhere to the Human Tissue Authority’s guiding principles when using human tissue. All human tissue donated to our research is a valuable resource and we are grateful to our tissue donors.
Our Human Tissue Quality Manual governs the acquisition, use, storage and disposal of human tissue under the licence. The Human Tissue Management Sub-Committee provides training and support, and monitors compliance with the manual.
Contracts
The University enters into all sorts of research agreements with other bodies. These include, funding, collaboration, non-disclosure, consultancy, licensing, material transfer and more.
By involving the Research Office before discussions begin, we can ensure these agreements are suitable for the research.
We need to hold copies of all agreements once signed.