Documentation and Guidance

Documentation and Guidance

Click below to find the relevant documents:

All Consent Documentation, Guidance and Templates - Compiled

Participant Information Sheet - Guidance and Template

Consent Form - Guidance and Template

Debrief Sheet - Guidance and Template

Business School Module Level Approval Guidance and Documentation (Internal access only)

Ethics Online System User Guides

Ethics-related acronyms 

Guidance for payments to participants

Module Level Approval process and guidance

Risk assessments

Researcher Wellbeing Plan project information and Researcher Wellbeing Plan Guidance

For guidance relating to the NHS and Human Tissue Authority (HTA), please follow this link to the 'NHS Related' tile under 'External Ethical Approvals' to find the guidance there.

For further information, please contact ethicssupport@northumbria.ac.uk.

Important Links

Please click below to find guidance and information on the below:

• Animal Research Reporting in Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE)
• Animals Scientific Procedures Act, 1986
• Data Ethics Framework (UK Government)
• Due Diligence Guidance (Northumbria staff and student access only)
• Due Diligence - Sanctions (Northumbria staff and student access only)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Ethics Framework
• Embracing AI with Integrity - UKRIO
• Ethics and Research Integrity - UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
• Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource - Poor Settings
• Guidelines for Conducting Internet Mediated Research
• Human Tissue Act, 2004
• Institute of Business Ethics
• Insurance Hub (Northumbria staff access only)
• Medical Research Council - support and guidance for those conducting research with human participants, their tissue, and data.
• Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee (MoDREC)
• National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research
• National Social Car Research Committee
• Northumbria AI Hub
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics
• Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care
• The Code of Human Research Ethics
• UK Research Integrity Office Code of Practice
• UKRIO Guidance on Internet Mediated Research
• UKRIO Recommended Checklist for Researchers
• UUK Guidance on Managing Risks in Internationalisation: Security Related Issues
• UUK Oversight of Security-Sensitive Research Material in UK Universities