Research Policy, Governance and Integrity

Source: https://www.bath.ac.uk/teams/research-policy-governance-and-integrity/ Parent: https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/research-integrity-and-ethics/

Supporting researchers, staff and students, to deliver high quality research underpinned by good governance, integrity and ethical approaches.

• Professional service team
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This team is responsible for facilitating and enabling excellent and ethical research through:

• management of Institution-wide ethical review processes purposely designed to facilitiate and enable research with due regard for the dignity, rights, health, safety, and privacy of those involved
• development and delivery of training to all researchers (staff and students) across the university in governance, ethics, and integrity matters
• expert-level support to researchers with a focus on military and “dual use” export controls
• strategic oversight of research governance policies and processes
• monitoring compliance with relevant frameworks to ensure that research carried out at our University is ethical, lawful, and of the highest standards of integrity and rigour
• supporting investigations into alleged research misconduct

Members

• Managing the Research Policy, Governance & Integrity Team to enable good quality research that is ethical and compliant with regulatory frameworks.
• Responsible for the development and implementation of university strategy and policy falling under the broad spectrum of “Trusted Research”.
• Responsible for supporting research governance at Bath and the delivery of the University's research integrity agenda. Secretary to Data & Digital Science REC.
• Responsible for developing training, providing ethical advice and engaging with researchers. Secretary to Data and Digital Sciences REC and Social Sciences REC.
• Responsible for providing administrative support in research governance areas, including Trusted Research, Human Tissue, Research Integrity and Research Ethics.
• Responsible for supporting research governance and compliance, specifically in health and social care.