Introduction
Through 2005 ethics applications have followed slightly different paths to the University Human Participants Ethics Committee depending on whether they have originated at Epsom/Tai Tokerau or for the SOE at the City Campus. This document sets out how ethics applications will be supported and signed off within the faculty under the new structural arrangements from January 2006. It includes a statement of policy and a set of procedures for handling ethics applications within the faculty from January 2006.
Statement of policy
All research conducted within the auspices of the Faculty of Education will adhere to the University of Auckland’s Human Participant’s Ethics Committee guidelines available from http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/about/research/ethics/ethics.cfm
Procedures
Ethics advisors within each School of the faculty will support the production of applications in each School within the Faculty.
On the participant information sheets, the principal investigator’s Head of School should be included as the Faculty contact.
Completed applications will be forwarded to the Faculty of Education Research Unit at least 10 days ahead of each University Human Participants Ethics Committee meeting. Dates by which applications need to be at the Faculty Research Unit will be circulated annually (see below for 2006 dates).
Applications will be screened by the Research Administrator (and returned to applicants if found to be incomplete).
When complete applications will be checked signed off by the Faculty of Education’s nominee on the UAHE Committee or her nominee. In 2006, this will be done by Michael Townsend.
Checked and signed copies of applications will be forwarded by the Faculty Research Unit to the University Human Participants Ethics Committee by the due date for each meeting.
Faculty of Education University Human Participants Ethics Committee nominee 2006-2007 Helen Dixon
Applications to be forwarded to:
The research Administrator
Faculty of Education Research Unit,
Gate 3, 74 Epsom Ave, P.O. Box 92601, Auckland
* Staff and research students are advised that the closing dates will be respected. Any applications received after the closing date will automatically be included in the Agenda for the following month.
Ethics Advisors in the Faculty of Education
In order to assist staff to prepare robust applications to the Human research Ethics Committee (UAHPEC), ethics advisors have been established within each School of the faculty as follows:
- Teaching, Learning and Development - Dr Richard Hamilton and Ruth Williams
- Social and Policy Studies - To be advised
- Te Puna Wananga - Dr Peter Keegan
- Visual and Creative Arts - Maree Ferens
- Science, Maths and Technology - Dr Bev France
- Language, Literacy and Communication - Prof Tom Nicholson
- Pasifika Education - To be advised
