Research Governance Overview

Jane Prewettjane.prewett@warwick.ac.uk

Deputy Director and Head of Research Governance, Research Support Services

Secretary, Research Governance and Ethics Committee

Secretary, Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body

April 2014

Relevant Documents in Packs

• University Research Code of Practice• University Code for the Investigation of Research

Misconduct• Research Integrity Concordat• Non-ASPA AWERB application form• UKRIO Code of Practice for Research: Promoting

good practice and preventing misconduct (2009)• RCUK Policy and Guidelines on Governance of Good

Research Conduct (2013)

Research CodesUniversity Research Code of Practicehttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance_ethics/research_code_of_practice/

UKRIO Code of Practice for Research: Promoting good practice and preventing misconduct (2009) http://www.ukrio.org/what-we-do/code-of-practice-for-research/

RCUK Policy and Guidelines on Governance of Good Research Conduct (2013)http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/Publications/researchers/Pages/grc.aspx

Research Integrity Concordathttp://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2012/TheConcordatToSupportResearchIntegrity.pdf

Websites

• Research Support Serviceshttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/

• Research Governance & Ethicshttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance_ethics

• Research Code of Practice http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/

• Research with Human Participants, Material, Datahttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/humanparticipants_material_data/

• Research Ethics Committeeshttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/researchethicscommittees/

• Student Researchhttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/student_research/

• Research Misconducthttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/research_misconduct/

Does your research involve human participants, their tissue or data?

Does your research involve animals?

Research Governance and Ethics Committee (RGEC)

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/rss/researchgovernance/research_code_of_practice/researchethicscommittees/university_res_ethicscommittee/

• Reports to/advises Council and Senate on:

Policy recommendations

Regular monitoring reports

Policies regarding any particular funders of research

Review/amendment of Codes of Practice for Research Conduct and Research Misconduct

• Approves or recommends procedures for the approval and monitoring of research activities in academic departments and research ethics sub-committees

• Receives regular reports from the research ethics sub-committees of their approval and monitoring of research activities

• A final body of appeal and decision on any research governance, ethics or conduct matter

Research Ethics Committees (RECs)

Internal RECs• Biomedical and Scientific Research Ethics Committee (BSREC)

Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science (excluding Department of Psychology)

• Humanities and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC)Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology

• Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) All research using animals involving University staff, students, premises, ASPA and non-ASPA

External RECs• NHS REC• Overseas REC• Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee (MoDREC)• Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC)

Research Misconduct

• What is Research Misconduct?

• Try to resolve informally

• If not go into formal confidential process

• Formal process has three stages:

- Preliminary Investigation

- Initial Enquiry Panel

- Formal Investigation

• Outcome may be no finding of RM, training required or disciplinary procedures including for malicious or vexatious claims

Research Integrity Concordat

• University responded to Consultation • Sets out 5 commitments for assuring high standards and

integrity in research• Researchers, Employers of Researchers, Funders of Research• Signatories include: DfEL, HEFCE, NIHR, RCUK, UUK,

Wellcome Trust• Compliance, or working towards compliance, a condition of

HEFCE Grant 2013-14• Confirm in annual assurance statement• Russell Group working together