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Research Ethics Committee

UCL Research Ethics Committee

All research proposals involving living human participants and the collection and/or study of data derived from living human participants undertaken by UCL staff or students on the UCL premises and/or by UCL staff or students elsewhere → requires ethical approval to ensure that the research conforms with general ethical principles and standards UNLESS the only involvement of human participants in particular research activities will be in one or more of categories a – f (→ exemptions), in which case the research will be exempt from ethics approval unless approval is specifically required by an external funding body or other external body in order to obtain research permission.

It is the responsibility of the Head of Department as outlined in 'Part 8: Management and Organisational Framework' of the Academic Manual: Duties and Responsibilities of Heads Of Department to ensure that staff and students of the Department are apprised of UCL's arrangements for research governance and the associated procedures, the main components of which include UCL's research ethics framework and the UCL REC: constitution, terms of reference and guidelines.

Research which falls under the remit of the NHS, must be referred to the appropriate Department of Health approved ethics committee. Further details and information on how to apply is available from the National Research Ethics Service.

Ethical Approval for Research Involving Human Tissue. If your study involves human tissue it may need to be approved by an NHS Research Ethics Committee depending on the type of tissue activity involved. The UCL Research Ethics Committee can only currently grant ethical approval for studies involving human tissue under certain circumstances. → Further information.

Research involving participants who lack → mental capacity must be reviewed by a Research Ethics Committee operating under the National Research Ethics Framework (NRES).

For all UCLH, RFH and Institute of Neurology staff undertaking medical research the website www.ucl.ac.uk/jro/ provides all the information for i) R and D approval at UCLH; ii) Research contracts with UCLH both commericial and non commercial; iii) for research governance and keeping your study legal; iv) training and education in research governance; v) collaborations with statisticians.