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Biomedical and Scientific Research Ethics Committee (BSREC):
WMG Supervisor Delegated Ethical Approval (WMG-SDA)
Students and supervisors can only make effective judgements about research ethics once the
formal methods have been defined. The student should work with support from the supervisor to
define a detailed methods document and once this is drafted they can complete an ethical
application. This SDA form must be submitted to your approved project supervisor in
conjunction with a draft of your Research Methods before any interaction with humans as
research participants can take place. The supervisor must then submit this for processing by the
relevant admin team and wait until final approval has been given (by the course management
team) BEFORE data collection can take place. Please be aware that a supervisor sign-off does
not always guarantee approval will be given.
Full instructions for ethical approval can be found on the project ethics website for your course;
see links at bottom of page below.
Instructions for submission of this form:
This is a Word form; so please just click on the square tick boxes for the correct answer and they
will automatically change to a ‘tick’. To un-tick the box just click it a second time. There are some
mandatory rectangular boxes that are highlighted in blue, with the optional boxes in grey. These
should be double-clicked and the ‘default text’ box completed with relevant text, when required.
Once the form is complete, students should append it to a draft of their research methods/ proposal
information for supervisors and the department to review. FTMSc and UG students should submit the
required document via the relevant Tabula Research Methods/ Proposal submission. All other students
(overseas/ part-time PG) should email their completed form directly to their supervisor along with the
relevant supporting documentation for approval. Hard copies will not be accepted and electronic copies of
all documents should be kept by both the student and the supervisor. Data collection must not take place
until ethical approval has been confirmed (or waived) by the department. You must therefore wait until you
receive an email from the relevant admin office (see below) to ensure your ethical approval has been fully
processed before starting any formal data collection. Supervisor agreement alone does not allow you to
begin data collection. You will either receive either an ethical approval reference number, or an ethical
approval waiver email, either of which must be kept and produced at the time of dissertation submission.
Any dissertation found to contain data that has been collected without gaining appropriate ethical approval
may be subject to penalties, usually including failure of that dissertation.
Students should not send ethical approval forms directly to the admin team, as these should come via the
research supervisor. Admin teams will only process forms that have already been signed by your research
supervisor, or uploaded to an intranet-based web-form (which takes the place of on e-signature).
Instructions for project supervisors about where to submit forms can be found here:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/intranet/student/deptguidelines/academic/ethics/
For further guidance about the ethics approval process, please refer to your specific ethics pages on the
student intranet by following the links below. Admin office contact details for support are also given below.
– Full-time Masters students: wmg-FTMasters@warwick.ac.uk
– Part-time Masters students: WMGPTProgrammesTeam@warwick.ac.uk
– Undergraduate students: wmgUGoffice@warwick.ac.uk
– Overseas students (any centre): wmg-overseas@warwick.ac.uk
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SECTION 1. APPLICANT AND COLLABORATION DETAILS
1.1 RESEARCHER
Researcher’s Title (optional): Researcher’s Forename: Shixiang
Researcher’s Surname: Lu Researcher’s Student ID number: 2186618
Warwick e-mail address: George.Lu@Warwick.Ac.Uk
Researcher’s Status:
Undergraduate Student ? Name of course/qualification: Programme and
Project Management
Taught Postgraduate Student ?
Research Training
Has the researcher has completed the compulsory Information Security Smart training course
(OR completed both the GDPR AND the Information Security Essentials courses which were
running up until Feb 2022)? Please append evidence of course completion to this application.
Yes ? No ? If yes, insert date of completion: 20/8/2022
Has the researcher has completed the Epigeum online research integrity training course? The
short course is compulsory for all researchers, and the full course is strongly recommended for any
researchers collecting data from or about human participants. The ‘export control’ additional module is
also strongly recommended.
Yes ? No ? If yes, insert date of completion: 20/8/2022
1.2 SUPERVISOR – MUST BE COMPLETED FOR ALL STUDENT PROJECTS
Supervisor’s Forename: Chen Supervisor’s Surname: Lin
Supervisor’s Post: None
Supervisor’s Faculty/School and Department: Department of Economics and Management
Supervisor’s Warwick e-mail address: linchen@bcu.edu.cn
1.3 OTHER INVESTIGATORS/COLLABORATORS (INTERNAL & EXTERNAL)
Please list all other known collaborators, internal and external to Warwick, including the name of
the company/organisation or Investigator’s Warwick department/school and their role in the
project. If none, please write ‘none’: none
1.4 RESEARCH CONDUCTED OUTSIDE OF THE UK (or student’s main study location).
When collecting primary data in countries other than the student’s main study location, there is added risk
that the researcher may overlook research-related laws in that local country (or state) which govern the
collection of research data in that country. The responsibility for finding, understanding and adhering to
these local laws and research governance regulations (in addition to the usual UK and University policies on
conducting research) lies on the researcher and their supervisor. Please see the overseas research webpage
for more information: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/ftmsc/project/ethics/overseas/
Will this project… Yes No
1.4a … involve the researcher collecting any primary/ new data from participants
located overseas from the student’s main study location (whether they travel there in
person or not)?
If YES, insert countries where data will be collected:
If YES, please confirm here that the researcher has read, understood and will
adhere to ALL local research laws/ policies
?
?
?
1.4b … Will this project involve the researcher (or any collaborators) travelling
overseas from the student’s main study location (i.e. outside of the UK for UK-based
students, or your country of study for overseas students)? Please be aware that the
University currently advises against this and WMG will not normally allow this.
If YES to 1.4b, continue to Section 1.5; if NO then please proceed to Section 2.
? ?
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1.5 OVERSEAS TRAVEL DECLARATIONS (ONLY COMPLETE IF TRAVELLING OVERSEAS)
The University currently does not normally allow taught students to travel overseas from their main study
location to collect research data, as there are many additional risks and there are many virtual/ online
ways to achieve this. In exceptional circumstances this MAY be allowed, but various conditions must first
be met.
Before you go any further with this form please email a detailed rationale for needing to travel overseas,
signed off by the project supervisor, to wmg-ft-projects@warwick.ac.uk and ensure that this has been
approved before going any further with this ethical approval application.
Insert countries to be visited:
If a rare exception is given for a student to travel overseas to conduct research, the student will be expected to carry
out a full risk assessment, adhere to the Travel Risk Management policy, the Export Control Policy and have this
signed off by their supervisor AND ethical approval confirmed prior to booking any travel. It is the traveller’s
responsibility to ensure that all relevant forms are completed, they are covered by appropriate insurance, and have
submitted appropriate evidence that approval to conduct overseas research has been given BEFORE ethical
approval can be given. This is likely to delay your ethical approval whilst the travel is being authorised and forms are
being checked.
Please confirm here that you have WMG authorisation to travel to conduct your research
activities, with the evidence of such authorisation appended to this application form: Yes ?
Please confirm here that the researcher has read, understood and will adhere to the
University Travel Risk Management policy, and completed risk assessment is appended
to this application form: Yes ?
Please confirm here that you have read and comply with the Export Controls Policy: Yes ?
Please confirm here that you have travel and/ or research-related insurance to cover your
research activities, approved by your project supervisor: Yes ?
SECTION 2. PROJECT SUMMARY
2.1 Proposed Project Title: Research on Tourism Destination
Marketing Project Management
2.2 Suggested Data Collection Start Date for Project
(insert N/A if not collecting any new data):
10/10/2022
2.3 Likely Project Completion Date: 30/5/2023
2.4 Type of project (see more info here):
Audit/ Clinical Audit ?
Service evaluation or development
in health or social care ?
Literature review only ?
Primary data collection
(including the use of social media) ?
Secondary analysis of previously
anonymised data ?
Secondary analysis of publicly
available data ?
Other (please specify):
2.5 If primary data collection was ticked above,
what is the proposed methods (tick all relevant
methods):
Interview ?
Qualtrics Online Survey ?
Paper-based survey ?
Focus group ?
Action research/ an intervention ?
Experiment (with participants) ?
Experiment (no participants) ?
Use of social media ?
Software evaluation/ software testing ?
(NB: if only using software to analyse data
collected in other ways, do not tick here)
Other (please specify):
SECTION 3. IS ETHICAL APPROVAL NECESSARY?
Does this project… Yes No
3.1 … involve collecting any new/ primary data, from or about living participants
(including yourself), i.e. data other than that which is already available in the public
? ?
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domain? NB: This will include all projects using interview or survey data, or any
other data containing personally identifiable information
3.2 … involve analysing primary or unpublished data from, or about, living human
beings?
? ?
3.3 … involve collecting or analysing primary or unpublished data about people who
have recently died (NB: most projects would not normally do this)?
? ?
3.4 … involve collecting or analysing primary or potentially sensitive unpublished
data about or from companies, organisations or agencies (e.g. company strategies/
policies/ finance/ marketing/ other data) other than data that is already available in
the public domain (i.e. if the data is available on a company’s public-facing website
then tick ‘no’)?
? ?
3.5 … involve analysing secondary data (data you haven’t collected yourself) from,
or about, living participants that could include personally identifiable information/
data other than data that is already available in the public domain?
? ?
3.6 … involve using or accessing data from social media (e.g. to recruit
participants, as a data source, as a data collection tool, for communication into
focus groups, chat rooms, or interviews)?
? ?
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions in Section 3, please proceed to Section 5.
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions:
? Please complete Section 4 by signing on p4 and then send Sections 1- 4 only to your
supervisor for counter-signing
? Keep a copy of pages 1- 5 of this form for your records, but once your supervisor has sent
this form to the course office, you will both receive an email confirming that ethical
approval is not needed. This email can later be used as proof that you have completed this
process (and must be included as an appendix in the dissertation).
? You do NOT need to complete the rest of this document
? If your project changes, and you decide to collect additional data, please make sure you
revisit this form and get appropriate ethical approval for that data BEFORE collecting it
SECTION 4. DECLARATION FOR PROJECTS BASED ON NON-HUMAN RESEARCH OR
SECONDARY DATA ONLY
4.1 RESEARCHER/APPLICANT DECLARATION (for projects based on secondary data only)
I undertake to abide by the University of Warwick’s Research Code of Practice and other relevant
professional and University policies, regulations, procedures and guidelines in undertaking this
study; and I understand that to not adhere to such codes may be grounds for disciplinary action.
I respect the University’s ethical requirement for students to abide by the General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) for the storage of data.
I confirm that in carrying out this project no primary data will be collected from or about human
participants, or directly from companies.
I will immediately suspend research and request ethical approval if the project subsequently
changes from the information I have declared in this form.
I understand that the BSREC review system grants ethical approval for projects, and that the
seeking and obtaining of all other necessary approvals (e.g. any health and safety requirements,
travel risk assessments) and permissions prior to starting the project is my responsibility.
Name of Researcher:
Signature: …………………………………………………………………… Date:
4.2 SUPERVISOR DECLARATION FOR NON-HUMAN OR SECONDARY RESEARCH PROJECTS
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I confirm that the project does not require ethical review as it does not involve human
participants, their data or tissue.
I confirm that the research project is viable and the student should have appropriate skills to
undertake the project.
I understand that the BSREC review system grants ethical approval for projects, and that the
seeking and obtaining of all other necessary approvals (e.g. any health and safety requirements,
travel risk assessments, overseas approvals, etc.) and permissions prior to the starting of a
project is the responsibility of the student and their supervisor.
Name of Supervisor:
Signature: (if not submitting on webform) …………………………… Date: 22/08/2022
Research Training Declaration
I confirm that I have undertaken any mandatory ethics training as provided by WMG for Project
Supervisors and I understand that the concise Epigeum Research Integrity online training is also
mandatory for all research supervisors. The ‘Export Control’ additional module may also be
required.
WMG Supervisor Ethics Training (where available) – Date of completion: 31/7/2022
University GDPR/Information Security training – Date of completion: 20/8/2022
Epigeum online research integrity training course – Date of completion: 20/8/2022
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SECTION 5. EXTERNAL ETHICAL REVIEW
NB: Most projects should acquire University/ departmental approval and should not
attempt external review as an alternate route of approval
Yes No
5.1 Has the collection of data for this research project already been given ethical
approval by any other (internal or external) research ethics committee (e.g. social care,
NHS, other University, company ethical process)?
? ?
5.2 Are you intending to submit this project for ethical approval to another external
research ethics committee?
? ?
If you have answered NO to BOTH of these questions, please proceed to Section 6.
If you have answered YES to either of these questions:
? Please attach any prior ethical approval documentation to these application forms before
submitting the forms to your supervisor
? Please give full details about which ethics committee is involved in approving this research
and the date of the committee approval (or future meeting) here:
? Ensure you have notified your supervisor of seeking/ gaining this alternative ethical
approval and then contact the relevant course office for further advice (see p1)
…. then proceed to Section 6
SECTION 6. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS
6.1 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
Please state the estimated number of research participants: 1-10
(i.e. people you are collecting data on, e.g. 1-10, 20-30, 40-60, 100+ etc.
If using company data, give the persons providing that data as the participants. If no participants
write ‘none’)
BREAKDOWN OF PARTICIPANTS
Where applicable, state the breakdown of participants by type and give estimated numbers of
each type, e.g. participant type (lecturer, student, company staff, etc.), job title/ course/ level
(manager, director, MSc PPM, etc.):
Participant Type: Job Title/ Course/ Level Number of participants of this type:
Company staff Project manager 1-10
Stakeholders manager 1-10
6.2 RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AND PROJECT CONTENT
Please explain here, in brief, how you intend to find and recruit the participants to the research
study (e.g. using a webgroup, website, forum, social media, email list, family contacts, etc.):
Social media, email list
Please explain here the nature of the contact required (i.e. what contact, how regular, what format)
with the participants (or other people) before, during and after the research project: The nature of
the contact should be my acquaintances, friends or colleagues, I will conduct an once-off interview with
them, in the format of face to face/ video call/vocie call or email.
Could the nature of this project recruit (or could the project involve direct contact
with)…
Yes No
6.3 …. children or young people under 18 years of age? ? ?
6.4 …. adults who have learning difficulties? ? ?
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6.5 …. adults who are significantly disadvantaged by an infirmity or disability? ? ?
6.6 …. adults who have mental health problems or other medical problems that may
impair their cognitive abilities or ability to consent to taking part?
? ?
6.7 …. adults who are resident in social care or any medical establishment, or who
could reasonably be classed as vulnerable?
? ?
6.8 …. adults who are in the custody of the criminal justice system? ? ?
6.9 …. any participants with communication difficulties (including difficulties arising
from limited facility with the language you will use to ask the questions to the
participant)?
? ?
6.10 Could this project involve NHS service users, NHS professionals or volunteers,
medical data/ tissue, NHS facilities, any medical facility with NHS contracts, or access
to past/ present medical records?
? ?
6.11 Could this project involve ethnography, observation of participants, or use of
video or photos containing identifiable participants, or making any kind of video or
photographic recording of participants OTHER THAN RECORDING OF INTERVIEWS IN
TEAMS (NB: audio recording of interviews is preferred)?
? ?
6.12 Could this project involve any kind of deception or covert operations by the
researchers (i.e. data is collected without the participant’s knowledge)?
? ?
6.13 Could this project involve data collection/ questions about physical or mental
health/ wellbeing/ medical data or other sensitive topics (e.g. criminality, political
opinions, religious beliefs, racial origins, sexual life, professional or academic
misconduct, trade union membership, etc.)?
? ?
6.14 Could this project involve putting participants through any kind of research
activity other than a survey, interview, focus group or software evaluation (e.g. an
experiment/ intervention, analysis of their movements, gait, an AV/VR experience,
measurement of daily activity, taking part in a simulation, etc.)?
? ?
6.15 Could this project potentially place participants or the researchers in a dangerous
environment, or at risk of physical, psychological or emotional distress or lead to any
negative consequences beyond the risks of normal life?
? ?
6.16 Could this project involve the researcher or participants breaching any data
protection, contractual arrangements (e.g. terms and conditions for use of software,
website, etc.) or other relevant law (within the UK or country which data is being
collected) or breach any other terms the researcher or participant has agreed to?
? ?
6.17 Could the nature of this project potentially place the participant / researchers in a
situation where they are at risk of investigation by the police or security services; or
cause them to be subject to any other legal investigation/ obligation?
? ?
6.18 Is your research funded by or are you collaborating with a non-UK military
organisation?
? ?
6.19 Are you transferring (physically, electronically or verbally) any technologies,
material, equipment or know-how, to any non-UK organisation, that could be used to
support the design, development, production, stockpiling or use of nuclear, chemical
or biological weapons?
? ?
6.20 Are you using a third party (e.g. a friend, family member, company, etc.) to collect
or analyse the data on your behalf?
? ?
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions, please proceed to Section 7.
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please do NOT go any further with this
ethical form as you may need to go through FULL ethical approval via the University Research
Ethics Committee (BSREC), rather than using this student Supervisor Delegated Approval form.
Please contact someone senior on your course for further advice to determine who can review
your project and which ethical approvals route you will need. If you are a FT PGT student, or you
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are unsure who to contact, then please email the FT MSc projects team at: wmg-ft projects@warwick.ac.uk.
SECTION 7. INFORMED CONSENT
NB: Please see full guidance explaining informed consent and your project ethics webpages
(see p1 for details) about participant information leaflets and consent forms before completing
this section
Yes No
7.1 Will evidencable informed consent (written or verbal agreement) be given by
participants/ companies before the project data collection begins?
? ?
7.2 Will participants/ companies be given a participant information leaflet (PIL) to
inform them about the type of data being collected and what will happen to this data
during and after the project?
? ?
7.3 Does the PIL explain that participants/ companies have the right not to take part,
and/ or may withdraw themselves and their data from the study, and at which point that
withdrawing data from the study might not be possible, e.g. once the data has already
been analysed/ anonymised?
? ?
7.4 Will informed consent be obtained for any recording of participants (e.g. audio
recording of interviews). NB: Studies involving video or photographic recording cannot
be approved under CDA and prior approval must given by BSREC (see section 6).
? ?
7.5 Are you able to give the participants/ companies at least 24 hrs notice after
provision of a PIL to them giving consent to participate in this research?
? ?
If you have answered YES to ALL of these questions, please briefly explain here how you will
implement the informed consent procedure for your project: In the appendix of the dissertation, I
will attach informed consent procedure which consists of a piece of confidentiality agreement, consent
form template and interview guidance
Now ensure you have included copies of both your Consent Form and Participant Information
Leaflet/ PIL (or debriefing leaflet) along with this form and your methods/ proposal document.
.… then proceed to Section 8.
If you have answered NO to ANY of these questions, please explain here:
? Why it is essential for the project to be conducted in this way such that is may not follow
usual procedures for obtaining participant consent (e.g. this could be an online survey
where consent is given at the same time as survey completion)?
? How you propose to address any ethical issues arising from any absence of transparency
in your data collection method?
Include copies of any Consent Form, Participant Information Leaflet (PIL), etc. to your methods/
proposal document, AND
….. then proceed to Section 8.
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SECTION 8. RISK OF HARM
Is there a risk that… Yes No
8.1 … your project may lead to physical harm to any participants or researchers? ? ?
8.2 … your project may lead to psychological, emotional distress or embarrassment to
any participants or researchers (however minor)?
? ?
8.3 … your project may place any participants or researchers in potentially dangerous
situations or environments?
? ?
8.4 … your project may result in harm to the reputation or future employability of any
participants, researchers, their employers, or other persons or organisations?
? ?
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions, please proceed to Section 9.
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please explain here:
? The nature of the risks involved and why these are necessary
? How you propose to assess, manage and mitigate any risks
? The procedures for arranging that participants understand and consent to the risks and the
sources of help they may refer to if they are seriously distressed or harmed as a result of
taking part in this project
? The arrangements for recording and reporting any adverse consequences of the research
? Which locations where the project will be undertaken, e.g. public place, school, company,
hospital, University, researcher’s office, etc.
….. then proceed to Section 9
SECTION 9. RISK OF DISCLOSURE
Is there a risk that… Yes No
9.1 … your project may lead participants to disclose evidence of previous criminal
convictions or a potential to commit criminal offences?
? ?
9.2 … your project may collect information that is likely to be useful to a person
committing or preparing an act of terrorism?
? ?
9.3 … your project may lead participants to disclose evidence that children or
vulnerable adults have or are being harmed or at risk of harm?
? ?
9.4 … your project may lead participants to disclose facts about themselves or others
that may later lead to distress or harm?
? ?
9.5 … your participant(s) may disclose material that could put the researcher at risk of
committing an offence with regard to failing to report a suspected crime; such that
anonymity of the participants cannot be guaranteed?
? ?
9.6 Have you been asked to sign any non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to conduct
this research? NB: please contact the relevant admin team immediately in this case
(see p1 for contact details)?
? ?
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions, please proceed to Section 10.
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please explain here:
? Why it is necessary to take risks of potential or actual disclosure
? What actions you would take if such disclosures were to occur
? What advice you will take and from whom before taking these actions
? What specific information is likely to be collected
? What information you will give participants about the possible consequences of disclosing
information about information that may lead to risk of harm
……then proceed to Section 10
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SECTION 10. PAYMENT OF PARTICIPANTS
Yes No
10.1 Do you intend to offer participants cash payments or any other kind of incentive
or compensation for taking part in your project?
? ?
10.2 Is there any possibility that such inducements may cause participants to consent
to risks that they might not otherwise find acceptable?
? ?
10.3 Is there a possibility that payment or incentive of any kind may skew or bias the
data provided by participants?
? ?
10.4 Will you inform participants that accepting compensation or incentives does not
invalidate their right to withdraw from the project?
? ?
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions, please proceed to Section 11.
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please explain here:
? The nature of the incentives or amount of payment that will be offered
? The reasons why it is necessary to offer such incentives
? Why you consider it ethically and methodologically acceptable to offer incentives
….. then proceed to Section 11
SECTION 11. INTERNET OR SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH
Yes No
11.1 Will you use the internet or social media (e.g. WeChat, WhatsApp, Facebook,
LinkedIn or similar) to share the link to your Qualtrics survey?
? ?
11.2 Will any part of your project involve collecting personal information or data from
people using the internet, social media (or similar), whether on a public forum or within
an application/ ‘app’ or social media site?
? ?
11.3 Is any of the data you propose to use in this research from within a ‘closed group’,
password protected website/ forum, or other non-public area of the internet?
? ?
11.4 Is there a possibility that any information collected using websites/ social media
may be from or about ‘vulnerable’ participants (see section 6)?
? ?
11.5 Is there a possibility that any information collected using websites/ social media
may be from or about children (people aged under 18)?
? ?
11.6 Is there a possibility that any of the information collected using websites/ social
media might be deemed as personally ‘sensitive’?
? ?
11.7 Could your data collection method involve breaching any application’s (or app’s)
terms and conditions or breach a participant’s confidentiality or anonymity arising from
the use of electronic media?
? ?
If you have answered NO to ALL of these questions, please proceed to Section 12.
If you have answered YES to ANY of these questions, please explain here:
? How you propose to collect this data on the internet
By asking the participants to fulfil the questionnaires designed in advance
? How you propose to get ‘consent’ from participants for use of their data, or from internet
companies to use such data in a research study?
By asking them to sign consent forms to acquire their approval
? How do you propose to ensure that you do not collect data from participants aged under 18
years of age accidentally?
The data will be collected from the participants who I normally work with or know.
? The terms and conditions or obligations of the software/ platform you are using and how
you meet those terms [NB: please append the key terms and conditions of the software
tool/ company (or their weblink) to this form after going through them with your supervisor
to ensure compliance]
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In order to use the software or platforms, I will have to sign on papers or online to confirm
that I will accept and follow the terms of the software or platforms
? Any significant statements within the terms of conditions of the browser/ application/ site
you are using to collate your data
Not sure yet.
? How you propose to address the risks associated with internet/ social media research, e.g.
data is not collected from unintended participants (please first review your answers to
Section 6)
I would discuss with my supervisor about the risks first and then find a solution.
….. then proceed to Section 12
SECTION 12. PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS
Yes No
12.1 Will your project involve collecting information from participants regarding ANY
of the nine ‘protected characteristics’, covered by the UK Equality Act 2010, i.e. age,
sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, marriage and civil
partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief?
Please remember that you MUST append your intended participant-facing questions to
this approval form!
? ?
If you have answered NO to Q12.1 question, please proceed to Section 13.
If you have answered YES to this question, please refer to the ethics website about protected
characteristics (that includes best practice for asking these types of questions), append ALL questions
asked to participants to th