Research Governance is the regulation, monitoring and quality assurance of research on human beings, and includes appropriate legislation and procedures that impact upon universities, the NHS and other bodies. It is likely that in the near future there will be increasing demands from funding bodies and others upon researchers to be able to demonstrate that their research is subjected to appropriate scrutiny and monitoring.

For further information please select one of the following links:

• Introduction - Implementation of a University-wide policy for the governance of research involving human subjects being conducted by its staff or students. Also see our Ethics & Governance Leaflet
• Policy and Procedures - Link to policy and procedures pages. The full text of this section is available as a single Adobe Acrobat file.
• Human Tissue Act
• Ethics Committee
• Ethics Committee Submission Dates
• Filter Committees
• Forms & Further Information
• Unacceptable sources of funding
• Complaints Procedure
• Procedures for the Investigation of Research Misconduct
• Archiving Procedure for Research Data

• FAQs
• Links
• Research Ethics and Governance Staff