Faculty of Education - University of Tasmania

All staff, graduate research students and honours students are required to submit ethics applications to the Faculty of Education for review, prior to submission to the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC).

This document provides detailed guidance about the process and links to related sites: 2009 Ethics Guidance document

Sample information sheets and consent forms can be found at this site:
http://www.research.utas.edu.au/human_ethics/guidelines_information_sheet.htm

Research ethics application and forms

The social sciences pro-forma documents are the most appropriate for most educational research.

The National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007) is the national standard for the conduct of ethical research in Australia. The National Statement is the main source of all the ethical guidelines used by all the HREC of the HREC (Tasmania) Network. Applicants are asked to directly refer to relevant sections of the statement. Please access the statement at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/_files/e72.pdf

The following power-point slides from a presentation by the chair of the HREC (Tasmania) include further guidance points for applicants. HREC PowerPoint slides

Applications are required to be submitted to the Faculty to allow time for review prior to submission to the HREC. Please refer to this calendar of submission and review dates for ethics applications. 2009 Ethics dates

Education.Research@utas.edu.au

Ethics applications