Arts and Humanities Research Ethics Committee
Annual report to the Research Committee, 2023–24
This report covers the Committee’s work from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024. It was approved by the Committee on 16 May 2024, subject to the Chair’s final changes, and received by the Research Committee on 15 July 2024.
Applications and decisions
| Measure | Number |
|---|---|
| Applications for full review | 41 |
| Approved at first consideration | 17 |
| Approved after revision or with conditions | 21 |
| Not approved | 3 |
| Amendments considered | 19 |
| Projects approved by faculty ethics leads (light touch) | 212 |
| Meetings | 5 |
The three applications not approved were declined because the applicants could not show how participants’ anonymity would be protected in published work. Two have since been resubmitted and approved.
Matters of note
The Committee considered an increasing number of applications involving images and recordings, including an amendment to the Centre for the Ethics of Perception’s project on bystanders. It revised its template consent form for oral history, and welcomed a new member from the Faculty of Law.
Decisions were reached by consensus. No dissents were recorded in the confirmed minutes of the Committee in 2023–24.
Attendance
| Member | Meetings attended |
|---|---|
| Professor Alastair Lyle (Chair) | 5 of 5 |
| Dr Owain Hesketh | 5 of 5 |
| Dr Clare Kearney | 5 of 5 |
| Dr Imran Siddiqui | 5 of 5 |
| Dr Fenella Brough | 4 of 5 |
| Mr Peter Danby | 5 of 5 |
| Mrs Ann Rowcliffe | 4 of 5 |
Professor Alastair Lyle, Chair
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