All members of the Department of Applied Social Science are committed to the highest ethical standards in their work. The ethics procedures set out on these pages are intended to support this commitment. They are compliant with the ESRC Research Ethics Framework.

These pages include the ethics procedures followed in the Department of Applied Social Science and copies of all relevant forms for staff and research postgraduates. Forms for taught postgraduate and undergraduate students will be issued by Programme Directors or Dissertation Coordinators.

The Ethics Committee meets every month except July. Below is the current timetable of meetings and deadlines.

Ethics Committee

Meeting dates and deadlines 2009/2010

DEADLINE FOR PAPERS	MEETING DATES (THURSDAYS 1000 – 1200 ROOM 4S23)
2009	2009
6^th August	20^th August
10^th September	24^th September
8^th October	22^nd October
5^th November	19^th November
3^rd December	17^th December

2010	2010
7^thJanuary	21^st January
4^th February	18^th February
11^th March	25^th March
8^th April	22^nd April
6^th May	20^th May
3^rd June	17^thJune

Ethics Procedure Forms
ESRC Research Ethics Framework Guide to using the handbook Research procedures in DASS DASS ethical review procedures Research Grant/Contract Application Summary and Ethics Declaration Coversheet for full review Coversheet for light touch review Ethics checklist for DASS ethics committee Ethics checklist for student projects Ethics approval form for student dissertations documents/uploaded/file/RiskAssessment1(2).doc

Ethics Procedure Forms

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