STUDENT PROJECT / DISSERTATION ETHICAL REVIEW
APPLICABLE TO ALL UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

Please complete and return via email to your Project / Dissertation Supervisor along with
the required documents (shown below)
SECTION A: TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT
Before completing this section please refer to the Faculty Business & Law Research
Ethics web pages. Students should consult the appropriate ethical guidelines. The
student’s supervisor is responsible for advising the student on appropriate professional
judgement in this review.
Please ensure that the statements in Section C are completed by the student and
supervisor prior to submission.
Project Title:
Student:
Student number:
Course:
Supervisor:
Project start date
SECTION B: PROJECT OUTLINE (TO BE COMPLETED IN FULL BY THE STUDENT)
Issue Please provide sufficient detail for your supervisor to
assess strategies used to address ethical issues in the
research proposal

Aim / objectives of the study
These need to be clearly stated
and in accord with the title of the
study. (Sensitive subject areas
which might involve distress to
the participants will be referred
to the Course Approval Panel).
Brief overview of research
methodology
The methodology only needs to
be explained in sufficient detail to
show the approach used (e.g.
survey) and explain the research
methods to be used during the
study.
Does your study require any

permission for study? If so,
please give details
Participants
Please outline who will participate
in your research. If your research
involves vulnerable groups (e.g.
children, adults with learning
disabilities), it must be referred
to the Course Assessment Panel.
Access to participants
Please give details about how
participants will be identified and
contacted.
How will your data be
recorded and stored?
Confidentiality
Please outline the level of
confidentiality you will offer
respondents and how this will be
respected. You should also
outline about who will have
access to the data and how it will
be stored. (This should be
included on information sheet.)
Anonymity
Do you intend to offer
anonymity? If so, please indicate
how this will be achieved.
Could the research induce
psychological stress or
anxiety, cause harm or
negative consequences for
the participants (beyond the
risks encountered in normal
life)? If yes, you should outline
what support there will be for
participants.

SECTION C – SUMMARY OF ETHICAL ISSUES (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE
STUDENT)
Please give a summary of the ethical issues and any action that will be taken to address
the issue(s).

SECTION D – ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS CHECKLIST (TO BE COMPLETED BY THE
STUDENT)
Please supply to your supervisors copies of all relevant supporting
documentation electronically. If this is not available electronically, please
provide explanation and supply hard copy
I have included the following documents
Information sheet Yes  Not applicable 
Consent form Yes  Not applicable 
Letters Yes  Not applicable 
Questionnaire Yes  Not applicable 
Interview schedule Yes  Not applicable 
SECTION E – STATEMENT BY STUDENT
I confirm that the information I have given in this form on ethical issues is correct.

Signature _________________________________ Date:
_____________________
Affirmation by Supervisor
I have read the Ethical Review Checklist, and I can confirm that, to the best of my
understanding, the information presented by the student is correct and appropriate to
allow an informed judgement on whether further ethical approval is required

Signature ____________________________________ Date:
_______________________

SECTION F: SUPERVISOR RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROJECT’S ETHICAL
STATUS
Having satisfied myself of the accuracy of the project’s ethical statement, I believe that
the appropriate action is:
The project proceeds in its present form
The project proposal needs further assessment under the
appropriate Course Approval Panel
The project needs to be returned to the student for modification
prior to further action