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Ethics Committee

The Ethics Committee is responsible for advising Senate on the development, implementation and review of institutional procedures and guidelines relating to ethical issues arising from teaching, research and other related institutional activities. The role of the Ethics Committee is to be proactive in relation to emerging issues of institutional, national or international significance but will be reactive in relation to providing guidance for individual members of staff or Department/Schools.

Secretary to the Committee: If you would like further information about the Ethics Committee, please contact Clare Henderson (ext 3400, email m.c.henderson@bath.ac.uk).

Membership 2011/12
Terms of office expire on 31st July in the year stated.

Professor C de Vries Chair, appointed by Senate 2012
Mr M Humphriss University Secretary ex-officio
Mr David Gould Lay member of Council 2012
Mr David Howells Students' Union nominated representative 2012

One member appointed by each Faculty/School:

Dr I Turner Faculty of Engineering and Design 2012
Dr J Devine Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2012
Dr J Raelin School of Management 2012
Dr P Mitchell Faculty of Science 2012

Co-opted Member:

Dr G Taylor Department for Health
2012



Terms of Reference
Approved by Senate 20th May 1998, revised 24th March 1999, 15th June 2006 and 19th October 2011.

The Ethics Committee will be responsible for advising Senate on the development, implementation and review of institutional procedures and guidelines relating to ethical issues arising from teaching, research and other related institutional activities. The role of the Ethics Committee will be proactive in relation to emerging issues of institutional, national or international significance but will be reactive in relation to providing guidance for individual members of staff or Department/Schools. Its terms of reference will be as follows:

  1. to advise Senate on the development of institutional policies and guidelines relating to ethical issues arising from teaching, research and other related institutional activities;
  2. to advise Senate on the development, publication and review of criteria to be applied to research sponsorship;
  3. to contribute to the promulgation of good practice within the institution;
  4. to provide advice to Department/Schools and individual members of staff on ethical issues arising from teaching, research and institutional practice;
  5. to formulate institutional responses to national and international developments relating to ethical issues;
  6. to consider any matters referred to the Committee by Council, Senate, the Research Committee, Boards of Studies, Departments/Schools and individual members of staff;
  7. to monitor ethical practise within the University and the operation of Research Ethics Committees, receiving annual reports where appropriate.

Dates of Meetings

2011/12:

2010/11:

2009/10:

2008/09:


 

The minutes and summaries of meetings of the Ethics Committee are not published here because they contain information which the University has declared will not be routinely published under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Further information about the Act (including the reasons why such information is exempt from publication) is available at http://www.bath.ac.uk/foi/faqs-staff-general.htm.  If you have any queries about the business conducted by the Committee, please contact Clare Henderson (ext 3400, email m.c.henderson@bath.ac.uk).

Procedural Rules

Membership and Appointment of Chair: See Senate Standing Order 16(v).
Co-option: See Senate Standing Orders 16(vi) and 16(vii). The Committee may co-opt additional members to provide areas of specific expertise not offered by the Faculty/School membership.
Alternates: See Senate Standing Order 17(ii).
Quorum: None specified.
Rules for voting: None specified.
Minutes: Submitted to Senate.

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Queries on the University's ethics processes can be sent by email to: ethics@lists.bath.ac.uk

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