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Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee

The Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee (SSREC) scrutinises the ethical implications of research grant proposals submitted to external funding bodies by University staff with a view to their endorsement. It complies with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Ethics Framework. It is a sub-committee of the Ethics Committee.

Secretary to the Committee: If you would like further information about the Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee, please contact Suzanne Jacobs (ext 3414, email S.Jacobs@bath.ac.uk).

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

Dr Joe Devine Chair
2012
     
Department Research Ethics Officers:    
     
Professor Philip Jones Economics  
Professor Andrew Stables Education  
Dr Anne White European Studies & Modern Languages  
Dr Helen Lucey Psychology  
Professor Edmund Thompson School of Management  
Professor Ian Butler Social & Policy Sciences  
     
Members from outside the social sciences:    
     
Dr Gordon Taylor Health
2012
Dr Andrea Taylor Pharmacy & Pharmacology
2012
Dr David Packham Department of Natural Sciences
2012
     
Lay members:    
     
vacancy  
Mr Dave Pearce Regional Centre Advisor for Oxford, Cambridge, and RSA Examinations
2012

Terms of Reference
Approved by Ethics Committee, 2nd May 2006, Revisions approved 6 February 2007 and 14 October 2008

  1. To review social science proposals from University staff and its students and advise on the requirements for ethical approval.
  2. To give written endorsement of the ethical implications of such proposals that require ethical approval in the form of Minutes, or provide written information as to why endorsement has not been given.
  3. To consider resubmissions.
  4. To refer to the University Ethics Committee cases which cannot be resolved or about which there is uncertainty.
  5. To receive reports from department research ethics officers on proposals endorsed via the expedited review procedure.
  6. To advise on the most appropriate monitoring mechanisms for projects that have been approved, and to receive monitoring reports at agreed intervals from the principal investigator.
  7. To receive reports from department research ethics officers on student business; and advise on student research proposals which cannot be resolved or about which there is uncertainty.
  8. To operate procedures when scrutinising proposals with a view to endorsement that are no less rigorous than those suggested or required by relevant professional bodies.
  9. To advise the University Ethics Committee on training needs for SSREC members.

Dates of Meetings

2011/12:

2010/11:

2009/10:

2008/09:

2007/08:

2006/07:

The minutes and summaries of meetings of the Social Sciences Research 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 the Secretary to the Committee.

Procedural Rules

Appointment of Chair: Nomination to be approved by the Board of Studies of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Co-option: Department Ethics Officers as required from other Social Science areas.
Alternates: None specified.
Quorum: None specified.
Rules for voting: None specified.
Minutes: Submitted to Ethics Committee.

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