The University manages and directs its research through the Research Committee which is responsible for formulating and developing research policy and strategy, and for facilitating the management of research which is devolved to the Academic Schools.  The Research Committee works in collaboration with the University's Research Centres, each of which is based in one of the Academic Schools.

 

The overarching document is the Code of Research Good Practice which was approved by the Research Committee and Academic Council in June 2004 and articulates the University's expectations of its staff and students in relation to all aspects of the conduct of research, from training and staff development to publication ethics.   The University is currently working to develop appropriate audit procedures for this Code, as well as a dedicated procedure for managing cases of alleged research misconduct.

 

The University's researchers, and indeed, all its staff are subject to the Code of Practice Governing the Ethical Conduct of Research 2009  which articulates the University's requirements in relation to establishing the ethical basis of proposed work in research and scholarly activity and describes the procedures of the Research Ethics sub-Committee which is responsible for the ethical approval of projects falling into certain categories.