Thanks, I'm glad somebody else agrees. The student has messed up, they've been made aware of it. Absolutely no need to contact the supervisor and  "alert them to training needs."

At the very least, this should be a group for PhD/Grad students to support and help each other, not cause trouble for somebody when they've made a mistake. Contacting the supervisor goes against the spirit of this message board.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Meredith, Alexander <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi,

 

For reference sake, I agree with Jodie – I also don’t think any of us have the authority to contact people’s supervisors – we are not a regulatory body and contacting them would be stepping outside of our remit (not that we have one per se). We have expressed, in strong terms, our concerns with the study as is and pointed Aine in the direction of BPS regulations, that is all we can (and should) do.

 

Alex Meredith,

Nottingham Trent University

 

 

From: Research of postgraduate psychologists. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jodie Butler
Sent: 01 July 2013 11:27

To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10 min. test for a chance to win £10 voucher

 

If this is an innocent mistake, which now looks like it's been dealt with. Is there really any need to cause further trouble/distress for the student by contacting their supervisor? 

 

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Nancy.Rowell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Aine has now communicated to me that she didn't realise she needed all this for what is apparently some sort of pilot. She has provided her supervisors emails so I will be contacting them.

Nancy
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From: Hammond, Kate [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 July 2013 10:57

To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10 min. test for a chance to win £10 voucher

I agree.  If you want examples, then you can get excellent ones from the surveys posted on here so it's really not a big job to do.  I also think it's a data protection issue - that you need to tell people how their data will be stored, keep/destroyed.
Kate

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From: Research of postgraduate psychologists. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nancy.Rowell [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 July 2013 10:44
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10 min. test for a chance to win £10 voucher

Sending this to the list as well, because this is a discussion point at the very least.

That simply is not acceptable - you must have a brief and ensure your participants know their ethical rights (right to withdraw, confidentiality etc). You must tell participants that you have ethical approval.
Who is your supervisor(s)? Please send me their email address

Nancy
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From: Aine Ito [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 July 2013 10:01
To: Nancy.Rowell
Subject: RE: 10 min. test for a chance to win £10 voucher

There is none, I regard completing the survey as agreeing to participate.

Aine

Quoting "Nancy.Rowell" <[log in to unmask]> on Mon, 1 Jul 2013
09:53:10 +0100:

> Where is the consent form, ethics approval etc for this survey?
> ________________________________________
> From: Aine Ito [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 July 2013 08:46
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: 10 min. test for a chance to win £10 voucher
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for participants to take part in my online sentence
> completion test.
>
> You must be a *NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER*, and must not be colour-blind
> to take part.
>
> It should take 5-10 minutes to complete, and you'll be entered into a
> draw to win a £10 Amazon gift voucher on the completion.
>
> Please click the link below to participate.
>
> http://freeonlinesurveys.com/s.asp?sid=co6a8w0cmca0e1c291271
>
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Aine Ito
>
>
> --
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> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
> -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391),
> an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in
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