Hi,

I asked an academic colleague about this and this is what they responded with – a contribution to the debate!

It seems like [the academic] is over stating the ethical case; there are definite considerations when researching one’s own students, but these can be mitigated. In your case, you are not marking any students’ work, so there is no conflict in your case, and as for the rest of us, we don’t know who/hasn’t responded when anonymous research is advertised, so there is no coercion there. In addition, advertising research being conducted somewhere else is not a ‘recommendation’, it is simply saying ‘take part if you want to’; we depend on other universities doing this for us, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to recruit participants.

Best wishes,

Marije

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Sent: 14 November 2018 12:01
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Subject: Re: Campus Climate Student Survey: Invitation to Participate.

Hello,

Just a note on this, we’ve shared this call with a number of our networks and received the following reply from an academic at our institution, which may be of interest/value to others:

Can I remind everyone that for ethical reasons, we should not advertise research to the students we teach - it might be constructed as a form of coercion (after all, we're the people their grades depend on, so they might feel uncomfortable about not complying / not following our 'recommendations').

Kind regards,

Michaela

Michaela Hodges

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From: HEEON equal opportunities list <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Mhairi Taylor
Sent: 13 November 2018 13:56
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Subject: Campus Climate Student Survey: Invitation to Participate.

Dear Colleagues

We are writing to request your assistance with our valuable research assessing campus climate for LGBT+ university students (in the UK and Philippines), and we kindly request your assistance in disseminating the invitation below to potential student participants at various UK universities. All students are welcome to take part.

The project has been approved by the University of Glasgow’s College of Science and Engineering Ethics Committee and comprises part of a funded PhD project (by British Council in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education - Philippines). The project aims to contribute to improving the understanding of the campus environment for LGBT+ university students in order to create safer and more inclusive campus environments.

Below is the e-mail invitation that can be sent to university students.

Thank you very much for your support.

Zyra Evangelista (PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow)

Dr Catherine Lido & Dr Maxine Swingler (University of Glasgow)

Dr Jason Bohan (University of Aberdeen)

_____________________________________________________________________

SUBJECT: Campus Climate Student Survey: Invitation to Participate.

You are kindly invited to participate in a research study to assess your campus perceptions and experiences of being a university student. Your participation in this study is voluntary, all responses are confidential and anonymous. No individual students, nor universities will be identified. Your participation is anonymous, answers will be kept confidential and you have the right to withdraw at any time.

The survey takes approximately 10-20 minutes to complete and you will have a chance to enter a prize draw for an Amazon voucher worth £25.

For more information, contact Zyra Evangelista (School of Education – University of Glasgow) at [log in to unmask], or [log in to unmask], or [log in to unmask], or [log in to unmask]

Click the link below and you'll be directed right to the survey:

https://glasgow.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9MIWeV1J78V0Tt3

Thank you in advance for your support, please disseminate to your peers or colleagues.

[Ethical approval from University of Glasgow available upon request]

Mhairi Taylor

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