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From: "Sheryl Coultas" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: Research Ethics as Process II - ESRC Research Training Initiative
Limited places available at this workshop. Please contact Sheryl Coultas
at: [log in to unmask] or view our webiste at:
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/ethicalresearch/ for a booking form to
reserve your place now.
Lancaster University Three Day Course on
Research Ethics as Process II
June 23rd - 25th 2008 (incl)
This three day advanced training event is aimed at those researchers who
wish to increase their understanding of what constitutes good ethical
research. Training will focus around seminars/workshops, with informal
discussions facilitated outside of the formal sessions to encourage the
development of a broad forum for exchange of ideas. The course will build
on issues covered in the course conducted in December 2006, discussing
them in greater depth and concentrating on areas that might cause tension
between researchers and approvals committees, such as techniques to
minimise participant attrition and novel methods of recruitment. Each day
will be applicable to both researchers and members of RECs, enabling the
perspectives of each group to be presented to the other through a
combination of interactive lectures, group work and role play. In this way
it is anticipated that REC members will enhance their understanding of the
needs of researchers, particularly in relation to different methodologies,
and researchers making applications for REC approval will develop clear
knowledge about the role and operation of RECs and what a REC looks for in
an application.
The event will be convened by Professor Hazel Biggs and chaired by members
of the training team from Lancaster University, with additional input from
other experienced staff from across Lancaster University where
appropriate. Each day will be devoted to a specific theme and will build
on the expertise and experiences of participants within the group. An
invited external expert, Professor Martyn Hammersly (Open University) will
speak and be present on Day 1 of the workshop to address issues concerning
experiences of applying to Research Ethics Committees.
The themes will include:
Research ethics – a critical review
Research Ethics review: process and pitfalls
Designing ethical research
Designing effective ethical review processes
There will be additional opportunities to continue informal discussions in
a social setting during the evenings of the 23rd and 24th June.
For further information and a booking form please contact the programme
administrator Mrs Sheryl Coultas at: e-mail: [log in to unmask] or
access the website at: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/ethicalresearch/
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