Research Project

Form A
FBLP Undergraduate Literature/Desk-based Research
For research that does not involve humans and/or animals

• Ethical approval must be obtained for all research conducted at the University of Hull.
• Ethical approval must be obtained before research begins.
• Once you have obtained ethical approval for your research you must do what you have said you will do in terms of research ethics.
• If your research methods change, you must obtain ethical approval for your amended project before research begins.

Research Ethics Declaration

It is essential that you are familiar with the University Code of Good Research Practice, Research Ethics Policy and the Procedures for Granting Ethical Approval before you complete this form. Please confirm that you have read and understood these documents:

https://share.hull.ac.uk/FBLP/SitePages/Ethics.aspx

YES/NO

PART A – SUMMARY

This section should be completed by the student undertaking the research.

Title of the research
Student Name
Student Number
Student email address
Faculty/School
Supervisor’s name (title, first name, surname)

Faculty/School

Supervisor’s telephone number

Supervisor’s email address

PART B –THE RESEARCH

This section should be completed by the student undertaking the research.
Please give an outline of your planned research methodology

Please confirm that you are NOT collecting primary data (face-to-face or via a third party), either through:
• Interviews
• Online/offline Questionnaires
• Observations
• Experiments
I am not collecting primary data through any of the approaches mentioned above.
• Please confirm that the research does NOT draw on use private, confidential, or illegal sources of data or literature (e.g. terrorism), and that all content is in the public domain:

I am not using private, confidential, or illegal content in my dissertation, and all sources of data and literature I have used are in the public domain.

o I am using Social Media following my supervisor’s authorisation and after reading
https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_487729_smxx.pdf

Declaration by Student researcher using desk-research
1 The information in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.
2. I take full responsibility for the information I have supplied in this document.
3. I undertake to abide by the University’s ethical and health and safety guidelines, and the ethical principles underlying good practice guidelines appropriate to my discipline.
4. I will seek the relevant School Risk assessment approval if required.
5. If the research is approved, I undertake to adhere to the project protocol, the terms of this application and any conditions set out by the Faculty Research Ethics Committee.
6. Before implementing substantial amendments to the protocol, I will submit an amendment request to the Faculty Research Ethics Committee seeking approval.
7. I understand that research records/data may be subject to inspection for audit purposes if required in future.
8. By signing the validation I agree that the Faculty Research Ethics Committee, on behalf of the University of Hull, will hold personal data in this application and this will be managed according to the principles established in the Data Protection Act (2018).

Student researcher

Signature of Student researcher:
(This needs to be an actual signature rather than just typed. Electronic signatures are acceptable)

Print name: ………………………………………………..Date (dd/mm/yyyy): ……………………………………………….

Supervisor of student research: I have read, edited and agree with the form above.

Supervisor’s signature:……………………………………………………….

(This needs to be an actual signature rather than just typed. Electronic signatures are acceptable)

Print name: ……………………………………………….. Date: (dd/mm/yyyy): ………………………….

The student should retain a copy of this form, and the supervisor should retain a copy