The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) maintains its own Research Ethics Committee. At the Institute, all research projects by staff, students or visitors which collect or use data from human participants including secondary data analysis, systematic reviews and pilot studies, are required to gain ethical approval before data collection begins regardless of whether your research is funded or unfunded.

The IOE adheres to the UCL Code of Conduct for Research (PDF) and Statement on Research Integrity (PDF).

• IOE Research Ethics Guidelines (PDF)

  IOE Research Ethics Guidelines (PDF)

• Your ethics application - things you need to know (PDF)

  Your ethics application - things you need to know (PDF)

Applying for ethics review approval at the IOE

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

GDPR guidance will be applicable to all new ethics applications. The GDPR brings in key changes related to consent from May 2018:

• GDPR guidance notes (PDF)

  GDPR guidance notes (PDF)

• Research registrations checklist for researchers (DOCX)

  Research registrations checklist for researchers (DOCX)
• UK data service 
• UCL legal services

For further details, including guidance for research with children on data protection issues, and exemplars of consent forms and information sheets with privacy notice links, please visit your relevant section (staff or students).

For questions about GDPR, contact the UCL Data Protection team: data-protection@ucl.ac.uk

IOE Research Ethics Committee Membership

• Chair of the IOE Research Ethics Committee / IOE Head of Research Ethics and Governance - Professor Phil Jones
• Culture, Communication and Media – Dr Jennifer Rode
• Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment – Dr Becky Hale
• Department of Learning and Leadership – Dr Rob Higham
• Department of Social Science – Dr Rachel Rosen
• Psychology and Human Development – Dr Laura Crane
• Education, Practice and Society – Professor Judith Suissa and Dr Elaine Chase
• Centre for Doctoral Education – Dr Tom Woodin
• Lay member - Shani Shamah
• Student member - Emma Brooks 

Useful links

• The experience of taking part in a national survey: A child's perspective (PDF)
• Research With Children And Young People
• Prisoners Education Trust: Policy on protection of vulnerable adults (POVA) and children (PDF)
• Social Research Association Code of Practice for the Safety of Social Researchers
• Running a Web Survey (PDF)
• Conducting Research Online (PDF)
• Recording & Obtaining Consent (PDF)
• Preparing Information Sheets
• Data Science Ethical Framework (PDF)
• The Research Ethics Guidebook
• ESRC's Ethics Case Studies
• BPS's Ethics Guidelines for Internet-Mediated Research
• AoIR's guidance on ethical issues in internet research
• BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct 2018
• BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research 2018 (PDF)
• BSA Statement of Ethical Practice 2017 (PDF)
• UCL Library records retention schedule (PDF)