User Support Guide
A useful guide to help you navigate the system can be found here.
A short video demonstration of the system can be found here.
A guide on amending legacy applications can be found here.
For Supervisors
A helpful short guide for supervisors can be found here.
Healthcare Sponsorship
A useful guide to help you navigate the Healthcare Sponsorship system can be found here.
Welcome
Welcome to the University Ethical/Healthcare Sponsorship Review Manager. The system is provided by Infonetica Ltd. who will process and store your contact details and responses for use by the University in managing and approving your application for ethics/healthcare sponsorship review. The system is designed to provide a platform for the ethical/healthcare sponsorship review of research projects undertaken by Swansea University staff and students
Let’s get started…
Once you have completed your
details, including the project description, you will be presented with a series
of questions.
Once you have completed the questions, complete the declaration & ‘SIGN' and your application will be complete. If you are a student this needs to be submitted to your supervisor to sign the application. It will then move through the review process.
IMPORTANT before proceeding
If you are working with the NHS (including nursing homes) involving patients, drugs, medical devices, ionising radiation, or social care then please check the NHS Ethics approval toolkit and student research toolkit to see if you need to complete an application with the NHS.
You may not need to undertake Swansea University's Ethics review if you are required to complete the online
NHS Ethics approval.
2. HUMAN SAMPLES
If you are storing purchased or collected relevant material under the Human Tissue Act then you need to check if you require either an NHS ethics review or a Swansea University Ethics review and approval to store the samples under the University Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licence.
For Human Tissue Act enquiries,
process or licence applications please contact the HTA Governance Officer
or check out the website
Note: You can store HTA samples if you have NHS approval but would still need to apply for storage space.
3. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
If you are working with the MoD, they have their own ethics review. Please use their system to gain your ethics approval.
Ministry of Defence Research Ethics Committee - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If you are undertaking a review with the MoD, you do not need to undertake the SU Ethical review.
DATA PROTECTION
You can view the terms and conditions for use and the Privacy Statement for Infonetica here. Infonetica is a data processor for the purposes of the UK GDPR, processing personal data on behalf of Swansea University. This relationship is managed in line with the University’s obligations outlined in Article 28 of the UK GDPR. The data controller is Swansea University and the legal basis on which this task is being performed is public interest. The University Data Protection Officer provides oversight of university activities involving the processing of personal data and may be contacted using dataprotection@swansea.ac.uk. Information is available here.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Health and Safety are outside of the remit of research ethics. However, it is important for you to follow the guidance of the health and safety department and to complete any necessary risk assessments required for your research.
Research Integrity
We hope you have read the Information on Research Integrity; see the link here, especially the policy document from Page 9 onwards.
If you are not familiar with the guidelines, rules, and regulations governing research integrity, ethics, and governance, please read them and then continue with your application.
Training available
The University provides training and advice on Research Ethics.
Please refer to the training and advice on the intranet.
Feedback
If you would like to feedback on the system to help improve it then please use the link found here