the
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE
Minutes of the second meeting of the 2013/14 session held on Wednesday 19th March at
10.00am in Room 028, Blake Building, Medway Campus.
Present:
Prof. Pam Maras (HSC/Psychology & Counselling) (Chair)
John Wallace (Secretary)
Lucy Fincham (University Data protection Officer)
Mahkameh Ghanei (FBU)
Prof. Jill Jameson (FEH)
Dr Ana Marr (FBU)
Dr Simon Richardson (FES)
Dr Pia Sweet (Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust)
Prof. Liz West (FEH)
Norma Powell (Minute Secretary)
Apologies:
Prof. Chris Bellamy (Director GMI)
Prof. Jon Davison (University of Birmingham)
Edward Phillips (FACH)
Prof. Keith Tomlins (FES)
In attendance:
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
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Apologies for absence were noted.
DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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Prof Pam Maras declared her interest as a co-researcher in application ref 13.3.5.6:
The Ecotec 21 Building evaluation including environmental attitudes and values and
as a supervisor in application ref 13.3.5.12: An examination of interdisciplinary
discourse on young male and trans people (aged thirteen – eighteen)involved in
sexual exploitation in multiple settings (street- based, indoor, online and on-screen)
within the professional and policy agenda in England
Prof Liz West declared her interest as a supervisor in application ref 13.3.5.18:
Exploring the link between positive mood, personality and cognition
Prof Jill Jameson declared her interest as a supervisor in application ref 13.3.5.10:
Creation of a formal model of Edutainment (education and entertainment) that will
enhance learning of Cyber Security subjects in Higher Education
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
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It was noted that Dr Ian Tharp should have been recorded as present at the meeting.
Subject to this amendment, the minutes of the meeting held on 3rd December 2013
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and summary of decisions made were agreed as an accurate record.
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
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None
APPROVAL BY CHAIR’S ACTION
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The committee noted that the following applications which required amendment
had been satisfactorily completed and approved by chair’s action:
a) cf: min. 12.4.5.7
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: An examination of the experiences of Polish parents
living in the Medway region of the English Primary education system.
b) cf: min. 12.2.5.3
(Faculty of Engineering and Science)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Does growth rate affect the flexibility of the quadriceps
and calf muscles in young male academy footballers?
c)
cf: min. 12.5.5.23 (Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Collaborating for Value
d) cf: min. 13.1.5.10
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Automated Profiling of the Cyber Attacker
e) cf: min. 13.1.5.12
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The professionalisation of teaching in Higher Education:
recognition vs PG qualification, a comparative study at the University of
Greenwichcf: min. 12.5.5.17 Deborah Watkins (School of Health and Social
Care)
f) cf: min. 13.2.5.4
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The role of executive function and theory of mind in
the function and form of children’s aggression
g) cf: min. 13.2.5.5
(Faculty of Engineering and Science)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Identification of Expertise in Complex Socio-Technical
Domains
h) cf: min. 13.2.5.8
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Pain, Pain Assessment and Pain Management in
Dementia: The Experiences & Attitudes of Care Givers and Relatives
i) cf: min. 13.2.5.12
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The second language acquisition of the English present
tenses by French native speakers
j) cf: min. 13.2.5.13
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Lessons in Fire Evacuation Behaviour in Dwellings
(LIFEBID)
k) cf: min. 13.2.5.14
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Disabled students’ access to Students’ Union activities,
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clubs, societies and student life
l) cf: min 13.2.5.16
(Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Pathways to Professionalisation: a case study of
coaching
m) cf: min. 13.2.5.17
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The use of social network analysis to examine the
development of group processes in peer-victimisation among young children
n) cf: min. 13.2.5.18
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The Psychology of Premonitions
o) cf: min. 13.2.5.19
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Attachment and exceptional experiences amongst twins
p) cf:. min. 13.2.5.21
(Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Application of service science to Higher Education
teaching and learning using technology
q) cf: min. 13.2.5.22
(Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Exploration of pro-social attitudes and behaviour in
serving on a mock volunteer student plagiarism panel
r) cf: min. 13.2.5.23
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and
Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Initial analysis of escalator usage at St Pancras station
title
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Application
Ref:
RESEARCH PROPOSALS
13.3.5.1
(Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: An analysis and critique of culture-oriented urban
development policy
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.2
(Faculty of Engineering and Science)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The didacticism of the Facebook in Higher Education:
deconstructing computer mediated communications for an insight into enhancing
their uptake and usage for social and institutional benefit
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
UREC Portal group for consideration by the Committee.
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13.3.5.3
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Surviving the digital maelstrom: Film in the time of digital
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.4
(Faculty of Education and Health)
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TITLE OF RESEARCH: Dementia Challenge: A study to evaluate a programme of work
to improve dementia care
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.5
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Algilez: A new artificial language
Subject to minor amendments and to FRDC approval, the application was approved
for submission to the Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.6
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Ecotec 21 Building evaluation including environmental attitudes
and values
Subject to minor amendments, the revised application should be submitted to the
Faculty Research Ethics Committee for approval by Chair’s Action. The revised
application to be reviewed by the Data Protection Officer as the Chair was a coresearcher of the applicant.
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13.3.5.7
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Ticket Crime: Deconstructing ambiguity in ticket sales
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to UREC
Portal group for consideration by the Committee.
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13.3.5.8
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Individual differences in subconscious, psychosocial and
neurological predictors of surveillance detection via non-conventional means
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.9
(Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Attitude to Postgraduate Education Study
Subject to minor amendments, the application should be submitted to the Chair for
approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.10
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Creation of a formal model of Edutainment (education and
entertainment) that will enhance learning of cyber security subjects in Higher
Education
Subject to minor amendments, it was agreed that the application should be referred
to the Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.11
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Pilot study on the effects of age on driver hazard perception:
Testing the potential for novel methods
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Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.12
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: An examination of interdisciplinary discourses on young male
and trans people (aged 13-18) involved in sexual exploitation in multiple setting s
(street-based, indoor, online and on screen) within the professional and policy
agenda in England
The application was approved.
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13.3.5.13
(School of Law)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Deaths in custody: Evaluating the impact of the information
sharing statement
The application was withdrawn prior to the meeting.
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13.3.5.14
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Ageing with HIV: Experiences and service responses (Study 1
undertaken as part of a HIV Community Research Partnership (CRP)
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.15
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Best use of Primary Care services for people with HIV in SE
London: Barriers and Facilitators (Study 2 undertaken as part of a HIV Community
Research Partnership (CRP)
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.16 (Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Children’s peer relationships in primary classrooms: Friendship
quality; participant roles in bullying situations; and links to feelings of self-worth and
school belonging
The research had already received approval from the University of Northampton.
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13.3.5.17
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: End of life health practices in BME groups
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.18
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: An evaluation of a change in educational strategy by exploring
the impact of “separation” on postgraduate medical trainees’ and education
providers’ experiences and perceptions of postgraduate medical training in Kent,
Surrey and Sussex and South London
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Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.19
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: “Listening to the patient” (Medical Humanities HEIF)
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.20
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Habits, anxiety and eating behaviours as predictors of exercise
levels in endurance runners
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.21
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: What fosters and what hinders the development of trust in
therapeutic relationships? A Q-method of beliefs held by trainee counsellors
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.22
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Skills for independent learning (S4IL): Iterative research on the
impact of a level 3 skills course and the potential of an intersice for practical radical
pedagogy – Pradagogy?
It was agreed that the application should be resubmitted to a future meeting of the
Committee.
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13.3.5.23
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: The identification and management of dental pain in older
people living with dementia in Kent
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.24
(Faculty of Education and Health)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Evaluation of the volunteers in the Advance Care Planning
Project at Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
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13.3.5.25
(Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Humanities)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Towards a New Film Pedagogy: The importance of film literacy
in developing creative digital citizens
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
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Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
13.3.5.26 (Faculty of Business)
TITLE OF RESEARCH: To develop a framework for integrating and strengthening the
pharmaceutical supply chain in developing economies: An investigation of consumer
perceptions
Subject to minor amendments, the application was approved for submission to the
Chair for approval by Chair’s Action.
CHAIR’S ACTION
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The Committee ratified the decision of the Chair to approve the following
applications by Chair’s Action:
13.3.6.1
(Faculty of Education and Health): Provision of services for
participatory action research on Roma integration plans
13.3.6.2
(School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences): Improved
Understanding of the Impact of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
Measures (Bollards) on Pedestrian Crowd Movement (Part 2
The Committee ratified the decision of the Chair to approve the following
amendments to previously approved applications:
a) Cf. 11/12.3.5.17
(Faculty of Education and Health):
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Social identity, attribution, attitudes and behaviour
change in different contexts
 Change of principal investigator to Nicole Gridley
 Variation to project dates.
b) Cf. 11/12.3.5.17
(Faculty of Education and Health):
TITLE OF RESEARCH: An evaluation of Greenwich Mencap GreenLights
Project Extension
 Start date (i) of the project and (ii) of the fieldwork
 (i) February 2014 (ii) March 2014
 (i) End date (i) of the project and (ii) of the fieldwork
 July 2014 (ii) June 2014
c) Cf. 12.5.5.21
(Faculty of Education & Health):
TITLE OF RESEARCH: Recognition and evaluation of facial composites
•
Extension of deadline for data collection to 30 April 2014
•
Include an email invitation to participate in the project to those
criminology students who take psychology courses but are not on
SONA
•
Include information saying that participant university e-mail
addresses will be kept in order to link data at each stage of the project
(with psychology students this was done via SONA). However, these email addresses will be deleted once the participant completes the
project.
d) Cf. 13.2.5.19
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TITLE OF RESEARCH: Attachment and exceptional experiences amongst twins
 Extension of project until 1st October 2013
EXTERNAL REC APPROVAL
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i.
(King’s College, London)
Research Title: Investigation into KCL student clinical placement in psychiatry:
what is actually happening and how can we improve the student experience?
The Committee noted that a research project being carried out at King’s College,
London, to investigate how nursing and medical students find teaching in
placements and to which Greenwich students were invited to participate, was
agreed by KCL Research Office under reference no. PNM/13/14-2.
ii.
(Oxford Brookes University)
Research Title: What is the affective impact of student midwives’ early clinical
experiences of birth on their learning and professional socialisation?
It was noted that UREC’s consent had been given to this project being conducted
with the participation of University of Greenwich students on the basis of the
ethical approval given by Oxford Brookes University’s Research Ethics Committee
under reference no. E3/FH&LS
ETHICS GUIDELINES FOR INTERNET-MEDIATED RESEARCH
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The Committee received a copy of the British Psychological Society’s Ethics
Guidelines for Internet-Mediated Research. It was agreed that guidelines were
needed for the increasing amount of research at the University conducted using
online platforms and the BPS guidelines would have general applicability outside
research in the field of psychology. The Committee agreed to recommend to
Academic Council that the guidelines be adopted as a model for good practice for
university internet-mediated research.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
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The Data Protection Officer reminded the committee that the new application form
is available online. The form should be downloaded by future applicants and
representatives were requested to remind their Faculties about this and to ensure
that the new version was used rather than previously saved versions.
It was agreed that at the next meeting there would be discussion of archived data
and that a definition of ‘pilot study’ would be published ahead of discussion at the
next meeting.
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DATES OF MEETINGS FOR 2013 - 2014
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(N.B. all meetings start at 10 a.m.)
Friday 2nd May 2014 (papers required by 17th April)
Queen Anne Court room 075, Greenwich Campus
Tuesday 8th July 2014 (papers required by 24th June)
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Queen Anne Court room 075, Greenwich Campus
Papers would be required at least two weeks before the meeting to be included in
the agenda.
The meeting ended at 12:40.
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