Research projects involving human subjects or human-related materials may require ethics approval. As part of designing the project, you must investigate if ethics approval is required: if it is, you must obtain ethics approval before you:
- start collecting data;
- can obtain the confirmation of candidature milestone for your research higher degree.
The Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Faculty Low and Negligible Risk Sub-Committee can review research protocols from honours and coursework masters students, so long as:
- The project involves no more than low risk (research is "low risk" where the only foreseeable risk is one of discomfort), and
- The Sub-Committee considers that it does not require institutional review by a University ethics committee.
Please submit your low risk research protocols to the HASS Faculty LNR Sub-Committee for consideration after reviewing the School of Music guidelines for obtaining ethics approval.