Our Research Ethics Open House initiative is part of our commitment to contributing towards an improved research culture underpinned by good research integrity. Our aim, is to provide a forum to disseminate information about our processes, offer support to staff and students, answer queries and foster informed discussions on topics such as: research ethics, open and trusted research, engaging with participants etc.

Topic Date
Revised Concordat to Support Research Integrity – what you need to know 10 September 2025 *New time 11:15-12:15
When and what type of ethics review does my project need? 8 October 2025
Enquiries into allegations of research misconduct 12 November 2025
UG and Masters projects- ethical considerations 10 December 2025
Human Tissue - Risk Assessments 14 January 2026
Research involving the use or development of medical devices 11 February 2026
Fraudulent Participation in Research 11 March 2026
Human participation in research - top tips for ethical recruitment 15 April 2026
Spotlight on the DREO role 13 May 2026
Ethics@Bath for qualitative research - top tips 10 June 2026
News from Research Policy, Governance and Integrity 8 July 2026
Email research-ethics@bath.ac.uk to schedule an ethics drop-in session

All sessions will be hosted via Teams and you can join our open house via this link.

If you would like us to hold 'themed' sessions on a particular topic or for a particular group of people e.g. engineers, students, working with the NHS, getting MHRA approval, an IRAS clinic etc please do let us know via this form.

Please see the Ethics@Bath Portal to access copies of the slides and recordings of all presentations.