Research Governance and Compliance

Supporting researchers, staff and students, to deliver high quality research underpinned by good governance, integrity and ethical approaches.

This team is responsible for facilitating and enabling excellent and ethical research through:

management of Institution-wide ethical review processes purposely designed to facilitiate and enable research with due regard for the dignity, rights, health, safety, and privacy of those involved
development and delivery of training to all researchers (staff and students) across the university in governance, ethics, and integrity matters
expert-level support to researchers with a focus on military and “dual use” export controls
strategic oversight of research governance policies and processes
monitoring compliance with relevant frameworks to ensure that research carried out at our University is ethical, lawful, and of the highest standards of integrity and rigour
supporting investigations into alleged research misconduct

Members

Filipa Vance
Head of Research Governance and Compliance

The Head of Research Governance and Compliance Team reports to the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research).
Fran Baber
Research Ethics Officer

Responsible for developing training, providing advice and engaging with researchers to ensure that appropriate research ethics standards are embedded.
Nia Fenn
Research Project Officer

Responsible for facilitating and supporting sponsored research from application to project closure.
Dale Topley
Trusted Research Manager

Responsible for the development and implementation of university strategy and policy falling under the broad spectrum of “Trusted Research”.
Helen Friend
Research Culture Project Support Officer

Responsible for developing research case studies and providing project support.