Secondary Data Collection for University of West London Research Ethics

Please complete all the following sections:
Section A: Ethics Form
Section B: Data management and storage form
Secondary Data collection Only
University of West London Research Eth ics
You are required to complete an ethics application BEFORE you
embark on the data collection exercise of the research project
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RESEARCH ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
RISK ASSESSMENT FORM
Section A: FORM A

For all Undergraduate/Postgraduate Dissertations and Research
Projects
Please fill in this form, then SAVE IT AS A PDF and submit as instructed by your supervisor
with your project proposal
Your name: (first) ........................... (last) ...........................
Student number: ............... Your email address: [e-mail]
PROJECT DESCRIPTON
Please answer the following questions:
1. Do you intend to involve human participants in the conduct of your research? If
no, please skip questions 2 & 3.
✔☐ Yes ☐No
2. Does your research involve vulnerable adults or under-18s?
☐ Yes ✔☐No
3. Could your research potentially expose you, anyone assisting you, or
participants to emotional harm?
☐ Yes ✔☐No
4. Will your research involve travelling to geo-politically unstable
regions/countries (e.g. areas affected by war, civil unrest, natural disasters, or
listed as unadvisable to travel by the UK government?
☐ Yes ✔☐No
5. Will your research involve access to security-sensitive material? If yes, you
must include a data management statement.
☐ Yes ✔ ☐No
This proposal must be completed with the assistance of your supervisor. You
can change the size of the boxes (below) by typing or deleting as necessary.
It is very important to convey with clarity:
• Your research questions/the problem/the theme or topic you are investigating
(what you are proposing to do and to find out or to create)
• The methodology or technical approach (for projects comprising in whole or in
part the creation of an artefact) you will adopt – methods, number of
participants, who the participants (if any) will be, survey instruments used
technology and equipment employed etc.; and what questions you are
planning to ask your respondents (if applicable); how you will deal with
technical challenges.

Title of project To examine the role of training and development in enhance employee job
satisfaction. A study on Primark.
Name of researcher(s)
Email: @student.uwl.ac.uk
Name of supervisor Date:
WHERE APPROPRIATE TO YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC/RESEARCH: YES NO N/A
1 Will you describe in writing the main procedures to participants in advance, so that they are
informed about what to expect? A copy of this must be attached to this application
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2 Will you tell participants that their participation is voluntary? ✔
3 Will you obtain written consent for participation and include within this that they have a
right to withdraw at any point? A copy of this must be attached to this application
✔
4 If the research is observational, will you ask participants for their consent to being
observed?
✔
5 With questionnaires, will you give participants the option of omitting questions they do not
want to answer?
✔
6 Will you tell participants that their data will be treated with full confidentiality and that, if
published, it will not be identifiable as theirs? This should be evidenced in the consent
form and with a signed copy of UWL’s data management form, attached to this application.
✔
7 Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief
explanation of the study)? A copy of this must be attached to this application
✔
If you have ticked No to any of Q1-7, but have ticked box A overleaf, please give an explanation on a separate
sheet.
[Note: N/A = not applicable]
YES NO N/A
8 Will your project involve deliberately misleading participants in any way? ✔
9 Is there any realistic risk of any participants experiencing either physical or psychological
distress or discomfort? If Yes, give details on a separate sheet and state what you will tell
them to do if they should experience any problems (e.g. who they can contact for help).
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If you have ticked Yes to 8 or 9, you should normally tick box B overleaf; if not, please give a full explanation
on a separate sheet
YES NO N/A
10 Does your project involve work with animals? If yes, please tick box B overleaf. ✔
11 Do participants fall into any of the
following vulnerable groups? If they do,
please and tick box B overleaf.
Schoolchildren (under 18 years of age) ✔