Research Ethics Approval Form

Research Ethics Approval Form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use
of data collected from human participants are required to gain ethical approval
before commencing their research. Please answer all relevant questions and note
that your form may be returned if incomplete.
For further support and guidance please see your respective Unit Tutor.
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed
research fully with your Unit Tutor. Please complete this form in good time
before your research project is due to commence.
Section 1: Basic Details
Project title: To determine the impact of employee engagement on retention of staff members at workplace.
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
School / College:
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
Section 2: Project Summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as part of your project (Please tick):
• Interviews:

• Questionnaires:
• Observations:
• Use of Personal Records:
• Data Analysis:
• Action Research:
• Focus Groups:
• Other (please specify):
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants? Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16:
Young People aged 17–18:
Adults:
How will participants be recruited (identified and approached)?
The participants will be recruited by using random data sampling method.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
To inform the participants, email has been used.
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made
clear to participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
The consent will be obtained from participants by using the email method and this will be in the
written form.
Studies involving questionnaires: Will participants be given the option of omitting questions they
do not wish to answer? Please tick:
Yes:
No: