Research Ethics Approval Form

Research Ethics approval form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of data
collected form 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 explore the effectiveness of digitising the kitchen system to enhance productivity of restaurant
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
College Name:
Intended research start date:
Intended research end date:
Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your project:
 Interviews Yes No✓
 Questionnaires Yes No✓
 Observations Yes No✓
 Use of personal records Yes ✓ No
 Data Analysis Yes ✓ No
 Action Research Yes No✓
 Focus Groups Yes No✓
 Others (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 an approached)?

Participants be recruited through survey
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
The processes you will use to inform participants is direct communication
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?
In written form
Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting questions
that do not wish to answer?
Yes ✓
No
If no please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their
informed consent to be observed.
Yes ✓
No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e give them a brief explanation
of the study)?
Yes ✓
No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a brief
summary of your findings in general)
Yes No✓
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data
Protection Act (1998)
Yes ✓
No
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
Only senior authority
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
Management information system
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No✓
If Yes, please provide further details: