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 examine the impact of gender equality in leadership and management on company's
growth. A case study on ASDA.”
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?
Yes
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults: 18>
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
Email, Text
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are
doing:
I will use communication tools to inform participants.
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?
By asking them to fill consent form which will be in written form. They will be
provided with the option to withdraw anytime.
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