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The University of Wolverhampton is committed to achieving excellence in research and scholarship. The pursuit of excellent research and the fulfilment of our responsibilities to participants in research, research users and the wider community require the maintenance of the highest standards of integrity and ethics.
These pages provide guidance for researchers on and links to University policies addressing issues of research integrity, responsible research, research ethics and general matters of good research practice.
Research Strategies
Research Governance
- Research Governance & Management
- Research Governance Committee Terms of Reference 2021-22 (Word doc 48k)
- Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs)
Research Integrity & Ethics
- Code of Good Research Practice 2020-21
- University Ethics Policy (Word doc 33k)
- Ethics Guidance (www.wlv.ac.uk/ethics)
- The Research Policy Unit (RPU)
- Research Integrity
- Transparency Policy
- Institutional Sponsorship Policy - Health & Social Care Research (Word doc 31k)
- Institutional Sponsorship application process *NEW*
- Academic Authorship Policy (Word doc 34k)
- Research Misconduct
- Procedures for dealing with allegations of misconduct in research (staff) (Word doc 33k)
- Policy for Use of Human Tissue for Research (2019) (Word doc 36k)
- The Nagoya Protocol on Access & Benefit Sharing
Open Research
Responsible Research
- Data Protection Policy
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Document Retention Schedule
- Confidential Waste Disposal Policy
- Data Breach Incident Management Policy
- Intellectual Property Policy
- Statement on Copyright (Word doc 65k)
- Freedom of Information Policy 2016 (PDF 31K, Downloads file)
Use of Facilities & IT
- Acceptable use of IT facilities policy
- Encryption Policy
- Information Governance Policy
- Information Security Policy (PDF 134K, Downloads file)
Health & Safety
Equality Charters
Business Services
Research Students
- The Doctoral College
- Research Forms (Registry)
- Doctorate Extension Scheme (Tier 4 visas)
- Research Studentship Policy (Word doc 36k)(wef March 2019)
- Policy on Remote Viva Voce Examinations (Word doc 41k) (wef Feb 2020)
- Policy on Research Support Fees for Postgraduate Research Students (Word doc 22k) (wef July 2020)
Research Degree Regulations and frameworks
- Research Degree Regulations & Handbooks (revised Jan 2021)
- Professional Doctorate Framework (Word doc 26k)
Research Excellence
- Research Excellence Framework (REF)
- Elements (UoW Research Information Management System)
- REF 2021 Open Access Policy
- Impact@Wolverhampton
- ORCiD
- Research Indicators (Metrics) Policy (Word doc 41k)
- Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
- Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research
- National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE)
Funding
UK Initiatives Relevant to Staff Engaged in Research
- Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
- Vitae Membership
- Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey (CEDARS)
- UK Professional Standard Framework for teaching and supporting learning (UKPSF) KUDOS
Training & Development
The information on this webpage was last updated on 22 April 2022, by Jill Morgan, Research Integrity Manager, Research Policy Unit (j.morgan4@wlv.ac.uk)