Approved procedures

Details of CUREC approved procedures for specialised research areas

CUREC approved procedures allow you to apply for ethics review using the process for lower-risk research (completing a CUREC 1 or CUREC 1A application instead of a full CUREC 2 application form).

Approved procedures for specialised research areas:

  • assess risk, permitting lower-risk projects to proceed 'under CUREC approved procedures'
  • set standards of good research practice.

How to use CUREC approved procedures

  • download the current version of the procedure from this page (note that documents are subject to ongoing review)
  • check all sections of the procedure carefully to ensure that it is suitable for your intended research
  • cite only one procedure (but see ‘Further information’ below)
  • use the procedure-specific template participant information sheet, template consent form, and other templates
  • reference the correct procedure ID in your application

When using any CUREC approved procedure, it is also your responsibility to comply with current government guidelines on infection control.

 

In order to stay within the CUREC 1 or CUREC 1A frame, you can generally only apply one approved procedure to the research, but there are exceptions. If you intend to follow two or more approved procedures, that do not explicitly state they may be combined with another, please consult the relevant IDREC Secretariat to determine whether a CUREC 2 form needs to be completed.

If you know that you need to complete a CUREC 2, you should still check the approved procedures to see if any guidance within these is applicable to your research

If there is no template information sheet or consent form associated with the approved procedure, we recommend you use the generic template participant information sheet and consent form.

Current approved procedures

In some circumstances variations to these procedures can be accepted, but please contact us to discuss this.
For studies involving children or adults at risk, please also refer to the University's Code of Practice on Safeguarding.

Participants at risk

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For studies using a negative mood induction procedure with participants with and without a history of depression. 
 

 

Procedure 02 and its associated documents are for studies where standardised (usually clinical) questionnaires on sensitive and/or medical topics are applied in research visits or utilised to recruit a specific set of participants. 

 

Procedure 26 is for research involving staff or offenders in UK prison establishments or under supervision of the Probation Service. Procedure 26 may be cited in applications to both the Social Sciences and Humanities, and Medical Sciences IDRECs.

 

Scans, recordings or other non-invasive tests (adults)

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Procedure 3 and its associated participant information sheet above are for studies involving electrophysiological recordings (EEG) from the scalp in adult volunteers.
 

 

Procedure 8 and its associated documents above are for studies involving magnetoencephalographic (MEG) recordings from adult volunteers.
 

 

 

Procedure 17 and its associated documents above are for non-invasive magnetic resonance investigations in research participants.

 

Procedure 19 and its associated documents above are for studies investigating experimentally induced pain in adult healthy volunteers.
 

Children (recruited through schools/organisations), teachers

 

For a template letter to the headteacher, please see the document associated with Approved Procedure 15, bearing in mind text will require considerable revision as the focus of AP25 is not on the teacher.

Procedure 25 and its associated documents above are for research on children aged 3 to 16 years using non-invasive methods and recruited via an organisation, such as a school. It may be used in conjunction with an opt-out form for research fulfilling certain conditions, as detailed in the procedure. Procedure 25 may be cited in applications to both the Social Sciences and Humanities, and Medical Sciences IDRECs. 
 

Scans, recordings or other non-invasive tests (children)

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Procedure 11 and its associated documents above are for BabyLab studies using non-invasive assessment of infant eye movements and head movements in response to images and sounds, for typically developing infants and toddlers.
 

 

Procedure 12 and its associated documents above are for BabyLab studies involving non-invasive assessment of electrophysiological recordings from the scalp of typically developing infants and toddlers.
 

 

Procedure 16 above is for studying psychophysiological methods with children.
 

Other procedures

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