The impact of ethics review on a research-led university curriculum: Results of a qualitative study in Australia

L. L. Wynn*

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    Abstract

    In the human sciences, a student research-centered pedagogy is constrained by institutional ethics review, yet there is little research on the impact of ethics review on research-led teaching. This article documents a range of ways that Australian universities are responding to ethics review of undergraduate human research. Forty teachers and administrators were interviewed at 14 universities using purposive sampling to document the range of ways teachers are avoiding ethics review or incorporating it into their curriculum. Some reported halting undergraduate research or evading ethics review, regarding it as meaningless bureaucracy divorced from actual ethical thinking. Those who incorporated ethics review into student research did so by collaborating with administrators. Institutions can facilitate research-led teaching by designing dedicated forms and decentralized review procedures for student research.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)180-190
    Number of pages11
    JournalJournal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
    Volume11
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2016

    Keywords

    • student research
    • teaching
    • qualitative research
    • bureaucracy
    • forms

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