Introduction

Welcome to the Self-Assessment for Governance and Ethics - Animal Research (SAGE-AR)

 

All members of the University proposing to carry out research involving humans (including human data and/or tissue) and/or animals (including animal data and/or tissue) should assess whether their project requires review by an ethics committee before recruitment or data collection commences.

 

SAGE-AR focuses specifically on animal research.  By completing this self-assessment form, you will be guided as to what type of ethical review will be required for the animal component of your research project.

 

If you have a human research component to your project, you may be guided to complete the Self-Assessment for Governance and Ethics - Human and Data Research (SAGE-HDR).  Completion of SAGE-HDR will help you decide if your research needs ethical review by the University Ethics Committee or an external review body.

 

SAGE-AR must be completed by clicking 'Finish' at the end of the declaration page by:

  • Staff and visiting researchers
  • Postgraduate research students (PhD, PsychD and EngD)
  • Postgraduate taught students (MSc)
  • Undergraduate students

 

Further information on how the data you provide in SAGE-AR is used can be found in our privacy notice.

 

You can navigate forwards and backwards through SAGE-AR by clicking on the 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons at the bottom of the page.

 

If you are a student, you must check with your supervisor that your responses are correct before completing the form. DO NOT click on the ‘Finish’ button, until your supervisor has confirmed your responses to the questions are correct. You can do this by, clicking on the ‘finish later’ button at the bottom of the declaration page. Enter your own email address and the weblink will be sent to you by email. You can then forward this link to your supervisor to access your SAGE-AR form.

 

You can stop and save your answers by clicking on 'finish later' at the bottom of each page and returning later to complete it. Once you are ready you should click on the 'Finish' button.