UWIC APPLICATION FOR ETHICS APPROVAL

All Principal Investigators (PI) undertaking a research project should complete and sign
this application form.

Completion of Part One, the ethics review checklist, will help determine whether Part Two,
the application for ethics approval, should be completed and, if so, to which ethics
committee the application should be submitted for consideration.

Before completing this form, please refer to the UWIC Research Ethics Committee (UREC)
Guidelines and any relevant School guidelines.

As a PI, you are responsible for exercising appropriate professional judgement in this
review.

PART ONE - ETHICS REVIEW CHECKLIST

Principal Investigator:      
Supervisor (if student project):      
School:
Type of researcher:
Programme enrolled on:      
Project Title:      

SECTION A

Does your research fall entirely under the following three categories?
1. Paper-based, involving only documents in the public domain.
2. Laboratory based, not involving human participants or human tissue
samples (eg electronics; chemical analysis).
3. Practice-based, not involving human participants (e.g. exhibitions,
curatorial, reflective analysis, practice audit). YES

If YES, you do not need to complete Part Two of this form. Instead, please provide a short
synopsis of your project, complete Declaration A (page 3 below) and send the completed
form to your School Ethics Committee for information.

Synopsis of the project:

The research is aimed at analysing the competitive advantage of chinese electrical
appliances in Pakistani electronics markets.

If NO, please answer the questions in Section B below and follow the relevant instructions.
Before forwarding your application to the relevant committee, complete Declaration B
below.

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SECTION B

1 Will you take blood or tissue samples from participants?

2. Will the study involve prolonged or repetitive testing OTHER THAN
repetitive training exercises of a type which form part of the participants
normal activities (such as athletics or music training)?
3. Are drugs, placebos or other substances (eg vitamins) to be
administered to participants?
4. Could the study induce physiological or psychological stress or anxiety
significantly greater than the participants are likely to experience in their
daily lives?
5. Does the study involve participants who are unable to give informed
consent?
6. Will the study involve children?
(NB: Projects in Professional Practice involving groups of children in a
public place in school, with the permission of the school, are exempted.)
7. Is pain or more than mild discomfort likely to result from the study?
8. Will financial inducements, other than reasonable expenses and
compensation for time, be offered to participants?
9. Will deception of participants be necessary during the study?
10. Will the study involve NHS patients or staff?

Scenario 1
If you have answered NO to all questions 1-10 but your research involves human
participants (e.g. answering questionnaires, interviews, taking part in focus groups,
observation of behaviour, measuring physiological responses) you must complete Part
Two of this form and submit your application (both Part One and Part Two) to your School
Ethics Committee for consideration.

Scenario 2
If you have answered NO to questions 5-10 but YES to any question 1-4 and you will be
using an Approved Protocol1 for this section of your study, you must complete Part Two
of this form and submit your application (both Part One and Part Two) to your School
Ethics Committee for consideration.

Scenario 3
If you have answered NO to questions 5-10 but YES to any question 1-4 and you will not
be using an Approved Protocol, you must complete Part Two of this form and submit your
application (both Part One and Part Two) to UREC for consideration.

Scenario 4
If you have answered YES to any question 5-9 but NO to question 10 you must complete
Part Two of this form and submit your application (both Part One and Part Two) to UREC
for consideration.

Scenario 5
If you have answered YES to question 10, an application must be submitted to the
appropriate external NHS Research Ethics Committee and copied to your School Ethics
Committee.

1
An Approved Protocol is one which has been approved by UREC to be used under the supervision
by designated members of staff; a list of approved protocols can be found at:

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For all scenarios, applicants should note:
• It remains the responsibility of the applicant to operate within UREC guidelines and
any School or professional guidelines in the conduct of the study.
• Participant recruitment or data collection must not commence until ethics
clearance has been obtained from the relevant UWIC ethics committee (and in the
case of Scenario 5 from both the appropriate NHS Research Ethics Committee and the
relevant School Ethics Committee).

DECLARATION A
I confirm that the information contained in this form is correct

My research falls entirely within categories described in Section A of this form and I do not
need to take further action to obtain ethics clearance.

Signature of Principal Investigator:

Date:      

FOR STUDENT PROJECTS ONLY

I confirm that I have read and agreed the information contained in this form
Name of Supervisor:       Date:      
Signature of Supervisor:

School Research Ethics Committee use only

Considered and supported Considered and referred to UREC

Name: Date:     

DECLARATION B
I confirm that the information contained in this form is correct

My research involves human participants and Section B of this form indicates:

a) I must obtain ethics clearance from my School Ethics Panel
b) I must obtain ethics clearance from the UWIC Research Ethics Committee
c) I must obtain ethics clearance from the appropriate external health
authority ethics committee

Signature of Principal Investigator:

Date:      

FOR STUDENT PROJECTS ONLY

I confirm that I have read and agreed the information contained in this form
Name of Supervisor:       Date:      
Signature of Supervisor:

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PART TWO - APPLICATION FOR ETHICS APPROVAL

Name      
School/Centre
Other researcher(s)
working on project      
Does your project require ethical approval from an LREC or other body?
If yes, please name the LREC or other body      
Does your project use Human Tissue?
Has CRB clearance been If yes, which organisation
given? holds details of the check?2

Title of Project: Success of Chinese electronics manufacturing companies in Pakistani

electronics market
Expected Start Date:      
Approximate Duration:      
Funding Body (if applicable):      

DECLARATION
I confirm that the information contained in this form is correct Date:      
Signature of Principal Investigator:

Briefly give experience in research involving human participants

     
FOR STUDENT PROJECTS ONLY
I confirm that I have read and agreed the information contained in this form
Name of Supervisor:       Date:      
Briefly give Supervisor’s experience in research involving human participants
     
Signature of Supervisor:

School Research Ethics Committee / UREC use only

Decision reached: Project approved
Project approved in principle
Decision deferred
Project not approved
Project rejected
UREC Reference Number:

Name: Date:

Signature:

2
In cases where a CRB check has been sought by an external organisation, confirmation from that
organisation that a satisfactory check has been received is required at application stage.

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A - PROJECT DETAILS
A1 Briefly describe the rationale behind your project
Due to to dominance and popularity of chinese electronic appliances in Pakistani markets
A2 What are the aims of the research?
what are the international marketing strategies and other forces behind the success of
Chinese companies in international markets
A3 Will you be using an approved protocol in your project? No
A4 If yes, please state the name and code of the approved protocol to be used3
     

If your project does involve the use of an approved protocol, please indicate when
answering the following questions, which areas of your study are covered by the protocol

A5 What methods of data collection and analysis will you adopt?

Primary and secondary research through literature revie, auestionnaire and surveys
A6 What remuneration (if any) will be offered to participants?
     
A7 What age group will participants be recruited from?
18-50
A8 How many participants will be involved?
60 approx
A9 What sampling method and criteria will be used?
Non probability sampling
A10 Where and how will the sample be recruited?
Respondents will be from Pakistan
A11 What method of initial contact will you use?
email and social netowrking sites

B – POTENTIAL RISKS
B1 What potential discomfort or inconvenience to the participants do you foresee?
Lack of interest
B2 How do you propose to deal with the potential risks?
make questionnaire and survey interesting and not too lengthy
B3 What potential risks to the interests of the researchers do you foresee?
Lack of response, data authenticity
B4 How will you deal with these potential risks?
Large number of data to reduce errors

C – CONSENT
C1 Will informed consent be sought from the participants? No

C2 IF NO, explain why informed consent will not be sought

No personal/private information will be gathered. It will just be their opinion.

C3 IF YES, describe how informed consent will be obtained and attach copies of relevant
documents

3
An Approved Protocol is one which has been approved by UREC to be used under the supervision
by designated members of staff; a list of approved protocols can be found at:

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C4 If you are using an approved protocol, has the approved wording for
participants been included in your Participant Information Sheet?
C5 IF NO, why not?
     
C6 If there are doubts about participants’ abilities to give informed consent, what steps
have you taken to ensure that they are willing to participate?
     
C7 If participants are aged under 18 describe how you will seek informed consent
     
C8 How will consent be recorded?
     

D – OTHER DETAILS
D1 Will participants be informed of the right to withdraw without
penalty?
If no, please detail the reasons
     
D2 How will you ensure participants’ confidentiality and anonymity?
     
D3 How will issues of data storage be addressed?
     
D4 Are there any further points you wish to make with regard to the proposed research?
     

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