Ethics Application and Committee Information

TOR & SOPs

Terms of Reference

The terms of reference (TOR) document provides guidelines and a minimum standard for the North-West University Education, Management and Economic Sciences, Law, Theology, Engineering and Natural Sciences Research Ethics Committee’s (NWU-EMELTEN-REC) operational management of research ethics processes. It ensures the essential purpose of the North-West University Education, Management and Economic Sciences, Law, Theology, Engineering and Natural Sciences Research Ethics Committee (NWU-EMELTEN-REC) to protect the dignity, rights, safety, and wellbeing of all human participants. This is done through independent, prospective and on-going ethics review of all research studies undertaken by staff, registered students and affiliates of the University.

Note: The TOR document should be read in conjunction with all the other SOPs of the North-West University Education, Management and Economic Sciences, Law, Theology, Engineering and Natural Sciences Research Ethics Office (NWU-EMELTEN-REO) as well as national and international documentation (see section 9).

Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) Documents

1.1. SOP for the establishment of SOP’s of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.2. SOP for selection, appointment and functioning of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.3. SOP for incident and serious adverse event reporting and management of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.4. SOP for the research ethics approval application process of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.5. SOP for complaints management of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.6. SOP for monitoring and amendment of approved research studies of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

1.7. SOP for the expedited review process of NWU-EMELTEN-REC

Ethics application & notification forms

Please note that all communication regarding new and approved ethics applications must be submitted to the ethics office by the principal investigator who in the case of Masters and Doctoral studies, is the supervisor/promoter of the study.