Human Ethical Review Committee (HERC)

Welcome to the Human Ethical Review Committee

The aim of this page is to clarify the role and remit of the HERC and provide guidance on applications to staff and students who wish to undertake research using human participants.

The R(D)SVS HERC’s role is to consider and regulate all research involving human participants, being pursued by staff and supervised students of the R(D)SVS.

This section includes the HERC application form, guidelines and other useful documents.