Training sessions for postgraduate students (Honours, Masters, PhD)

Learn how to apply for human ethics approval by joining one of our training sessions for postgraduate students.

Purpose

These training sessions are designed to assist student researchers to understand the ‘nuts and bolts’ of submitting a strong ethics application to the Human Ethics Committee and answer any questions you have about the process.

Topics

The topics that will be covered in these training sessions are:

• when and why ethics approval is required
• the ethics principles that guide the committee's decisions
• the application process
• how to apply through Hōkai
• what the committee looks for in your application
• hot topics and red flags in human research ethics
• amendments and extensions to applications.

How to take part

These sessions are held in person and on Zoom.

Training session dates

Friday 11 April 2025, 10.30–11.30 am, online only. Join via this Zoom link.

Tuesday 29 April,11 am–1 pm, online or in person (location tbc). Join via this Teams link. This longer session is hosted by the Faculty of Graduate Research.

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 10–11 am, online or in person. Come to Rankine Brown 903 or join via this Zoom link.