Research Ethics
Mary Immaculate Research Ethics Governance Committee (MIREC)
The MIC Research Ethics Governance Committee (MIREC) has ultimate responsibility for implementing the MIC Research Ethics Policy and for high-level oversight of every aspect of research ethics insofar as this relates to research projects involving human participants carried out by MIC staff, research postgraduates (PGRs), taught postgraduates (PGTs) and undergraduates.
MIREC underwrites ethical standards of practice in research. It supports all staff, supervisors and researchers in ensuring that their research is carried out to the highest possible standards. All research involving human participants conducted at MIC requires prior approval by a relevant Research Ethics Committee (REC), at Faculty-level (for staff and PGRs), Programme-level (for PGTs) or Department-level (for undergraduates).
The Joint Faculty Research Ethics Committee (JF-REC)
The Joint Faculty Research Ethics Committee (JF-REC) has responsibility for all aspects of research ethics clearance relating to research projects carried out by staff and research postgraduates where the proposed research involves human participants.
If you are a member of staff or a research postgraduate student (PGR) at MIC, and are conducting research involving human participants, you will need approval from the JF-REC before gathering any data.
- Mary Immaculate Research Ethics Governance Committee (MIREC)
