Who needs to obtain approval?
Anyone (including Research Workers external to USQ) wishing to contact USQ students and / or staff for research purposes (e.g. surveys, interviews, focus groups) needs to obtain approval.
Obtaining approval at USQ:
At the earliest time possible prior to conducting the research with or about human participants, contact the responsible officer at USQ to request permission to survey staff or students for research purposes:
- Student/s within a course/s within one discipline – Head of School
- Students within one Faculty Area – Executive Dean
- Students across whole of University campus/es: Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Services)
- USQ staff: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
Please include the following details in your email requesting permission, to ensure that your request can be reviewed and assessed promptly:
- Project Title
- Primary/Chief Investigator name
- Primary/Chief Investigator contact details (phone & email)
- Affiliation (Name of School, department, University, work area, or external organisation)
- Short summary (plain English) of project
- Aim of the Project
- Participant groups and the method of recruitment
- Time period when the research activities are expected to take place (e.g. Semester 2)
- Prizes/incentives (if applicable)
- Ethics approval details (if research is human research)