Ethics

Master's and Doctoral

All research must, in terms of the Unisa policy on research ethics (Unisa, 2013; Unisa 2018) be considered for ethical clearance before it may commence. This includes research involving human participants, animals, conceptual work, the use of secondary data, laboratory experiments and literature review studies. It is not for the candidate to decide whether his/her research requires ethical clearance. It is the researcher’s responsibility to ensure that s/he does not undertake research without receiving ethical approval from an appropriate Ethics Research Committee (ERC). Candidates must be able to include an appropriately issued ethical clearance certificate (confirming approval or exemption) when submitting a thesis or dissertation for examination purposes.

For Ethics enquiries make use of the following contacts

General ethics enquiries - Reapplications@unisa.ac.za
Research Ethics and Integrity Officer - Ms Tanya Coetzee
Acting Research Ethics Advisor - Prof Vaola Sambo

Last modified: 2024/04/09