Research students
Administrative matters and support
La Trobe's Research Students Unit manages all administrative processes related to Higher Degree by Research (HDR).
For all research student support information, resources, guidelines, ethics and compliance procedures, academic skills and management tools, essential forms and contacts, please visit the Research Services Research Students website.Research compliance
For information about research integrity, human research ethics, animal research ethics and recombinant DNA research and compliance procedures, visit the Research Services Research Compliance website.
Human research ethics
All research projects and teaching practical classes involving human participants require approval by an ethics committee. Approval may be sought from either the University Human Ethics Committee (UHEC) or the Faculty Human Ethics Committee (FHEC). Low-risk research projects are approved by the FHEC. Research projects which are above low-risk are approved by the UHEC.
To see if your research is low-risk, go to the Research Services Human Ethics Application Procedures web page.
For inquiries to the Faculty HEC, please contact Ms Kaye Collins E: k.collins@latrobe.edu.au or T: +61 3 9479 3698.
For inquiries to the University HEC, go to the Research Services Human Ethics - Compliance Contacts web page.
Applications to the Faculty Human Ethics Committee
Application forms and guidelines on how to complete the form are available from the Research Services Human Ethics website.
Low-Risk Ethics Applications
Staff are reminded that Low-Risk Ethics Applications are to be submitted to the Committee as attachments to emails sent by the Chief Investigator.
In the case of student research, the application must be submitted as an attachment to an email to the Committee from the student’s supervisor.
Send all submissions to Kaye Collins k.collins@latrobe.edu.au
Note: hard copies of applications will not be accepted.
