A document 'SCPD Points for FRECs', prepared by UREC-DP to provide F/RECs with guidance on points related to special categories of personal data, has been uploaded on the Resourcespage under UM documents- July 2025
The document 'UM Ethical Guidelines for Carrying Out Research with Disabled People' has been updated and approved by Senate, this can be found in Resourcespage under UM documents- June 2025
A link to the document 'Living Guidelines of the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research' has been added to the Resources page under Other documents- April 2025
Further amendments have been carried out on the following Sample Documents: Sample 福利在线免费 Letter, Sample Consent Form, Sample Questionnaire Consent - Possible Collection of Personal Data, Kampjum Ittra ta' tag魔rif, Kampjun Formula ta' Kunsensand Kampjun Kwestjunarju - Formula ta' kunsens - f'ka偶 ta' data personali. - January 2025
The URECA form Replica, which was also updated with a minor change in Q10, has been added as a main item to the 'Resources' page - August 2024
NEW UM Document 'Criteria for Medical Image Data to be Considered Anonymous' had been added to the Resources section under: UM documents - July 2024
Most recent version (2013) of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects has been added to the 'Resources - Other documents' webpage - June 2024
New FAQ - 'How do I ensure that my research conforms to UM Research Ethics & Data Protection Procedures?' has replaced a previous FAQ on 'Can you give me some examples of research activities that require review?' - February 2024
Most recent version (2024) of the ASAB Ethical Committee/ABS Animal Care Committee 'Guidelines for the ethical treatment of nonhuman animals in behavioural research and teaching' has been added to the 'Resources - Other documents' webpage - February 2024
New FAQ - 'What if my research involves the transfer or sharing of personal data with researchers outside of the EU?' - December 2023
A link to the DSM-5 Classification has also been included here. - November 2023
New FAQs have been added - 'What is defined as a mental health disorder?' & 'What if I plan to harvest social media data?' - November 2023
'The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity', this document has recently been updated with the 2023 edition and can be found here. - October 2023
NEW UREC Poster had been added to the Resources section under: UM documents - August 2023
Guidance note - 'Research on refugees, asylum seekers & migrants' have been added to the UREC website - March 2023
JFARSS webpage has been added to UREC website - March 2023
New FAQ - 'At which point of the research should a REDP form be submitted?' - March 2023
Guidelines for research involving persons with mental disorders have been added to UREC website - March 2023
Shortly after Senate issued the Research Code of Practice [PDF] and the Research Ethics Review Procedures [PDF] in September 2017, the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) launched an online self-assessment form for the use of researchers, using off-the-shelf software. UREC is now replacing this by software written specifically for the UM research ethics review process: URECA.
While the content of the online form has not changed, URECA automates the submission process, eliminating the need for applicants to send emails with attachments. Its backend features facilitate record keeping, review and audit.
As with the previous form, the URECA form enables users to assess ethical and data protection aspects of their research through a series of structured questions, helping them to self-assess as to whether the form should be submitted to the Faculty Research Ethics Committee (FREC) for records or for review. If the researcher is a student, supervisor endorsement is still required but the URECA system streamlines this process by giving access to supervisors to assess and endorse the form.
URECA will become active on 1 October 2021. Further information may be obtained from the URECwebsiteor from the FREC.
