Research ethics
The Research Integrity Office is responsible for supporting the operationalisation of research ethics and integrity at Unisa. All research conducted by academics, professionals and students at Unisa must obtain ethics approval before data collection, including research involving human participants, animals, environmental and laboratory studies, secondary data, and desktop studies.
Unisa Research Ethics Review Structure
Unisa employees registered for a qualification at another institution are regarded as external applicants. Suppose they wish to conduct research involving Unisa employees, students, or data; they must apply for ethics approval from the URERC.
Research Ethics and Integrity Policies
Policies establish boundaries for behaviour, decision-making and guidelines for best practices. Below are policies related to research and Research Ethics at Unisa and Research Integrity.
Research Ethics and Integrity Training
A hybrid training approach is followed at Unisa which includes both contact training and online training, as well as different levels of research training.
Contact us
Contact information for non-Unisa (external) researchers, Unisa employees registered for postgraduate qualifications at other universities, internal Unisa researchers and Unisa postgraduate students.