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Gary Allen, Mark Israel, Colin Thomson We are pretty excited to be working with an animation company on a couple

AHRECS Human research ethics workshop in Thailand
One of our consultants (Dr Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald) recently facilitated a seminar on research ethics in the
Ten ways of ensuring affordable professional development in your institution
Research institutions have a responsibility under the Australian Code to ‘Provide ongoing training and education that promotes and supports responsible research

Get access to some great resources (two examples included in this post) and support events like the Constructive Voices panels
Every month we add at least two items to the subscribers’ area. These include vignettes and other resources to use
Constructive Voices Online Panels – Australian Code session 08/11/2018 – Information for registrants
To register for this event complete the short form at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nsbPkzfbT6S4YWzeEekKxA Date Panel members Questions Australian Code 8th November at
Constructive Voices Online Panels
The NHMRC, ARC and Universities Australia have had a busy 2018. Among other things, there is a new Australian Code
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Constructive Voices: Implementing the 2018 updates to the National Statement and Australian Code Get answers to your questions and hear
New resources coming soon from AHRECS
AHRECS has always had two primary missions: to provide relevant and up-to-date information services on human research ethics and research
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The complex art of benefit-sharing
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Associate Professor Deborah Zion Chair, Victoria University, HREC. deborah.zion@vu.edu.au Can these bones live? Ezekiel,

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Pursuing compliance or ethical excellence?
In Australia or another country outside of Africa, would institution link to material about Ubuntu ethics? Especially if the institution isn’t doing a great deal of research in Africa.
In this post, Gary reflects on the argument that material should be included in an institution’s Human Research Ethics resource library, even if doing so, won’t be necessary to archive compliance with the national ethics guidelines/standards/regulations. In fact, he argues that precisely because it is not required, they should be included.
Gary refers to a podcast and a journal article that have recently been included in the AHRECS resource library, as examples of material that should be included in institutional resource libraries.
The point here is that material should be included if it would support excellent ethical conduct, irrespective of whether it would help demonstrate that the institution complies with the national standards – such as the National Statement in Australia.