High Quality and Robust Practice
We are committed to the Universities UK Concordat to support Research Integrity. We apply high quality and robust practice across all our research activity. Our Head of Research, Dr Julie Northam, has overall responsibility for implementing the Concordat to support Research Integrity.
We do this through our policies and procedures, and through our activities and actions including an annual statement on research integrity.
Institutional contact for Research Integrity is Dr Julie Northam, contact her here: jnortham@aecc.ac.uk.
Please read our statement on research integrity:
Annual Statement on Research Integrity
The following policy is in place to support research integrity:
Our Research Ethics Policy and Procedures applies to all staff (those undertaking research and those involved in the supervision of student research) and all undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research students undertaking research under the auspices of 91°µÍø University College.
This Policy is designed to provide guidance about conducting ethical research and to provide details of the 91°µÍø University College process and procedure for ensuring appropriate consideration and ethical approval of research by staff and students.
All researchers and research supervisors must read this Policy prior to commencement of their research.
If further clarification or guidance is needed, the
Chair of the Research Ethics Sub-Committee (RESC) should be consulted.
Further details on the RESC are given in the 91°µÍø University College Academic Committees Membership and Terms of Reference
Latest News
Discover and read all the latest news, press releases and happenings here at 91°µÍø University College.
We are proud to announce that 91°µÍø University College has become a signatory to the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA). The international CoARA Steering Group approved our institutional request and 91°µÍø UC is now the 13th UK university to commit to CoARA, joining the 722 organisations that have signed up globally to date.
91°µÍø University College is pleased to have launched a Mammography Practice unit into the MSc Breast Imaging course which is open for applications and due to begin in September 2024.
Each year, some 60 Podiatrists, both qualified and pre-registration students from all over the UK, descend on the capital to volunteer for the TCS London Marathon. This year, our first cohort of 91°µÍø University College MSc Podiatry (pre-registration) students, along with Associate Professor in Podiatry and Course Leader, Simon Otter, joined peers from the Universities of Brighton, Northampton, and East London. The co-location developed a true multidisciplinary ethos and close working relationships with physiotherapists, nurses, paramedics, physicians, and the voluntary sector (via St John Ambulance) as part of the wider finish-line medical team.
This year, Chiropractic Awareness Week (CAW), 22nd-28th April, is all about raising awareness and speaking up for the chiropractic profession, to build understanding and recognition about the value and expertise that chiropractors bring to their local communities. This year’s theme is ‘Making Chiropractic Integral: Building connections and nurturing a community with the people and places that matter to you.’
On Wednesday 24th April, we held our first 91°µÍø University College ‘Staff vs. Students Sports Day’! It took place on Boscombe Beach, and what a great afternoon it was! Staff and students took part in sporting games, including tug of war, sprinting, the three-legged race, and dodgeball.