Any research conducted with or about people, their data, or their tissue is considered Human research, according to the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025 (the National Statement), and requires ethical approval prior to commencing research. Human participation includes the involvement of human participants in the following activities:
- surveys, interviews or focus groups;
- psychological, physiological or medical testing or treatments;
- having their personal documents or other materials accessed;
- observation by researchers;
- collection and use of their body organs, tissues or fluids (e.g. skin, blood, urine, saliva, hair, bones, tumour and other biopsy specimens) or their exhaled breath, and;
- their information (in individually identifiable, re-identifiable or non-identifiable form) as part of an existing published or unpublished source or database being accessed.
At Curtin, ethics applications are submitted and managed through a platform called InfoEd. Curtin Staff and Students can log in using the Curtin Single Sign On (SSO) to access the application platform, as well as information and user guides on using the system, via the Help drop down menu.
These pages have been designed to provide guidance on the Human Ethics processes at Curtin. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please feel free to email us.
Curtin research staff are also required to complete the Research Integrity Training module through iPerform.
Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students are required to complete the Research Integrity and HDR Essentials through Blackboard*
We host Drop-in Sessions during semesters where you can come along and speak to one of our team about anything ethics related. If you would like to speak to one of our friendly team for assistance with your ethics application, you can book an appointment for an in-person or Microsoft Teams meeting via our Bookings page.
