High Quality and Robust Practice
We are committed to the Concordat to Support Research Integrity. We apply high quality and robust practice across all our research activity. Our Director 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.
Our Institutional contact for Research Integrity is Dr Julie Northam, contact her here: Julie.Northam@hsu.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 Health Sciences University.
This Policy is designed to provide guidance about conducting ethical research and to provide details of the Health Sciences University 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 Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC) should be consulted.
Further details on the IREC are given in the Health Sciences University Academic Committees Membership and Terms of Reference
Latest News
Discover and read all the latest news, press releases and happenings here at Health Sciences University.
HSU is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Visiting professors, Siobhan Harrington and Sarah Herbert. Both Siobhan and Sarah are senior leaders from University Hospitals Dorset (UHD)
On Tuesday 17 March 2026, HRH The Princess Royal, Chancellor of Health Sciences University (HSU), attended the inauguration of the Health Sciences University Chancellor’s Fund.
We are delighted to announce that Jordan Cummins has been appointed Chair of the Health Sciences University's Board of Governors. Jordan will join the Board following the end of Jeni Bremner's tenure as Chair in March.
A pioneering community dance programme in Dorset is enabling older adults living with chronic lower back pain to move more, fear less and reconnect socially.
On Thursday 5th 2026, March Health Sciences University was delighted to host a vibrant evening celebration of International Women’s Day 2026 for the Dorset Police Women’s Inspire Network (WIN) and the Women’s Network at University Hospitals Dorset.
For Health Sciences University, training the next generation of highly skilled and compassionate speech and language therapists has never been more pressing, as the UK Government publishes its long-awaited Schools White Paper, Every Child Achieving and Thriving, which outlines “a vision for education for the next decade”.
