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.
Health Sciences University (HSU) joins other universities across the South including the University of Portsmouth, Southampton Solent University, the University of Chichester, Arts University Bournemouth and the University of Winchester, to create a Shared Virtual Technology Transfer Office (SV-TTO) - a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the Wessex region.
Health Sciences University (HSU) and UK Management College (UKMC) and have announced a new academic partnership that will expand access to high-quality higher education and create new opportunities for students across the north of England.
HSU graduate Ben Samways studied BSc (Hons) Sport, Exercise and Health Science before progressing into strength and conditioning with an MSc at Bournemouth University.
HSU graduate Nikita completed BSc Clinical Exercise Science before progressing to an MSc in Health Education and Promotion and a PhD in Tobacco Control at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
HSU graduate Joel Kearney studied BSc Clinical Exercise Science before progressing into elite sport performance, biomechanics and strength and conditioning. Following an MSc at LJMU, UKSCA accreditation and a Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship PhD, Joel has worked with organisations including Liverpool FC, British Cycling, British Gymnastics and the FA, and is now Head of Strength & Conditioning at Championship Rugby Union side Caldy RFC.
Since joining HSU in 2023, Billy Coleman has been teaching across the BSc and MSc Sport Rehabilitation programmes while also coordinating student placements. A BASRaT-accredited practitioner and HSU MSc Sport Rehabilitation & Therapy graduate, they combine teaching with hands-on industry experience at Wimborne Town FC and Bournemouth Heart Club, supporting patients across cardiac, respiratory, diabetes and cancer rehabilitation.
