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.
The National Student Survey (NSS) is now open and will close on 30 April 2026. If you’re a final‑year undergraduate, this is your chance to tell us about your experience of studying at HSU.
Our campuses in Bournemouth and London will be closed from 6pm Wednesday 24th December 2025, and will re-open at on Monday 5th January 2026.
An innovation developed through HSU’s Centre for Osteopathic Research and Leadership (CORaL) has been selected by the World Health Organization as one of just 21 projects worldwide to feature at the WHO Global Summit.
Advance HE has published a new report that explores the merger which brought together AECC University College in Bournemouth and the University College of Osteopathy in London to create Health Sciences University (HSU).
This month, Claire Nadaf, Head of Engagement and Partnerships, and Sarah Herbert, Chief Nursing Officer at University Hospitals Dorset and Visiting Professor at HSU, embarked on a nursing delegation to China.
Health Sciences University (HSU) is delighted to announce its recent success in securing a capital funding bid from the Office for Students to the value of £2,136,638.
