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Title
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These are the Student Research Regulations
2000. |
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Date of Effect
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These regulations are effective from
1 January 2001. |
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Definitions
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plagiarism means presenting as one’s
own work the work of another, and includes the copying or paraphrasing
of another person’s work in an assessment item without acknowledging
it as the other person’s work through full and accurate referencing;
it applies to research and to assessment (as defined in the Assessment Regulations
2005) presented through a written, spoken, electronic, broadcasting, visual,
performance or other medium |
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research means an inquiry of an investigative,
experimental or critical nature which is driven by a question, hypothesis
or intellectual position capable of rigorous assessment, and the
findings of which are open to scrutiny and formal evaluation; it includes
any intellectual or creative work published, exhibited, presented
or performed in a written, spoken, electronic, broadcasting, visual,
performance or other medium |
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student means a student enrolled at
the University of Waikato |
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University means the University of
Waikato |
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Application
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These regulations apply to research
undertaken by a student as an element of a paper or thesis of the
University at any level of study. |
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Ethical conduct in research
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A student engaged in research |
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must fairly and fully represent
results as he or she honestly perceives them, without falsifying
data, fabricating data, claiming results where none have been obtained,
or fraudulently changing records |
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must not commit or condone plagiarism |
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must be scrupulously honest in the
ascription of authorship, and must not list authors without their
permission or attribute work to others who have not in fact contributed
to the research |
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must conform with professional standards
and codes of ethics relevant to the discipline |
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must exercise integrity and good faith
in every aspect of research practice. |
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Research or teaching involving
the development of low risk genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
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A student who intends to
use or develop low risk genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must
first obtain relevant approvals from the Institutional Biological
Safety Committee (IBSC) and, having obtained the relevant approvals,
must carry out the activity in an approved designated area and in accordance
with any conditions attached to the approvals. |
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The IBSC, which is located in the
Office of Biological Sciences, is established by the Vice-Chancellor
in accordance with the requirements of the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996, to act under delegated authority from
the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA). |
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The IBSC is responsible for |
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ensuring that all approved
activities involving GMOs on university premises have been reported
to ERMA |
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ensuring that activities involving
GMOs take place in approved designated areas |
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providing information to students
and staff about their responsibilities under the Hazardous Substances
and New Organisms Act 1996 and the ERMA Regulations. |
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A student engaged in an activity
on university premises involving GMOs must comply with any instruction
concerning that activity by the IBSC. |
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Research using live animals
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Users of live animals for
teaching, research or the production of biologically active agents
have ethical and legal responsibility for the welfare of those animals. |
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The Animal Ethics Committee is established
by the Vice-Chancellor in accordance with the requirements of the
Animal Welfare Act 1999, and is responsible for |
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ensuring that any experimental
procedure involving live animals complies with the Animal Welfare
Act 1999 and the University’s Code of Ethical Conduct for the Use
of Animals for Teaching and Research |
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initiating investigations into any
suspected non-compliance with the Animal Welfare Act 1999 or the
University’s Code of Ethical Conduct for the Use of Animals for
Teaching and Research |
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arbitrating in disputes about use
of live animals for teaching and research. |
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A student involved in the
use of animals for research must comply with |
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the University’s Code of
Ethical Conduct for the Use of Animals for Teaching and Research,
or |
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any other instruction by the Animal
Ethics Committee. |
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Breaches
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A breach of these regulations is misconduct
under the Student Discipline Regulations 2006. |
