Trusted Research
Starting in September 2019, UK Government and its arms-length bodies started to talk about ‘Trusted Research’, as a term to refer to the consideration of national security issues (threats from hostile actors, whether state, organisational or individual) in the activities of Universities: mostly relating to research, but across the whole of University function.
The University cannot progress and/or conclude any research or funding arrangements without full engagement with all matters relating to Trusted Research.
The importance of engaging with Trusted Research
Non-engagement with relevant processes, especially wilful non-engagement, could result in:
- delays to, or early termination of, research activity;
- individual criminal liability and/or monetary fines for individual researchers;
- research misconduct, which can have serious consequences, for example an individual’s blacklisting by research funders;
- unacceptable misconduct, which can have serious consequences, for example disciplinary action resulting in dismissal.
Use the Trusted Research Tool to ensure engagement with relevant processes and avoid these potential consequences.
Use this tool to receive project-specific instructions on how to ensure engagement with relevant processes (only accessible to those with a University username)