Dear YNiC users,
The GDPR coming in today has entailed a modest revision of our YNiC ethics
forms. The new versions (V4 of the form and V6 of the guidance) will be
available on the YNiC website soon, and should be used for all new
applications.
The changes aren't too major - essentially Section 7 of the application
form on data has been expanded to allow some extra checks to be performed
on your data processing plans. One aspect that is new is that PIs need to
consider whether their data might be considered "high risk" from a data
protection point of view, and if this is a possibility then a Data Privacy
Impact Assessment (DPIA) would need to be carried out. My reading of
the definition
of high risk
<https://www.york.ac.uk/records-management/dp/dataprivacyimpactassessments/>
is that most YNiC research wouldn't require this step. Further, if a strand
of research does need an assessment then as I understand it an assessment
could be carried out to cover that strand as a whole rather than each
individual project. So I don't anticipate this being too burdensome in the
main.
At the same time there are some new statements that need to be included in
the participant information sheets and consent forms, and I have taken the
opportunity to try to streamline the application process so that it is less
time-consuming. I have cut down the guidance notes that you need to consult
in making an application, and have added a template information sheet and a
template consent form that you can adapt for your purposes. As well as
making the application process a bit easier to complete, I am hopeful that
there is less opportunity for researchers to use wording in their
information sheets that conflicts with our guidelines. I'm happy to get
feedback on how well this works and whether you can see further ways to
improve the process.
Current projects with ethical approval do not need to be re-approved, but
it would be helpful if any participant you test from now on could be given
the attached supplementary information sheet as well as the information
sheet that you have been using, to inform participants about their data
under GDPR.
Please use the new forms for any new applications. People who are currently
in the process of putting together applications (e.g., for this year's
MPsych projects) can either use the new forms (preferred) or stick with the
old forms provided they (i) verbally agree to the new statements in Section
7 in their application email, and (ii) add the attached supplementary
information sheet to their participant information sheet.
Please let me know if you have questions or concerns,
best,
Gareth Gaskell
Chair YNiC Ethics and Governance Committee
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Gareth Gaskell
Department of Psychology
University of York
Heslington, York YO10 5DD UK
Office: Psychology, E209
Phone: +44-1904-323187
Email: gareth.gaskell(a)york.ac.uk
Home page: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/
Research group: https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/research/facilities/slam/
Hello All,
We will be a little short staffed at the end of this week and next as some
of our team are going to be away on leave and at conferences. All operator
covered slots will be covered.
We have been making some good progress testing new imaging sequences on the
Siemens scanner, which later in the year should make some new experimental
approaches possible for users.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Dear All,
The centre will be closed from Tuesday, 11th September to reopen Monday,
24th September, to allow for vital annual maintenance.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello All,
I have had some discussions with investigators recently relating to booking
scanners. There are some funded labs that have the resources and will
benefit scientifically from scanning for more than seven hours per week,
which is our normal upper limit. We currently have capacity on the
scanners, so our limit is artificially restricting research throughput. We
have decided therefore to lift the limits on booking for funded projects
for a trial period until the end of the calendar year. While this will
offer benefits to funded projects, it may have adverse effects on other
uses of the scanners. Being mindful of that, we are (1) trialing the
system and (2) asking funded projects to book the scanner responsibly.
Considering the second point, could you please get in touch if you would
like the limit on your funded project raised - email support(a)ynic.york.ac.uk.
Also, if you do have a raised limit and wish to book intensive use of the
scanners please do so with as much lead time as possible - you will have a
six week window - because this will help other users plan their work.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Hello everyone,
Yesterday at the YNIC Science Committee we decided to hold YNIC Science Day
on Friday the 14th of September. The plan is to us the afternoon to
showcase the research at YNIC and provide an overview of the methods that
we are applying to understand the neural mechanisms that underpin
psychological functioning. This will take place in B020.
The basic idea is to hold some short talks from a wide range of PhDs and
Post docs to give a snap shot of the type of studies we conduct (similar to
the data blitz's that take place at conferences), as well as some more
focused talks that highlight the methods that we use to understand
psychological processes. For those of you interested please put this date
into your diaries!
I will be in touch with the ECRs to solicit people for the short talks, but
if anyone is especially interested to present their research they can
contact me.
Jonny
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Jonathan Smallwood, Reader in Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience
Room C023, Department of Psychology, University of York, England. YO10 4PH.
Telephone: 01904 324651
Hello All,
We are no starting a busy period for the centre as we host our MSc student
projects. We are also in the process of installing some new functional and
spectroscopy imaging sequences on the Siemens scanner that we hope will
prove useful to researchers.
Best wishes
Tony
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Antony Morland, PhD.
Director, York Neuroimaging Centre
Department of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
