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Off site Working

Off-site working is defined as any teaching, research or work activity carried out by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ staff, students or visiting research workers on behalf of Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ in places or premises which are not rented or owned by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and over which Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ does not exert direct management control.

If part of the research will be conducted away from Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ premises, such as during data collection, you should refer to the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ guidance on off-site working produced by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Estates.

• Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Guidance on off-site working

Lone Working

There is additional guidance relating to 'lone working' which should also be referred to if a member of the research team (including staff, students, visitors and contractors ) will be working alone at any time during the research, such as visiting a participant's home or other forms of lone data collection or working within laboratories.

• Guidance to lone working

Further guidance as a list of Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ safety guidance which includes information on managing health and safety in research (available on Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'s Safety Services website).

• Safety Services

Overseas Research

Researchers working overseas should also refer to the guidance on research outside the UK.