Research Governance
The Research Department established the Nordoff Robbins research governance framework in 2004 in consultation with Professor Jackie Campbell, Chair of the Research Forum for the Allied Health Professions, and a Governor of Nordoff Robbins. The resulting framework ensures best practice for research within the organisation, and monitors research education.
Nordoff Robbins Research Ethics Committee (NRREC)
NRREC ensures that all research projects associated with the organisation are in line with current national professional standards; it monitors ethical standards, and ensures consistency of quality in any research associated with Nordoff Robbins. This includes:
• research that is wholly or partly funded by Nordoff Robbins,
• research that wishes to use the title ‘Nordoff Robbins’ to apply for (external?) funding or to credit the organisation on publication,
• research undertaken within, or through, Nordoff Robbins
• research undertaken as part of the MMT, MA, or MPhil/PhD Research Degree Programme
Current membership of the Nordoff Robbins Ethics Committee is:
Professor Jackie Campbell Chair
Dr Wendy Magee (independent member / advisor) – International Fellow in Music Therapy, Institute of Complex Neurodisability, Royal Hospital for Neurodisability.
Prof Mercédès Pavlicevic Director of Research, Nordoff Robbins
Dr Gary Ansdell Director of Education; Co-Director, MA in Music Therapy (Community Music Therapy/Nordoff-Robbins), Nordoff Robbins
Simon Procter Programme Director, MMT; Research Associate, Nordoff Robbins
Nordoff Robbins Research Degree Programme Committee
The Nordoff Robbins Research Degree Programme Committee advises the MPhil/PhD research degree programme and, monitors its academic and ethical standards. The Committee liaises closely with the Nordoff Robbins Research Ethics Committee, the Nordoff Robbins Education Committee, and with the Nordoff Robbins Course Board, which is responsible for the formal link between Nordoff Robbins and City University as the validating institution.