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 Music Therapy. 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 Music Therapy
• 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 Co-Head of Research & Chair of Education Committee
Dr Gary Ansdell Co-Head of Research, Co-Director, MA in Music Therapy (Community Music Therapy)
Simon Procter Programme Director, MMT, Research Associate
Nordoff-Robbins Research Ethics Committee downloads:
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.