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Following the successful delivery of the Worktribe system, the Research Management System
(RMS) project team are now focusing on the second phase of the project; delivering a new Research
Ethics Application and Review system.

Along with Worktribe, this new system will provide a suite of tools to help develop research applications and support better research across the University.

Earlier this year, the University signed a contract with Infonetica, to provide Sussex with an Ethics
Research Manager (Ethics RM) platform. Since then, a dedicated project team has been set up to
work alongside them on the configuration and implementation of the new system.

Rollout of this new system to staff and students across the University is expected in mid 2025.

What is Ethics Research Manager?

Ethics RM will overhaul the existing functionality in Sussex Direct, replacing this with a more modern
and better supported cloud-based product. The system will be used to submit research ethics
applications, for reviewers to assess these applications and it will automatically generate application
responses.

Once in place, Ethics RM will support staff and students by:

• Providing a platform for collaboration in ethics applications.
• Improving the recording and auditability of ethics outcomes.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Reducing administrative burden on Academic and Professional Services staff.

The RMS project team are in the process of configuring ethics application questions onto the system,
and will soon be moving onto workflow configuration, to ensure applications are disseminated to the
appropriate reviewer groups. At the same time, the team will also be conducting integrations
between Ethics RM and other University systems, to ensure a more streamlined process for all users.

Stakeholder engagement for the preparation and delivery of the new ethics system is in progress
and will expand to a wider base shortly.

Find out more

More information on progress during this implementation stage will be published in the Transforming Sussex newsletter, so please subscribe for the latest project updates.

You can also find out more information on the RMS webpages.