Research Buddies take the matters of ethics and security very seriously, especially because we work with children. All our research projects will have received full approval from Newcastle University and are required to comply with the Data Protection Act. Researchers working with children have full DBS checks and receive specialised training for working with schools and children. Additionally, each one of our research projects is vetted by the Research Buddies Steering Committee. For more information about our ethics and security measures, please visit the pages listed to the left.