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Off-Site and Lone Working

Off site Working

Off-site working is defined as any teaching, research or work activity carried out by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº staff, students or visiting research workers on behalf of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº in places or premises which are not rented or owned by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and over which ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº does not exert direct management control.

If part of the research will be conducted away from ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº premises, such as during data collection, you should refer to the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº guidance on off-site working produced by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Estates.

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.

Further guidance as a list of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº safety guidance which includes information on managing health and safety in research (available on ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Safety Services website).

Overseas Research

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