
Research integrity and governance
The University of Surrey is proud to undertake excellent research to the highest level of integrity and ethical responsibility, working closely with its students, businesses, government and civil society to transition knowledge to the benefit of humanity.
Acting with integrity
Every member of the University is expected to act with integrity in their work, and this is endorsed in the code on good research practice (PDF) which provide a guide for all research throughout the University.
View all our research-related policies on the University of Surrey's policies page, including:
Concordat to support research integrity
We are committed to delivering the principles set out in the concordat to support research integrity (PDF), launched in 2012. As part of this commitment, the University maintains an action plan highlighting where improvements to existing process and training could be made.
Annual research integrity statement 2021/22 (PDF)
Previous published statements
Research Integrity and Governance Office (RIGO)
Research Integrity and Governance Office (RIGO)
Research and Innovation Services
Senate House
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 7XH.
- Phone: +44 (0)1483 683490 / 683890
- Fax: +44 (0)1483 683791.
Research integrity queries and allegations of research misconduct
Email: integrity@surrey.ac.uk
Ethical review queries
Email: ethics@surrey.ac.uk
Other enquiries
Email: rigo@surrey.ac.uk.
Who to contact
The Associate Deans for Research and Innovation and Director of the Doctoral College may be contacted with any issue related to research integrity, or to report a concern of research misconduct.
They are supported by the Research Integrity and Governance Committee and the Research Integrity and Governance Office (RIGO).


Professor Rachel Brooks
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Biography
I am currently Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. I have previously held roles as Head of the Department of Sociology (2012-16) and Associate Dean for the Doctoral College (2017-19). I am editor-in-chief of Sociology, an executive editor of the British Journal of Sociology of Education, co-editor of the 'Research into Higher Education' book series, a member of Governing Council of the Society for Research into Higher Education, and a member of ESRC Council. I was also a member of the education sub-panel for REF 2021.

Professor Julie Yeomans
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Biography
Professor Julie Yeomans is the Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Previously, she undertook a two-year secondment as the first academic Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), having been Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Micro- and NanoMaterials and Technologies.
She is a materials engineer specialising in ceramics and for the last thirty five years she has worked on a wide variety of ceramic and ceramic matrix composite systems, always with an interest in the microstructural characterisation of materials before and after fracture as a result of exposure to demanding environments such as those experienced in wear, thermal shock, joining and most recently ballistic and nuclear applications. In 2008, in recognition of her contribution to ceramics, she was awarded the Veralum Medal and Prize from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Currently, Julie is a member of the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Network and the Strategic Facilities Advisory Board of the Henry Royce Institute, which is the result of a £235 million investment in materials research. Previously, she was the academic leader of the Materials and Manufacturing theme within the Advanced Materials Leadership Council, which ran from 2014-2016, to provide strategic advice to the Minister of State for Universities and Science. She has also served as an elected member of the Council of the Institute of Materials and an editor of the Journal of Materials Science.

Professor Daniel Horton
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Biography
Dan graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Cambridge, UK, with an intercalated MA in zoology in 2002. After a period in mixed and second opinion exotic animal veterinary practice he completed an MSc in Wild Animal Health in London in 2005. He then undertook a PhD working at Cambridge University, the APHA and CDC Atlanta USA, on zoonotic viral diseases of wildlife.
He completed his PhD in 2009 and joined the Virology Department at APHA Weybridge, undertaking surveillance and research programs for viral diseases of wildlife. Since February 2014 he has been at the School of Veterinary Medicine as a Lecturer, promoted to Senior Lecturer, Reader and then Professor of Veterinary Virology, continuing research into zoonotic viral diseases and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is Associate Dean Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, an elected representative of Senate on the University Council, an Editor for PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases and a Diplomate of the European College of Zoological Medicine.
The Academic Lead for Research Culture and Integrity seeks to develop and promote a positive culture of research integrity and improve research practice across the University, including acting as liaison with the UK Reproducibility Network, which investigates and safeguards the robustness of UK research.

Professor Emily Farran
Academic Lead for Research Culture and Integrity
Biography
I completed my PhD at the University of Bristol in 2001. I then took on a lectureship position at the University of Reading. I then moved to the UCL Institute of Education in 2008, before joining the University of Surrey in 2018. My research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the Nuffield Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, the Education Endowment Fund, the Waterloo Foundation, Autour des Williams, the Williams Syndrome Foundation, and Fondation Jerome Lejeune.