AREC is a busy organisation which represents Research Ethics Committees in Universities, NHS and the independent sector. It holds conferences, seminars and informal forums several times during the year. For more details click on The Association of Research Ethics Committees.
On the afternoon of 13th March – before AREC’s conference on the 14th in Birmingham - there was a seminar entitled Learning from each other – the international experience. I conducted the opening session on An international basis for research ethics - a short paper followed by discussion. For further developments on this issue, see below.