Will I be recorded , and how will the recorded media be used ?
By giving assent you will be giving permission for the interview to be recorded using a digital recording device . The recordings will be used only for analysis and the writing up of the recording ( transcribing ) for illustration in conference presentations and lectures . No other use will be made of them without your written permission , and no one outside the project will be allowed access to the original recordings . The recordings will be deleted at the end of the project .
How will my information be kept ?
All the information we collect about you during the course of the research will be kept strictly private . Any information we collect about you in paper will be kept in a secure location . Anything we collect electronically , such as the recordings of our conversation , will be password protected and kept on a secure network .
You will not be able to be identified in any reports or publications about the research . Your information will only be included in these materials in an anonymous form , i . e . you will not be identifiable . Although what we publish will not identify you , we have to keep some data that is not anonymous in case we are asked to show how we obtained our research findings . This will be destroyed after five years .
Contact for further information
If you have any questions or would like further information , please contact Dr Tania Humphries - Smith , Associate Professor , Department of Design & Engineering , thumphri @ bournemouth . ac . uk or Dr Clive Hunt - Associate Professor , Department of Design & Engineering , chunt @ bournemouth . ac . uk
In case of complaints Any concerns about the study should be directed to XXXX .
Finally
If you decide to take part , you will be given a copy of the information sheet and a signed participant assent form to keep .
Many thanks for taking the time to read through the information .
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