17.18. In collaboration with the University of Oxford Research Governance, Ethics and Assurance (RGEA) team, the R&D Governance team prepares and delivers the HRA and Ethics submission on-line training to both Trust and University of Oxford staff. This covers how researchers can prepare and make good submission. During 2025-2026 there have been 97 attendees.
Figure 11. Incidents reported on Ulysses, by Incident Type
17.19. In January 2026 the R&D Governance and University of Oxford RGEA teams agreed to withdraw the ‘in-house’ GCP training they had developed and delivered together for many years. Since then, OUH staff requiring GCP training have been directed to the NIHR GCP courses which have been updated in line with R6 (E3) and can be accessed online via the NIHR Learn platform.
17.20. There are times when it is not clear if a project should be classified as a research study, audit or service evaluation. In order to establish an authoritative and collective opinion on such projects, OUH's R&D Governance team have established the Classification Group to review project outlines and give a considered opinion. This group, which meets monthly, or more often where there is high demand, classified a total of 109 projects during 2025-26. 95 were reviewed at meeting and 14 were reviewed and approved by email.