Human Research Ethics Update Are you conducting human research as part of your studies? Read this important ethics update. The new National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (National Statement) was released in July 2018 and will be fully implemented by 1 January 2019. If you're conducting human research in your studies, it is your responsibility to ensure that the current National Statement is being used in developing your research proposals, making submissions for ethics review and undertaking ethics review. Please download the most recent form for your human research ethics approvals. Please see the Human Research Ethics website for further information on the key changes to the National Statement.