The first step in risk planning and management is identifying the risks.

The ethics of using animals in research is a large and complex subject.

Communication is a skill that must be learned.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.

In Australia, the conduct of research involving humans is governed by various state legislation, which links to the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and the Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research.

Scientific experiments need to be replicable, otherwise the credibility of any results you get may become questionable if no one else can demonstrate what you did.

In Australia, there are codes and principles for the conduct of research that are adopted as legal requirements in various legislation.