Terms & Conditions
This microsite is associated
with the website of Bedford College whose primary address
is:
Bedford College, Cauldwell Street,
Bedford, MK42 9AH, England.
We provide access to and use of the
website ("the Website") subject to the following Terms and
Conditions which may be updated by us without notice to you. BY
USING THE WEBSITE YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THE FOLLOWING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS PLEASE CEASE USING THE WEBSITE.
1 Licence
1.1 Bedford College grants you a
non-exclusive licence to use this website upon the following Terms
and Conditions:
1.1.1 Bedford College may terminate
this licence at any time without notice; and
1.1.2 your access and/or use of the
Website constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions
which apply to all pages on the Website and for all entry points
into the Website.
2 Website content
2.1 All rights including those in
copyright in the content of the Website are owned by, licensed to
or controlled for these purposes by Bedford College ("the
Content"). The Content includes, but is not limited to, the
Website's design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. It is
protected by intellectual property laws including, but not limited
to, copyright. Accordingly, the Content may not be copied,
reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or
transmitted in any way except for your own private non-commercial
use. Any other use requires written permission from Bedford
College.
2.2 The re-distribution,
re-publication, or otherwise making available of the Content of the
Website to third parties without the prior written consent of
Bedford College is prohibited.
2.3 Without limiting the foregoing,
no part of the Website may be distributed or copied for any
commercial purpose, reproduced, transmitted or stored in any other
website or other form of electronic retrieval system.
2.4 Unauthorised use of the Website
may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal
offence.
3 Limitation of liability
3.1 Bedford College makes no
warranty, express or implied, or representation whatsoever
regarding the Website or the Content or any advertising, services
or products provided through or in connection with the Website.
3.2 Bedford College does not
guarantee that use of the Website will be compatible with all
hardware and software which may be used by visitors to the
site.
3.3 Except as set out in clause
3.4, Bedford College shall be under no liability to you whatsoever
whether in contract, tort, (including negligence), breach of
statutory duty, restitution or otherwise for any injury, death,
damage or direct, indirect or consequential loss (all three of
which terms include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss
of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and like loss)
howsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of the
Website, or the use, accessing, downloading or relying on any
information or other materials contained in this website,
including, without limitation, any such loss arising as a result of
any computer virus or any other malicious computer code.
3.4 These Terms and Conditions do
not exclude Bedford College's liability (if any) to you for
personal injury or death resulting from Bedford College's
negligence, for fraud or for any matter which it would be illegal
for Bedford College to exclude or to attempt to exclude its
liability
4 Website information
4.1 The information on the Website
is given in good faith and for general information and interest
only. It is subject to change without notice. Bedford College is
not responsible for any inaccuracies and (except as set out in
clause 3.4) makes no representation and gives no warranty as to its
accuracy.
4.2 The information on the Website
should not be relied on and does not constitute any form of advice
or recommendation. By using the Website you confirm that you have
not relied on the Content as such. Any arrangements made between
you and any third party named or referred to on the Website are
entirely at your sole risk and responsibility.
4.3 Nothing on the Website is
intended to be nor should be construed as an offer to enter into a
contractual relationship.
4.4 Whilst every effort is made to ensure the information on the
Website is correct, some details may be subject to change. Bedford
College reserves the right to make amendments to the courses,
dates, fees or other details, and to make cancellations or changes
if numbers are insufficient. In the unfortunate situation that we
have to cancel a course we will refund your fees in full, but we
regret we are not able to offer any refund if you withdraw from
your course or fail to start, and you will be liable to pay any
outstanding fees that may be due.
5 Courses and training
5.1 Bedford College will take all
reasonable steps to provide the course for which you have enrolled.
It does not guarantee to do so -and reserves the right to
amalgamate, consolidate or cancel courses and alter the programme
details and fees. Bedford College does not accept responsibility
for the action of other agencies or for circumstances beyond the
control of Bedford College, which may interfere with the ability of
Bedford College to provide educational services, but it will take
reasonable steps to prevent or minimise disruption to those
services.
6 Changes to content of the
Website
6.1 Bedford College will take
reasonable steps to bring any substantial changes to the
information on this website (including any changes to these Terms
and Conditions) to the attention of visitors to the website and in
particular to all students before they enrol. You are advised to
check these Terms and Conditions from time to time.
7 Linking
7.1 The Website contains links to
other websites. Any Content downloaded or otherwise obtained form
the Website is obtained at your own risk and you shall be solely
responsible and liable for the consequences arising therefrom.
Bedford College accepts no responsibility or liability for the
content of other websites which are not under the strict control of
Bedford College. Any link is not intended to be, nor should be
construed as, an endorsement of any kind by Bedford College of that
other website.
7.2 You may not create a link to
this website from another website or document without Bedford
College's prior written consent.
8 Viruses
8.1 Bedford College does not
warrant that the Website or access to it will be error-free or that
the Website or the servers that make it available will be free of
viruses or bugs.
9 User conduct - security
9.1 You agree not to:
9.1.1 disrupt or interfere with the
security of, or otherwise abuse, the Website, or any services,
system resources, accounts, servers or networks connected to or
accessible through the Website or affiliated or linked
websites;
9.1.2 disrupt or interfere with any
other user's enjoyment of the Website or affiliated or linked
websites; and
9.1.3 transmit through Website
spam, chain letters, junk mail or any other type of unsolicited
mass email to people or entities who have not agreed to be part of
such mailing.
9.1.4 You agree that you will not
upload or attempt to upload, post or otherwise transmit on the
Website any Content of any sort including without limitation any
defamatory, obscene or unlawful content or content which would
otherwise infringe any third party rights or be likely to cause
offence.
9.2 You agree to indemnify and hold
harmless Bedford College for any breach by you of these obligations
as set out under this Clause 9.
10 Data protection
10.1 Bedford College may ask you to
provide certain personal information when you use the Website.
Bedford College may use your personal information to send
information to you which it thinks may be of interest to you and
may use your information to customise the Website according to your
interests. If you do not want Bedford College to use your personal
information in this manner, you should write
to Student Data Team, Bedford College, Cauldwell
Street, Bedford, MK42 9AH.
10.2 Under the Data Protection Act
1988, you may request details of the personal information that
Bedford College holds about you. If you want to make such a
request, or if you believe that any information that Bedford
College holds about you it incorrect or incomplete, you should
write to Student Data Team, Bedford College, Cauldwell
Street, Bedford, MK42 9AH.
10.3 Bedford College strives to
protect the security of information which you provide to Bedford
College, and will use up-to-date measures to provide such
security.
10.4 The Website may contain links
to websites operated by third parties. Bedford College has no
control over such third party websites and accordingly cannot be
responsible for the protection of any personal information that you
may provide while visiting such websites.
11 General provisions
11.1 If any of these Terms and
Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise
unenforceable by reason of the laws of any jurisdiction in which
these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to
the extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or Condition
is illegal, invalid or unenforceable it shall be severed and
deleted from these Terms and Conditions and the resultant Terms and
Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.
12 Jurisdiction
12.1 The Website is controlled and
operated by Bedford College from its offices in England. The
formation, existence, construction, performance, validity in all
aspects whatsoever of these Terms and Conditions or of any term of
these Terms and Conditions or any dispute in relation to the
materials contained in this website shall be governed by English
law. The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle
any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these
Terms and Conditions or use of the Website.
13 Refunds
13.1 A refund is the repayment of
fees already received by the College.
Students, or their sponsors, are
entitled to automatic full refunds where the College cancels a
course, for which they had enrolled and paid fees. All refunds
should be made within ten working days of the decision to close a
class.
Refunds may also be made to
students in the following situation:
Where a student’s complaint is
upheld by the College or a relevant agency (e.g. the LSC), or
subsequent litigation results in a Court Order to refund all or
part of a fee.
Your continued use of this website
indicates your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.