Please
read these terms and conditions carefully. You should understand that by buying
a course via this website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions
of sale.
1.1 You
can purchase your online course at onlinecourses.westdean.ac.uk.
1.2 Your
access to the course will be confirmed with login details sent by email to you.
1.3 In
the unlikely event the College is unable to offer you access to the online
course of your choice, it will inform you and your name will be added to a
waiting list. Any sums you have already paid to the College in respect of this Course will be returned to you.
1.4 Our
online courses are suitable for students aged 18 years or over.
1.5
Course fee and access is per person, so your login is for one student only.
2.1 The College makes every effort to provide the course as advertised. However, the College reserves the right to make changes to any course in accordance with clause 5.
2.2 The College will use personal information that you provide to it in relation to your Course in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
3.1 Please save your login instructions so that you are able to access the Course.
3.2 You agree to comply with all of the College’s policies and procedures applicable to you, this includes the Fitness to Study policy available on the College’s website. The College reserves the right, acting reasonably, to terminate the contract with you and to remove you from the Course in circumstances where your conduct is deemed by the College to be damaging to the College or its reputation. If you are removed from the course in accordance with this clause, the College will not refund any sums paid by you to the College.
3.3 If you share images or videos of your work with the College, we may request permission to use them on a worldwide perpetual basis to promote the College and its activities in any media.
4.1 Full payment is required upon booking your online course.
4.2 You may pay the online course fee using online gift vouchers, available here. Please note, vouchers bought from the College for onsite courses are not redeemable for online courses.
5.1 We
reserve the right to make minor changes to the course content and
administration arrangements at any time.
6.1 The
College reserves the right to discontinue or suspend a Course if the Course is
no longer viable for academic, regulatory, legal, market-related and/or
financial reasons.
6.2 If
you have purchased a course which is subsequently withdrawn by the College, the
College shall notify you in writing and you may request either:
6.2.1 a
course transfer; or
6.2.2 a
full Refund in accordance with clause 8.
6.3 The
College reserves the right to cancel a course and the contract with you if it
is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to
circumstances beyond its reasonable control. In such circumstances, you will be
entitled to receive a full Refund.
7.1 You
have a statutory right to cancel your booking during the statutory cancellation
period. This cancellation period will expire at the end of fourteen calendar days after the day we send you course access details and provided you
have not accessed the course. In these circumstances, please email bookingsoffice@westdean.ac.uk of your decision to cancel as soon as possible or by calling 01243 818 300 option 2 and confirm in writing. You are not
required to provide a reason for your cancellation.
7.2 If
you wish to cancel your course purchase, please inform the Bookings Office
as above, and without accessing any
of the course material, including but not limited to video content.
7.3 You
may cancel your booking but a Refund will only be payable in accordance with
clause 8.
8.1
Refunds shall be made within fourteen days beginning with the date on
which notice of cancellation was received by the College, notice of
cancellation was issued by the College, or the College informed you that it was
unable to provide the course. Refunds will be made using the same method of
payment as you used for the initial transaction.
8.2 If
you cancel your booking within the statutory cancellation period in accordance
with clause 7.1, you will be entitled to a full Refund.
8.3
Except where a course is cancelled by the College under clause 6, or you cancel
your booking under the provisions of clause 7 the College will be under no
obligation to refund you.
8.4 You will
not be entitled to a Refund if the College terminates this contract due to your
breach of any of these Terms.
9.1 The
technology required to be able to access the online course is given in the FAQs
online.
9.2 For
self-paced courses a transcript of the video content of the course is included
with your course.
10.1 All
copyright and other intellectual property rights relating to the course
materials are either owned by or licensed to us. Copying, adaptation, sharing
or any other use of all or any part of it without our express permission is
strictly prohibited.
11.1
Prior to the start of your course you will be able to obtain a detailed list of
materials and/or equipment needed for each Course in the details on each Course page. Unless stated otherwise in these Course
details, the provision and cost of materials and/or equipment is not included
in the Course Fee.
12.1
This clause sets out the entire liability of the College in respect of any
breach of these Terms or otherwise arising under or in connection with these
Terms.
12.2. If
we fail to comply with these Terms, we are responsible for loss or damage you
suffer that is a foreseeable result of us breaking this contract.
12.3 The
total aggregate liability of the College arising out of, or in connection with
these Terms or the contract between the College and you, whether for breach of
contract or any case whatsoever, shall be capped at the total amount of sums
paid to the College by you.
13.1
West Dean College is a part of The Edward James
Foundation Limited (charity number 1126084 and company number 6689362) with
registered office at Estate Office, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18
0QZ. Our VAT number is 927421133. Our contact details can be found here. We are subject to regulation by the Quality Assurance Agency for
Higher Education and the University of Sussex.
13.2 If
you have any queries, concerns or complaints, please contact the Bookings Office.
13.3
These Terms represent a contract between you and the College. These Terms, as at the date we confirm your place on a Course, form the contract
made between you and us. In the event that the provisions of these Terms
conflict with the provisions of any other documents, you and the College shall
comply with the provisions of these Terms.
13.4 The
College uses all reasonable steps to ensure that these Terms and any documents
referred to in them set out the entire contract between you and the College.
13.5 No
failure or delay by us or you to exercise any right or remedy provided under
the Terms or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or
remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any
other right or remedy.
13.6
These Terms shall not be enforceable by any party who is not a party to the
contract between you and the College.
13.7 If
a Court finds part of these Terms illegal, the rest will continue in force.
13.8
These Terms, the contract between you and the College, and any dispute or claim
arising out of or in connection with them (including non-contractual claims)
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and
Wales and subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England
and Wales.
14.1 In
these Terms the following words shall have the following meanings:
14.2
“Bookings Office” means Bookings Office, West Dean College, West Dean,
Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ;
14.3
“College” or “we” means West Dean College, part of The Edward James Foundation
Limited (charity number 1126084, company number 6689362);
14.4
“Course” means the course of study, in this case online, run by the College;
14.5
“Course Fee” means the fees in relation to a course paid by you or on your
behalf to the College under these Terms.
14.6
“Privacy Policy” means the policy available from our website.
14.7
“Refund” means a refund of the Course Fee following cancellation by the College
under clause 6, or cancellation by you under clause 8 of these Terms, or where
the College is unable to offer you access to a course; and
14.8
“Terms” means these standard terms and conditions.
