Mooc Terms and Conditions

1. In these Terms and Conditions, references to “we” or “us” are to the mentorNET partnership, a consortium formed for the EU co-funded Erasmus + project 2019-1-UK01-KA204-061657. The partnership is represented by the project Coordinator: European Management Education and Learning (e-mel) LLP (registered number OC303000) whose registered office is at 55 West Street, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL 7 2LS, United Kingdom, who will be the controller of any personal data processed as described in this Privacy Policy.
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1. By using this Website and the Online Content and Course, you confirm that you have read, agree and are in compliance with these Terms and the Policies (each as amended from time to time). Use of the Website and access to the Online Content and Course by anyone under the age of 13 is strictly prohibited.

2. Your use of and access to this Website and the Online Content and Course are subject to the following conditions (“Acceptable Use Conditions”), and you agree that failure to comply with any one of the Acceptable Use Conditions will constitute a breach of these Terms. The Acceptable Use Conditions are as follows:

   You agree to use the Website and access the Online Content and Course only for lawful purposes and your use of the Website and Online Content and Course is in no way unlawful or fraudulent, and does not have the intention or effect of damaging us or our Partners either reputationally or financially;

   You agree not to use or access the Website or the Online Content and Course for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;

   You agree not to distribute all or any part of the Website or Online Content and Course in any medium without our prior written consent, unless such distribution is offered through the functionality of the Website and permitted by these Terms including, without limitation, under section 6.11;

   You agree not to alter or modify any part of the Website or the Online Content and Course;

   You agree not to access the Website or Online Content and Course through any technology other than the software provided by us or enabled via API’s or other generally available third-party web browsers such as Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Bing or Internet Explorer;

   You agree not to (and will not attempt to) circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with any security related features of the Website or any features that (i) prevent or restrict use or copying of content or (ii) enforce any limitations on you, the use of the Website or access to the Online Content and Course;

   You agree not to knowingly transmit any data or send or submit any content that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, key-stroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;

   You agree not to use or access the Website or Online Content and Course for any commercial uses or for the benefit of any third party, including but not limited to:

   • the sale of access to the Online Content and Course or any associated content;
   • the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial enterprise; and
   • the solicitation of any Visitors or Learners of the Website with respect to their content for commercial purposes;

   You agree to use the Website and access the Online Content and Course in a way which does not infringe the rights of third parties or restrict or prevent anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website, Online Content and Course;

   You agree not to ask for, collect or harvest any personal data of any Visitor or Learner of the Website or Online Content and Course;

   You agree not to post, upload, email or otherwise transmit to or otherwise cause us to email, transmit or otherwise distribute chain letters, surveys or studies, calls to action, junk mail, pyramid schemes, incentives (monetary or click-based), spimming or spamming, or bulk communications of any kind, whether or not for commercial or non-commercial purposes;

   You will not copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any content contained on the Website (including without limitation the Online Content and Course) for any other purpose other than as permitted by these Terms without our prior written consent;

   You agree not to use the Website or the Online Content and Course in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any mentorNET server or the network(s) connected to any mentorNET server, or those of our Partner organisations, or infringe any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of any servers or networks connected to the Website;

   You agree not to use any high volume, automated, or electronic means to access the Website or the Online Content and Course (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts);

   You agree not to frame the Website or the Online Content and Course, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages;

   You agree not to access or attempt to access any other Visitor or Learner’s account or falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your identity, including but not limited to misrepresenting your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present;

   You agree not to force headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through the Website; and

   You agree not to send, knowingly receive, submit, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with these Terms (and the Policies).

3. You agree to comply with these Terms in relation to any Learner Content (as defined in paragraph 6.1 below) provided by you in connection with the Online Content and Course and in connection with the ability to post messages (as further detailed in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.9 below).
4. We grant the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. We reserve the right to revoke these exceptions, either generally or in specific cases.
5. You acknowledge and agree that the form and nature of the Website and Online Content and Course which we provide may change from time to time without prior notice to you.
6. Whilst we do all we can to ensure that the Online Content and Course are of a high standard, you understand and acknowledge that, in using the Website and Online Content and Course, you may be exposed to content from our Partner organisations that may be factually inaccurate at the time of access. (we are under no obligation to provide information that was accurate at the time of compiling the content). We are not responsible (legally or otherwise) for any claims you may have against us in relation to this type of content.
7. You acknowledge and agree that we may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Website, Online Content and Course (or any part of the Online Content and Course) to you or to Learners generally for whatever reason, at our sole discretion, without prior notice to you.
8. You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that we have no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any breach of your obligations under the Terms and for the consequences of that breach (including, but not limited to, any loss or damage which we or any third party may suffer).

1. Any Visitor can view the Website, but in order to participate fully in all activities on the Website and take part in the Online Content and Course, you must register for a personal account on the Website (a “Learner Account”) by providing a name, an email address and a password. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or your access information to your Learner Account with any third party for any reason.
2. In setting up your Learner Account, you may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including date of birth, location and any other information that will help other Learners get to know you and help us to tailor the services to suit you.
3. You undertake to us that all information provided by you in relation to your Learner Account is and will continue to be accurate, current and complete at all times and that you will maintain and update your information to keep it accurate, current and complete.
4. By registering with mentorNET for a Learner Account, you agree (in addition to the Acceptable Use Conditions above) that you:
   1. are, and will continue to be, registered for the Website only once and will not set up multiple Learner Accounts;
   2. will not let anyone else use your Learner Account;

1. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a fully revocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non sub-licensable limited right and licence:
   • to access, internally use and display the Website and Online Content and Courses as an individual only at your location solely as necessary to browse and/or participate in the Online Content and Courses as permitted by these Terms; and
   • to download permitted content from the Online Content and Courses so that you may exercise the rights granted to you by these Terms.
2. You must abide by all copyright notices or restrictions contained on the Website or the Online Content and Course. You may not delete any attributions, legal or proprietary notices on the Website or the Online Content and Course.
3. mentorNET makes available certain Online Content and a Course under a Creative Commons licence (non-commercial). This is clearly identified on the appropriate Online Content and Courses pages of the Website and we acknowledge that the Creative Commons licence will override certain of these Terms as appropriate. A full copy of the relevant Creative Commons licence will be available from a link at that point.

1. Throughout your use of the Website and the Online Content and Course, you may be able to provide content to the Website by uploading notes and replies, Learner discussions, profile pages, other content and media for social interaction, and written assignments, surveys, questions, hypothetical, examples, etc. (collectively, “Learner Content”).
2. We do not claim ownership of any Learner Content you may submit or make available for inclusion on the Website or Online Content and Courses. Accordingly, subject to the licence granted to us and any applicable Partner Institution, the Learner will be the sole and exclusive owner of any and all rights, title and interest in and to the Learner Content.
3. With respect to any Learner Content you submit to us or that is otherwise made available to us, you grant us an irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display or otherwise exploit such Learner Content on the Website and/or in the Online Content and Course, with the right to sublicense such rights for any purpose associated with the provision of the Website and the Online Content and Course. We reserve the right to remove any Learner Content without notice at any time and for any reason.
4. To the extent that you provide any Learner Content, you represent and warrant that:
   • you have all necessary rights, licences and/or clearances to provide such Learner Content and permit us to use and publish such Learner Content as provided in paragraph 6.1 to 6.3 above;
   • such Learner Content is accurate and complete to the best of your knowledge and belief;
   • such use and/or publication of your Learner Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights or constitute a fraudulent statement or misrepresentation.
5. With respect to any submissions of Learner Content, you agree to comply with all applicable laws including but not limited to laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Specifically, you agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside.
6. The Website and/or the Online Content and Course may provide you with the ability to post notes and replies, take part in group discussions, submit assignments or send similar messages and communications to other Learners and/or us.
7. You agree to use communication methods available on the Website and/or the Online Content and Course only to send communications and materials related to the subject matter for which we (or any applicable educational partner) provided the communication method, and you further agree that all such communications by you are subject to and governed by these Terms, the Policies and our Code of Conduct.
8. By using any of the communications methods available on the Website and/or the Online Content and Courses, you agree that:
   • all communications methods constitute public, and not private, means of communication between you and any other parties;
   • communications sent to or received from third party service providers or other third parties are not endorsed, sponsored or approved by us in any manner (unless expressly stated otherwise by us); and
   • most content will be reactively moderated if flagged by Learners or Visitors, but we reserve the right to pre-review or post-review Learner Content to ensure that it complies with generally acceptable standards of communication.
9. Additionally, through such communication methods set out in paragraph 6.8 above, we may make certain types of services available to you, such as chat room services that allow you to communicate with our staff members and/or staff members of our Partner organisations.
10. You acknowledge and agree that the services set out in paragraphs 6.6 to 6.9 above (including without limitation the comments area) may be monitored or recorded for quality control purposes and that the information or material provided as part of the services is included within these Terms and is provided for educational purposes only.
11. Any Learner Content that is published on the public discussion areas of the Website (for example, the forums or areas where posts are made) will be subject to a Creative Commons Licence (Attribution-Non Commercial-NoDerivs; BY-NC-ND). We will not make available any Learner Content related to your assignments or assessments.

1. It is our policy that any content included on the Website or within the Online Content and Course that infringes, or is likely to infringe, the intellectual property rights of any third party will be removed from the Website as soon as possible after we are made aware of such infringement or potential infringement.
2. If you are the owner of intellectual property rights, or are authorised to act on behalf of an owner, or authorised to act under any exclusive right, you should report any alleged infringements of your intellectual property rights taking place on or through the Website by emailing a Copyright Infringement Notice to info@mentor-network.eu containing at a minimum the details outlined in section 7.4 below.
3. We will take whatever action, in our sole discretion, we deem appropriate, including the removal of the challenged content.
4. When you notify us in accordance with paragraph 7.2, your written Copyright Infringement Notice must contain the following:
   • statement telling us you believe that you have found content on the Website which you believe infringes your intellectual property rights;
   • which country your intellectual property rights apply to;
   • the title of the content concerned and the full URL for access to that content;
   • statement explaining how the content infringes your intellectual property rights;
   • your mailing address, telephone number and email address so that we can contact you;
   • a statement that the information contained in the notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the intellectual property rights or have an exclusive right in law to bring infringement proceedings in respect of its use; and
   • your signature (an electronic signature is sufficient).
5. We will, acting in our sole discretion, terminate Learner Accounts and access to the Website and Online Content and Course if a Learner has been notified of infringing activity twice or more (regardless of whether the Learner has taken appropriate action as we may direct.

We respect your right to privacy. Please see our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy for full details.

1. We are the owner or the licensee of all necessary intellectual property rights in all aspects of the Website and Online Content and Course including but not limited to the source code, all content, scripts, images, graphics and audio (the “Online Content and Courses IPR”). The Online Content and Courses IPR is protected to the fullest extent possible by copyright laws. All such rights are reserved. You agree that the Online Content and Courses IPR remain the property of us or the licensor, as applicable, and that all updates and modifications to the Online Content and Course IPR will vest in us or the licensor, as applicable. You also agree that you have no rights in or to the Online Content and Course IPR other than the right to use it in accordance with the terms of the licence in paragraph 5 above. Unless otherwise stated, copyright in the Online Content and Course belongs to mentorNET.
2. Other than any content submitted to the Website by you, we own or are licensed to use all present and future copyright, registered and unregistered trademarks, design rights, unregistered designs, database rights and all other present and future intellectual property rights and rights in the nature of intellectual property rights existing in or in relation to the Website (“mentorNET IPR”).
3. If any Online Content and Course IPR or mentorNET IPR vests in you, whether by operation of law or otherwise, you duly assign to us all right, title and interest (whether legal or beneficial) in such Online Content and Courses IPR or mentorNET IPR, as the case may be, throughout the world to the fullest extent possible, including any and all renewals and extensions of such Online Content and Courses IPR or mentorNET IPR.
4. You agree to sign and provide all such deeds, documents, acts and things as we may reasonably require in order to assign any Online Content and Courses IPR and/or mentorNET to us, to carry out the intended purpose of these Terms, or to establish, perfect, preserve or enforce our rights under these Terms.

1. You indemnify and keep us fully indemnified from and against all actions, claims, demands, costs, expenses, liabilities, loss, damages or other monetary relief brought, made or awarded against or incurred by us resulting (directly or indirectly) from:
   • you submitting Learner Content to the Website or participating in the Online Content and Course;
   • your access to or use of the Website or Online Content and Course;
   • your breach of any of these Terms; and
   • any negligent act or omission, deliberate default or breach of statutory duty on your part.
2. Each indemnity in this paragraph is separate and independent from the other obligations in these Terms. Each of these indemnities is to remain fully effective despite any indulgence granted from time to time and despite any judgment or order.
3. This paragraph 11 survives the expiry of these Terms.

1. Nothing in these Terms affects any statutory rights that you are entitled to as a consumer.
2. The Website and the Online Content and Course are provided to you “as is” and we make no warranty or representation to you with respect to them.
3. We exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and terms express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law. We accept no liability for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential or economic loss, or any other losses, howsoever caused arising out of or in connection with these Terms. This includes (without limitation):
   • any loss of profit (directly or indirectly);
   • any loss of goodwill; and
   • any loss of opportunity.
4. We provide the Online Content and Courses on the Website in good faith but give no warranty or representation that the Online Content and Courses are accurate, complete or up-to-date or that they will meet your requirements, nor that the Website does not infringe the rights of any third party. We accept no responsibility or liability for your use of Online Content and Courses on the Website and your use is entirely at your own risk. While we take reasonable precautions to prevent the existence of computer viruses and/or other malicious programs on the Website, we accept no liability for them.
5. Information transmitted via this Website will pass over public telecommunications networks. We make no representation or warranty that the operation of this Website will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error-free and disclaim all liability in that respect to the greatest extent permitted by law.
6. We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of:
   • any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any information or advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Website or in relation to the Online Content and Course;
   • any changes which we may make to the Website or Online Content and Course, or for any temporary interruptions in the provision of the Website or Online Content and Course;
   • the deletion of, corruption of, or failure to store, any Online Content and Course and other communications data maintained or transmitted by or through your use of the Website;
   • your failure to provide us with accurate account information; or
   • your failure to keep your account details secure and confidential.
7. We reserve the right to suspend your use of the Website and/or access to the Online Content and Course at any time for operational, regulatory, legal or other reasons.
8. We may terminate your Learner Account or access/use of the Website with immediate effect:
   • if we reasonably believe you or any Learner you are connected with are in breach of any of these Terms;
   • in order to prevent any fraudulent, unlawful or abusive activity; or
   • if it is necessary to prevent or stop any harm or damage to us, other Learners of the Website or the general public

1. These Terms, your use and access to the Website, and all other policies issued by us whether referred to by us herein or not are governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the European Union and its member states and those of England and Wales.
2. Any or all disputes arising between you and us (whether contractual or non-contractual) in connection with your access and use of the Website, including as to the validity of these Terms or policy issued by us, will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the European Union and its member states. For any dispute between you and us, you agree that you will first attempt to resolve it with us informally. In the unlikely event that we are unable to resolve the dispute in this manner within 28 days of the dispute being notified in writing, we both agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of EU member states or England and Wales to resolve any such dispute.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 12.2, you agree that we are permitted to apply for injunctive remedies (or any other types of interim relief) in any jurisdiction at any time.

1. We may update or amend these Terms (as well as our Policies or and other guidance we issue) from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements. When we update our Terms or Policies, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the Website.
2. For any operational, regulatory, legal or other reason, we reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all of the Online Content and Course with or without notice to you and we will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modifications, suspension or termination. By continuing to use the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms of these updates and amendments.

1. If any of these Terms are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of these Terms remain in full force and effect. Only you and we are entitled to enforce these Terms. No third party is entitled to enforce any of these Terms, whether by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (which is expressly excluded) or otherwise. We may freely transfer or assign any part of our rights or delegate our obligations under these Terms. You are not entitled to transfer or assign, by operation of law or otherwise, any part of your rights or delegate your obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. These Terms, the Policies and the Code of Conduct set out the entire agreement between you and us and replace any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any delay or failure by us to exercise any right we may have under these Terms does not constitute a waiver by us of that right.