Introduction

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General Terms for Use of the AUQA Web Site

Your access to and use of the Site, either on your own behalf or on behalf of the organisation you represent, is subject to these terms and conditions. AUQA reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting the changes to the Site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these terms and conditions to obtain notice of such changes. Your continued use of the Site after any such change constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

Site Requirements

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Links

Links to third party Web sites from the AUQA site are provided solely as a convenience to you. AUQA is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Inclusion or omission by AUQA of links to third party sites does not in any way constitute an endorsement or representation by AUQA about them or the products, services and information found there. AUQA disclaims all liability, express or implied, arising out of the use of or in connection with the information contained in sites linked to or from the AUQA web site.

Privacy Statement

Individuals provide personal information to the AUQA website for the following purposes: communication such as providing news of latest additions to our website to mailing list subscribers, statistical reporting of usage and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches. All information submitted to AUQA through mailing list subscriptions, workshop or forum registrations or other means is held confidentially. No personal information collected on the website will be disclosed to a third party except when authorised by the provider or by law. AUQA also takes all reasonable steps to protect personal information collected and held in our servers from unauthorised access, or modification.

Discussion Boards and Lists

In order to provide the best possible service to its various stakeholders, AUQA will, from time to time, host open Discussion Boards and Lists on this web site (for example, relating to the AUQA Good Practice Database and AUQF). Persons wishing to post messages to the various Discussion Boards and Lists will be required to register their name and email with AUQA. In keeping with the spirit of professional, open and collegial discussion that typifies the best traditions of the higher education sector, messages are not subject to approval by AUQA prior to being posted on the website. AUQA disclaims all liability, express or implied, arising in connection with messages posted to Discussion Boards and Lists hosted in this web site. However, AUQA reserves the right to remove any messages that may be perceived as libelous or offensive, and reserves also the right to cancel the registration of any person to an AUQA discussion list at its complete discretion.

Photographs

In order to provide the best possible service to its various stakeholders, AUQA will, from time to time, post photographs of AUQA-related events on this website. These photos may identify individuals. You should contact AUQA if you object to any or all photographs containing your image being posted, and AUQA will ensure that these wishes are respected. If such a photograph has already been posted, AUQA will remove it at the earliest possible opportunity.

Copyright and Trade Marks

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The AUQA logo and any other image, name or trade mark, whether registered or not and used in this Site to identify AUQA and its services are the property of AUQA and may only be used with the prior written consent of AUQA.

AUQA Publications are freely available for download, display, copy, print and distribution for personal use, educational use or for non-commercial purposes, on condition that such use is attributed to the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) and the individual authors.

General Disclaimer

AUQA has not made nor makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this web site. All parties accessing this site and making use of the information it contains must make their own assessment of the information contained on the site and must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy and completeness of that information. AUQA disclaims all liability, express or implied, arising out of the use of or inability to use or in connection with the information contained in this web site.
Where liability cannot be lawfully excluded, AUQA’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy is re-supply of the site or its contents.

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