Terms and Conditions
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: EXECUTIVE EDUCATION COURSES
1. Definitions
1.1 In these terms and conditions, the following definitions apply:
Commencement Date:
the date on which we begin to run events, teaching or otherwise, for Your Programme.
Contract:
the legally-binding arrangement that You and We enter into when You accept a place on one of Our Programmes. The terms of the Contract are set out in these terms and conditions , as well as other relevant documents to which they refer.
Course:
a taught or research-based course that, together with other courses, makes up Your Programme.
Intellectual Property Rights
patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off, rights in designs, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how), and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
Programme:
the programme of study on which You will be registered and to which these terms and conditions below apply.
Sponsor:
any third party which may pay Your Tuition Fees.
The Executive Programme Office:
the office the London School of Economics and Political Science responsible for running Your Programme.
Tuition Fees:
the Tuition Fees that You owe Us for the teaching, administration and other academic services related to Your Programme.
‘We’, ‘Us’ and ‘Our’:
the London School of Economics and Political Science, with whom You will be entering the Contract.
‘You’ and ‘Your’:
You, the student, who will be attending the Programme.
2. Admissions
2.1. When You accept an offer of a place on a Programme, either orally or in writing, You will have entered into a legally-binding contract with Us. This Contract requires You to abide by these terms and conditions set out below, as well as any of Our rules and regulations and academic requirements that are relevant to Your Programme. In the event that the provisions of these terms and conditions conflict with the provisions of any other documents forming part of the Contract, You shall comply with the provisions of these terms and conditions.
2.2. Your acceptance of the offer of a place on the Programme will indicate to Us that You have sufficient funds to pay the required Tuition Fees, as well as Your living expenses for the duration of the Programme. As the contracting party, we will hold You liable for Your Tuition and any other Fees which You may owe Us.
2.3. We reserve the right to withdraw any offer that We have made to You, or terminate the Contract You have accepted, if it becomes apparent that Your application is inaccurate or incomplete.
3. Tuition Fees
3.1. Tuition Fees and information in relation to how to pay for Your Programme can be found at www.lse.ac.uk/ess. We will send You an invoice for Your Tuition Fees which You must pay within fourteen (14) calendar days of Your receiving it or, if such invoice is issued less than 8 (eight) weeks prior to the commencement of the Programme, You shall pay such invoice immediately upon receipt.
3.2. We accept payment of Your Tuition Fees by a Sponsor, but will consider You to be responsible, and therefore liable, for Your Tuition Fees. We will withdraw Your place and terminate the contract between You and Us if Your Sponsor fails to pay Your Tuition Fees by the required deadline.
4. Cancellation Period
4.1. As You have agreed and entered into the Contract with Us by means of distance communication, You may terminate the Contract and withdraw from the Programme within fourteen (14) calendar days from the date on which You accepted the offer of a place (in accordance with Section 3.1) and formed the Contract. This fourteen-day period is known as ‘the Cancellation Period’. If You wish terminate the Contract, You must notify Us by writing to exec.courses@lse.ac.uk within the Cancellation Period. We will issue a refund for Tuition Fees which You have paid to Us within forty five (45) calendar days of such cancellation.
4.2. Except in the case of deferral from a previous year (Section 6), We operate the following policy on refunds after the Cancellation Period:
4.2.1. We will refund one hundred per cent (100%) of Your Tuition Fees, save for a one hundred pounds (£100) application fee, if You decide to cancel Your place after the Cancellation Period, by writing to Us at exec.courses@lse.ac.uk no later than forty six (46) calendar days before the Commencement Date;
4.2.2. We will refund seventy-five per cent (75%) of Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us within forty-five (45), but no later than thirty (30) calendar days, before the Commencement Date; and
4.2.3. We will refund fifty per cent (50%) of Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us within twenty-nine (29), but no later than fifteen (15), calendar days, before the Commencement Date; and
4.2.4. We will not refund Your Tuition Fee after fifteen (15), calendar days, prior to the Commencement Date.
4.2.5. In the case of the initial payment being made by bank transfer, the refund amount will be paid by cheque and sent by recorded mail. All refunds will be made in GBP.
4.3. If a Sponsor is paying Your Tuition Fees and You have to withdraw, Your Sponsor may nominate another person to take Your place. We will assess this person’s application against Our normal entry requirements. You will be bound by these terms and conditions until We have offered, and the other person has accepted, what would have been Your place on a Programme.
5. Delivery of the Programme
5.1. In exceptional circumstances, We may consider it appropriate to cancel or significantly change the Course or Programme. We will not refund any Tuition Fees which You may have paid to Us if such cancellation or variation of the Course or Programme is as a result of the occurrence of extraordinary events or circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, including the unavailability of key academic staff, unavailability of key resources, withdrawal of third party grant of funding, acts of God, terrorism, industrial disputes (including industrial disputes from Our employees), fire, flood, tempest and national emergencies . However, we will endeavour to re-schedule Your Programme or defer Your completion of it, in accordance with Section 7.1.
5.2. We will notify You of a cancellation or significant change, and the options which are available to You, by writing to Your contact email address by no later than three weeks prior to when Your Programme is due to begin. You must notify Us of the option (from the following list) that You wish take by writing to Us at exec.courses@lse.ac.uk within five (5) working days of Your receiving Our notification. The options will normally include the following:
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continuing with Your Course or Programme in spite of significant changes to it and provided We deem You to be suitably qualified;
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transferring to another Course or Programme for which we deem You to be suitably qualified; or
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cancelling Your application and refunding Your Tuition Fees if the cause has been due to low enrolments.
5.3. With regard to Our normal policy of refunding Tuition Fees only, or not in the case of events beyond Our control (as described at Section 6.1), We strongly advise You to take out an appropriate level of travel insurance to cover the cost of Your accommodation and travel, as well as any other expenses, included treatment for ill-health and personal injury, for which We will not be liable.
5.4. If You are dissatisfied with any aspect of Your Programme and believe that You are unable to resolve the matter informally with a relevant member of staff, then You should use the Complaints Procedure.
6. Deferral or Transfer of Courses or Programme
6.1. You may, at any point before, but not on or later than the last working day prior to the Commencement Date of Your Programme, notify Us in writing that You wish to transfer to a different Course or Session or to defer Your entry to the Programme to the following year.
6.1.1. You will not be charged, if You decide to defer Your place after the Cancellation Period, by writing to Us at ess@lse.ac.uk no later than forty-six (46) calendar days before the Commencement Date;
6.1.2. You will be charged ten per cent (10%) of Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us within forty-five (45), but no later than thirty (30) calendar days, before the Commencement Date; and
6.1.3. You will be charged twenty-five per cent (25%) of Your Tuition Fees if You write to Us within twenty-nine (29), but no later than fifteen (15), calendar days, before the Commencement Date; and
6.1.4. You will be charged fifty per cent (50%) of Your Tuition Fees after fifteen (15), calendar days, prior to the Commencement Date.
6.1.5 For all course deferrals to 2018, in addition to any deferral fees, You will be required to pay the difference between the 2017 course fees and 2018 course fees.
6.2 We will consider Your request to transfer in light of Your application and the numbers of students on the Course or Session from, and to which You wish to transfer. In some cases, it may not be possible to defer Your Programme, for example if We do not intend to run it the following year. We will endeavour to notify You of Our decision within five (5) working days of receiving Your request.
6.3 By accepting such deferral of Your entry to the Programme, you accept that the refund policy (Section 4.2) will not be applicable during the year which You transfer entry to.
7. Your Responsibilities
7.1. By accepting the offer of a place on the Programme, You agree to:
7.1.1. make Your Sponsor (if You have a Sponsor) aware of these terms and conditions, particularly those in Sections 4, 5 and 6.
7.1.2. abide by any of Our relevant rules and regulations, which include but are not limited to Our:
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Ethics Code (www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/ethCod.pdf), which requires You to at all times uphold the principles of Responsibility and Accountability, Integrity, Intellectual Freedom, Respect, Collegiality and Sustainability;
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Data Protection Policy (http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/datProPol.pdf)
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Code of Practice on Free Speech (http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/codOfGodPraFreSpe.pdf );
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Conditions of Use of IT Facilities at LSE (http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/IMT/about/policies/condits.aspx);
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Harassment Policy (http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/policies/pdfs/school/harPol.pdf)
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Summer School’s Disciplinary Procedure.
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academic regulations and requirements, which includes those on attendance, plagiarism, participation, punctuality, and the completion and submission of Work by specified deadlines.
7.1.3. abide by any statutory requirements, including those relating to any visa obligations which may be placed upon You;
7.1.4. notify Our Executive Programme Office of any periods of absence from Your Programme;
7.1.5 notify Us of any disabilities which You might have to enable Us to put in place any reasonable adjustments to enable You to access Our services during Your Programme; and
7.1.6 the recording of any lectures or classes for promotional purposes or to enable Us to monitor teaching, unless You notify Us otherwise in writing prior to the Commencement Date.
8. Our Responsibilities
8.1. Save for the reasons set out in Section 6 of this document, We will use Our best endeavours to deliver the Programme to you as it is set out in Our prospectus.
8.2. We will grant You access to academic services, including use of Our library and IT facilities.
8.4. We will endeavour to resolve any issues, concerns or complaints which You bring to Our attention as efficiently and thoroughly as is possible in the circumstances.
8.5. We will comply with all relevant legislation, which includes the Data Protection Act 1998, which is reflected in Our Data Protection Policy (see Section 12).
9. Liability
9.1. We will be liable for refunds of Tuition Fees paid, as explained in Sections 5 and 6 of these terms and conditions , as well as any costs and expenses relating to death or personal injury that is caused by failure or negligence on Our part. We will not be liable for any damage, loss, personal injury or other costs or expenses which are incurred because of any unlawful, unreasonable or unwarranted action, behaviour, omission or decision by You or a third party.
9.2. You will be liable for any damage or loss which We incur as a result of any unlawful, negligent, unreasonable or unwarranted action, behaviour, omission or decision on Your part.
9.3. You will be liable for the payment of Your Tuition Fees by the specified deadline in Your Tuition Fee invoice
10. Intellectual Property
10.1. As the ‘Creator’ of Your academic work, You will normally own the Intellectual Property Rights to it, provided such work has been solely created by You and does not infringe any third party Intellectual Property Rights (We shall have no liability in respect of such Intellectual Property Rights). More information is available on the School’s website at: http://clt.lse.ac.uk/copyright/.
11. Personal Information
11.1. We will comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. Unless You inform Us otherwise:
We will retain Your personal information to contact You with marketing information and other School-related information that We would normally send to Our alumni;
We will ask You to complete anonymous evaluation surveys at the end of Your Programme, the results of which We will circulate to relevant members in the School and externally for marketing purposes
Unless You write to Us to tell Us otherwise, We will use video and photographic images of Your Programme for promotional campaigns and to engage with the wider community.
12. Enforcement and Termination
12.1. We will terminate Your contract and registration with Us if we consider You to be in breach of any of these terms and conditions, which includes You not complying with other relevant rules, regulations and academic requirements, including those listed at Section 8.1.2
12.2. Any waiver of, or failure to enforce the terms or conditions of this Contract will not mean a continual waiver or prevent enforcement in future.
12.3 The terms of the Contract shall not be enforceable by any party who is not a party to it.
12.4 The Contract and any dispute of claim arising out of or in connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
12.5 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between You and Us and supersedes all previous agreements between You and Us, whether written or oral.
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