GENERAL WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Intellectual Property

All website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof are Copyright © Learning and Skills Improvement Agency 2008, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ownership of certain materials on this site has been transferred to LSIS under the terms of Public Sector Information (PSI) licence no. C2006010400. Reasonable steps have been taken to check third party rights and permissions for this work, but LSIS will not be held responsible for any unintentional infringements. If you have any comments or queries, please contact the Excellence Gateway team.
The names, images and logos identifying the LSIS, LSIS Subject Learning Coach Community Site, or any third parties are proprietary marks of the LSIS and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of the LSIS or any other third party.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability

The following provisions may be curtailed or disallowed by the laws of certain jurisdictions.  In such case, the terms hereof are to be read as excluding or limiting such term so as to satisfy such law.
Accuracy and suitability of information
We do not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this website is accurate, complete or current. We have no liability whatsoever in respect of any use which you make of such information.
The information provided on this website has not been written to meet your individual requirements and it is your sole responsibility to satisfy yourself prior to using information or services from us that this information or these services are suitable for your purposes.
Virus protection
Whilst we make all reasonable attempts to exclude viruses from the website, we cannot ensure such exclusion and no liability is accepted for viruses.  Thus, you are recommended to take all appropriate safeguards before downloading information or images from this website.
Warranties
All warranties, express or implied, statutory or otherwise are hereby excluded.

Liability for damages
Neither we nor any of our employees or affiliated entities will be liable for any kind of damages and howsoever arising including, without limitation, loss of profits, compensatory, consequential, direct, exemplary, incidental, indirect, punitive or special, damages or any liability which you may have to a third party, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such loss.
Links
We are not responsible for the direct or indirect consequences of you linking to any other website from this website.

Governing Law

These terms and this disclaimer and any claim based on use of information from this website shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales and disputes arising herefrom shall be non-exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Acceptance of Terms and Conditions

By entering this website you are accepting these terms and this disclaimer. If for any reason you cannot accept these terms and this disclaimer in full then you must leave this website immediately.

Disclaimer

IMPORTANT

The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) is a registered charity.
In these terms and conditions, the terms "we", "us", "our" and "LSIS Subject Learning Coach Community Site" are to be taken as referring to LSIS.
We are not responsible for the content of postings or other information provided by members of the public. Any information or advice provided by LSIS is provided in good faith but is not a substitute for appropriate educational or legal advice.
You should not base any decisions on the material that you find on this website without verifying the accuracy thereof independently.
We do not accept any liability to any person in relation to any material provided on this website or otherwise, whether originated by members of the public or us. It is a condition of your use of this website that you agree that you will not make any claim against LSIS or any of its personnel in respect of any content of this website or any communication from LSIS.
Listing or provision of a resource should not necessarily be taken as endorsement of any kind by us. We cannot guarantee that links to third party sites will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages. A link does not imply an endorsement of a site; likewise, not linking to a particular site does not imply lack of endorsement.
We shall not be liable for any interruptions to the availability of the website or services provided via the website for any reason but including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing any outages or unavailability arising directly or indirectly from:-

  1. interruptions to the flow of data to or from the internet;
  2. changes, updates or repairs to the network or software which we use as a platform to provide the website;
  3. the effects of the failure or interruption of services provided by third parties;
  4. factors outside of our reasonable control;
  5. your actions or omissions or those of any third parties;
  6. problems with your equipment and/or third party equipment.