The Awards
1.The Guardian University Awards (the “Awards”) recognise excellence in the UK’s best universities and is open to all recognised higher education institutes and university professionals in the UK. The Awards are not open to employees or agencies of Guardian News and Media Limited (“GNM”), GNM group companies or their family members, or anyone else connected with the creation or administration of the Awards. All entrants must have a registered office in the UK or have a place of business in the UK.
2. Entrants to the Awards shall be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. For more information about the awards, please see here including the Awards FAQ page.
3. To enter, please follow the instructions online. Entry opens on the 7 December and the deadline for entries to all categories is Friday 3 February 2017. Entries received after this deadline will not be processed.
4. No responsibility is taken for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of submission of the entry is not proof of receipt. GNM reserves the right to not process entries which are illegible or those that do not include the correct amount of entered material.
5. Entries must be the original work of those submitting the application. Any evidence of plagiarism may result in the entrant being disqualified.
6. By submitting an application form to enter the Awards, you confirm that you have the right to enter and have obtained all and any consents, permissions and authorisations that may be necessary in order for you to enter. GNM reserve the right to disqualify any entrant for the following reasons, an entrant: does not comply with these terms and conditions; has not obtained the consents detailed above; is not eligible to enter the Awards; or cannot be contacted. In the event of disqualification, GNM may select a new shortlist entrant and/or winner in accordance with these terms and conditions.
Judging the Awards
7. The panel of judges for the Awards and the criteria to be applied by the judges are set out here. The judges will select the shortlist entrants from all valid entries received in each of the 14 categories.
8. Only shortlisted entrants and those select by GNM to participate for the Guardian University Ideas Bank will be contacted by GNM. For more information about the Guardian University Ideas Bank see last year’s here.
9. Shortlisted entrants will be contacted by email (on the address provided in the application) after the judging lunch on 1 March 2017. Two representatives from all shortlisted entrants will be invited to attend the Awards ceremony to take place in March 2017. The winner and runners-up in each category of the Awards, as chosen by the judges, will be announced at the Awards ceremony. More complete details of the Awards ceremony will be provided to shortlisted entrants at the time GNM notifies them that they have been included on a shortlist for a particular category.
10. The judges decision is final and no negotiations or correspondence with entrants will be entered into. Entrants must not contact, or try to contact, the judges in any way in connection with Awards or in any way try to influence the decision of the judges.
11. GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the Awards, including attendance at the Awards ceremony or costs associated with submitting entries. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no other prizes awarded to the winners, runners-ups or shortlisted entrants.
Other terms and conditions:
12. Winners may be required for promotional activity without additional compensation or prior notice.
13. Material entered will not be returned to senders.
14. GNM accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Awards. GNM further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Awards.
Nothing shall exclude the liability of GNM for death, fraud or personal injury as a result of its negligence.
15. GNM shall be under no obligation to publish or exhibit any entry.
16. In consideration of GNM agreeing to consider an entry, each entrant:
(a) grants GNM a royalty-free licence to copy, edit, display, publish, broadcast and make available their entry in any format in connection with the Awards or promotion of the Awards (including at guardian.co.uk/higher-education- network, as necessary);
(b) agrees that GNM may publish their name and/or their organisation’s name in connection with GNM’s use of the entry;
(c) warrants that the work submitted with their entry is their own or the relevant team original work, that it is not defamatory and that it shall not infringe any third-party rights including, without limitation, privacy; and
(d) agrees that GNM may grant to its partners and/or associated companies a sub-licence of the rights licensed to GNM under these terms and conditions on such terms as GNM shall agree in its sole discretion. GNM shall use and take care of any personal information supplied to it as described in its privacy policy, a copy of which can be seen here, and in accordance with data protection legislation. By entering the Awards, an entrant agrees to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of any personal information in order to process and contact an entrant about the Awards and for the purposes set out in these terms and conditions.
17. GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Awards or any feature thereof with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected, or actual fraud). The decision of GNM in all matters relating to the Awards is final and no correspondence will be entered into. GNM shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations relating to the Awards where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
18. The Awards and these terms and conditions shall be governed by English law.
Awards Promoter: Guardian News and Media Limited, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU
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