This page sets out the terms and conditions that apply to prize draws that we may promote from time to time.
If a specific prize draw has additional or alternative rules that apply, these rules shall apply as well as the terms and conditions set out, and such rules shall apply instead of the terms and conditions set out.
By submitting your entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Eligibility
The competition is open to all residents in the United Kingdom aged 16 years or over except our employees and directors and their immediate families and households, and any third party directly associated with the administration of the prize draw.
In entering a prize draw, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. We may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the prize draw.
We reserve the right to reject entries that are automatically generated by computer, completed by third parties or in bulk, illegible, incomplete or contrary to the spirit or intention of the prize draw. There is a limit of one entry per person.
How to enter
The prize draw is free to enter, non-compulsory and no purchase is necessary. A maximum of one entry per person is permitted for each prize draw.
The process for submitting your entries and the opening and closing dates for entries will be clearly stated.
All competition entries must be received by us by no later than 5pm on the closing date. All entries received after that time will be rejected. We will not accept responsibility for entries that are lost, damaged or delayed in transit, nor proof of posting or transmission as proof of receipt.
Winners
The winner(s) will be chosen by random draw performed by a computer process or otherwise supervised by an independent person shortly after the closing date.
The winner will be notified by email or telephone (using details provided at entry) within 14 days of the closing date and must, if requested, provide a postal address in order to claim their prize.
If a winner does not respond to us within 7 days of being notified by us, then the winner’s prize will be forfeited and we will be entitled to select another winner in accordance with this process.
Our decision is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
Prizes
The prizes will be clearly stated. We reserve the right to substitute any prize with a cash alternative, or with an alternative prize of equal or higher value, if the original prize is no longer available, but otherwise there is no cash alternative for any prize. The prizes are not exchangeable or transferrable.
Publicity
We may either publish or make available information that indicates a valid award took place, which includes sending a winner’s surname and town/county of residence to anyone to asks us within a month of the closing date.
Otherwise, personal information supplied during the course of the prize draw will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy.
Ownership
By submitting an entry or any accompanying material, you confirm that the entry and material is entirely your own original work and has not been copied from anywhere else.
No entries or material will be returned. You agree that we may use, publish, transmit, copy, edit and sub-license your entry and material for our own business purposes.
Liability
We accept no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
Insofar as is permitted by law, we, our agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any winner or accept any liability for any loss damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of a winner taking up the prize, except where it is caused by the negligence of the University, its agents or distributors or that of our employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Other rules
We reserve the right to void, cancel, suspend or amend the prize draw if it becomes necessary to do so. The prize draw will be governed by the law of England and Wales.