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Terms of Use

All Users, Students and Course Organisers participating in P2PU and visitors to the P2PU websites hosted under the p2pu.org domain (e.g. www.p2pu.org, blogs.p2pu.org, archive.p2pu.org, wiki.p2pu.org etc.) acknowledge and agree to the following terms of use:

1. Acceptance

  1. These Terms of Use shall apply to any use by you of the P2PU website ("Website") and participation in P2PU.
  2. By accessing and using this Website you agree to be legally bound by these Terms of Use in full and without limitation. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms of use in full, do not use this website.
  3. "We" means P2PU means the P2PU organisation, P2PU team, P2PU advisory board and affiliates. "You" means any user of the website, student and/or tutor of any P2PU course.
  4. Throughout the Website there may be additional rules or specific terms and conditions relating P2PU ("Special Conditions"). In the event of any inconsistency between these Terms of Use and the Special Conditions then the Special Conditions shall prevail.
  5. We may change these Terms of Use and any Special Conditions from time to time by posting changes online. Substantive changes will also be announced through the standard mechanisms through which P2PU communicates with the P2PU community, including P2PU's "P2PU-announce" (http://groups.google.com/group/p2pu-announce) mailing list and newsgroup. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with these Terms of Use and any Special Conditions each time you access this Website. For the avoidance of doubt your use of this Website after changes are posted shall constitute your acceptance of these Terms of Use and any Special Conditions as modified.
  6. Only person who are over the age of majority in their jurisdiction ( which is typically 18 years old , but may be different in your jurisdiction) and fully competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties set out in these Terms of Use and to abide by these Terms of Use may register an account and use the Related Services.

2. Terms of Use

  1. You acknowledge that P2PU is not an educational institution and has no affiliation or association with any educational institutions. P2PU courses are not accredited or a recognised course of study in any country.
  2. You acknowledge and agree that P2PU is being provided freely and no kind of agreement or contract is created between P2PU and you and the owners or users of this site, the owners of the servers upon which it is housed, individual tutors and students of P2PU or P2PU advisors and administrators or anyone else connected with this project subject to your claims against them directly.
  3. You acknowledge and agree that your participation in P2PU courses is on a voluntary basis.
  4. We do not guarantee enrolment into any of its courses or the continued offering of any of its courses.
  5. We reserve the right to limit the number of enrolments in each course for any reason.
  6. We reserve the right to terminate your participation in the course for any reason.
  7. We reserves the right to change the commencement and end dates and times of any course for any reason.
  8. We reserve the right to cancel a course for any reason.

3. Copyright

  1. All copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights in this Website (including the design, arrangement look and feel) and all material or content supplied as part of this Website shall remain at all times our property or that of our licensors.
  2. Certain material may be downloaded or used by you under a Creative Common Licence. Other material may be made available under different Special Conditions. It is your sole responsibility to check the copyright and licensing status (including any Special Conditions) applying to the material you view, download or otherwise access from this Website and to abide by any such Special Conditions in full.
  3. We prohibit you from uploading, posting or otherwise transmitting on the Website any materials that violate another party's image, intellectual property, privacy or any other rights.
  4. All text, images or other works in which you hold the copyright, by submitting it to P2PU , you agree to license it under the site license.

4. Disclaimer

  1. We make no warranty or representation in relation to the quality, qualifications or performance of any of its P2PU services, content, courses, tutors, advisors, administrators or volunteers.
  2. We will try to ensure that all information provided by us in connection with the P2PU and/or the Website is accurate at the time of inclusion. However, there may be errors, omissions or inaccuracies in respect of which we exclude all liability. We make no representation or warranty about the information included on this Website and/or associated communications or information. You shall be solely responsible for any decisions based on the information contained in this Website.
  3. We will try to ensure that the website is maintained in a fully operating condition. We are not responsible for the results of any defects that exist in this Website. You should not assume that this Website is error free or that it will be suitable for the particular purposes that you have in mind when using it. We reserve the right to make changes to the Website and services may be supplemented, modified or withdrawn.
  4. Information provided on the website does not constitute professional advice and should not be relied upon without taking independent advice. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you.
  5. The Website and the P2PU courses are provided on an as is and on an as available basis without any representation or endorsement being made and without warranty of any kind, including without limitation to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
  6. In addition to the above you agree that we will not be liable for any damages including but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages, errors or omissions or any damages arising from use, loss of use data or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Website and/or participation in any of the P2PU courses or associated activities.