Acceptance of Forum Rules

These rules (Rules) set out the terms for use of the forum or blog comments (the Boards), which apply to all users. Any submission of material by you to a Board means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the terms and conditions of these Rules.

The Rules supplement our terms of website use and our privacy policy.

graduate-jobs.com is a website operated by graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd ("We"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 03928623. Our address is Work.Life, Brown Street, Manchester, M2 1DH. Our VAT number is 832756220.

We are a limited company.

We are registered under the Data Protection Act, registration number Z6515152.

Moderation

The Boards are fully moderated. Every contribution submitted to a Board (Contribution) will be checked by us for compliance with our content standards (Content Standards) before it is published. We will try to publish as many Contributions as we can but we cannot guarantee that all Contributions will be published. We also cannot guarantee how quickly Contributions will be posted on a Board as this will depend on other editorial commitments.

Although the Boards are fully moderated, we are under no obligation to you or any other person to oversee, monitor or moderate the Boards or any other service we provide on our website and we may stop moderating the Boards at any time. We reserve the right to remove, or to disable access to, any Contribution which we deem to be potentially defamatory of any person or which we deem unlawful or in violation of any third party rights. We expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of the Boards by any person in contravention of these Rules.

Moderators are under no obligation to enter into any discussion relating to your use of the Boards. However, please feel free to contact them with any queries or comments: info@graduate-jobs.com.

Views expressed in Contributions are those of the contributor and not necessarily of graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd or of its employees or clients.

Use of the Boards by Minors

The use of the Boards by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use the Boards that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online. Minors who are using the Boards should be made aware of the potential risks to them and of their obligation to comply with these Rules when using the Boards.

We will do our best to assess any possible risks to minors from third parties when they use the Boards, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks.

Submission of Contributions

There is limit of 2,000 characters to the length of a Contribution.

If you supply your email address when you contribute:

  • it will not be published
  • it will be stored by graduate-jobs.com
  • it may be used to inform you about moderation issues regarding your Contribution
  • graduate-jobs.com may contact you for other reasons.

Your name and location will appear next to your Contribution to the forum, but your email address will not be published but it may be used to inform you about moderation issues.

You must be logged in in order to contribute comments to the blogs.

To enable us to publish comments from as many different people as possible, please refrain from posting multiple Contributions. Multiple Contributions may discourage others who might otherwise wish to take part.

Content Standards

These Content Standards apply to each part of a Contribution as well as to its whole. The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd will determine, in its discretion, whether a Contribution breaches the Content Standards.

A Contribution must:

  • Be accurate (where it states facts).
  • Be genuinely held (where it states opinions).
  • Comply with the law applicable in England and Wales and in any country from which it is posted.
  • Be relevant.
  • Be in English.

A Contribution must not:

  • Be defamatory of any person.
  • Be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
  • Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • Disclose the name, address, telephone, mobile or fax number, e-mail address, social media login or any other personal data in respect of any individual.
  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
  • Breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
  • Be in contempt of court.
  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • Impersonate any person, or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
  • Give the impression that the Contribution emanates from graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd if this is not the case.
  • Advocate, promote, incite any third party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act.
  • Contain a statement which you know or believe, or have reasonable grounds for believing, that members of the public to whom the statement is, or is to be, published are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
  • Contain any advertising or promote any services or web links to other websites.

Guidelines

  • The Boards are not for applying for jobs.
  • Do not submit the same Contribution to multiple forums or blogs.
  • Try to keep your submissions relevant to the topic and explain why you hold your opinion.
  • Forum Thread titles should be accurate and explain the content of the thread and are subject to moderation.
  • Please make sure your Contribution is clearly expressed to ensure that it is not misunderstood.
  • You can express strong opinions but please don't go too far. Consider how your Contribution could be viewed by others from different backgrounds. Please be polite and don't use profanity.

Copyright

By submitting a Contribution to a Board, you agree to grant graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd a non-exclusive licence to use that Contribution. Although you will still own the copyright in your Contribution, graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd will have the right to freely use, edit, alter, reproduce, publish and/or distribute the material contained in your Contribution. This licence will be free of charge, perpetual and capable of sub-licence. graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd may exercise all copyright and publicity rights in the material contained in your Contribution in all jurisdictions, to their full extent and for the full period for which any such rights exist in that material.

Please also note that, in accordance with the Content Standards, you must ensure that your Contribution does not infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person. By submitting your Contribution to the Board, you are warranting that you have the right to grant graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd the non-exclusive copyright licence described above.

If you are not in a position to grant such a licence to graduate-jobs.com UK Ltd, please do not submit the Contribution to a Board.

Breach of These Rules

When we consider that a breach of the Content Standards has occurred, we may at our discretion take such action as we deem appropriate. Failure to comply with these Rules constitutes a material breach of the terms of use on which you are permitted to use the Board, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the Boards.
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution already posted on the Boards.
  • Issue of a warning to you.
  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  • Further legal action against you.
  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of these Rules. The actions described above are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Complaints

If you wish to complain about any Contribution posted to a Board, please contact us at info@graduate-jobs.com. We will then review the Contribution and decide whether it complies with our Content Standards. We will deal with any Contribution which, in our opinion, violates our Content Standards as described above (see section "Breach of these Rules"). We will inform you of the outcome of our review within a reasonable time of receiving your complaint.

Changes to These Rules

We may revise these Rules at any time. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you.

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