Terms of Use (Terms & Conditions)

Please read these terms of use (“the terms”) carefully before enrolling/registering for any of our online courses. You should enrol/register for our courses only if you agree to these terms.

By enrolling/registering for our courses, you are agreeing to these terms.

If you don’t accept these terms

If you do not accept these terms in full, you should stop using the website immediately.

Ownership

This website is supplied by College of Medicine and Healing Arts. ‘College of Medicine and Healing Arts’, ‘College of Medicine and Healing Arts Online’, ‘CoMHA’ and ‘we’ refer to:

College of Medicine and Healing Arts, 446 East Park Road, Leicester LE5 5HH.

References to ‘you’ mean anyone using the website.

Changes to the website

We can alter, suspend or stop any service on the website, or its content, without telling you.

We can change these terms at any time. You can find the date we last changed the terms at the end of this page. We recommend that you visit this page from time to time to make sure that you know about any changes we have made. By continuing to use the website after any changes to the terms, you are agreeing to the changes.

You accept that you have no legal claim if we change the website or these terms.

Using the website and courses

You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes, and in a way which does not infringe the rights of anyone else or affect anyone else’s use of the website. You agree not to act in an unlawful manner or in a way which may harass or distress anyone else.

Our online courses are meant for personal study only. Enrolling on and/or completing any of our online courses does not entitle you to practice any therapy, teach any subject, advise on health and disease conditions, or provide any related or non-related service.

It is at the discretion of the College of Medicine and Healing Arts to deny or to grant access to any individual, to our online courses.

Using accounts

The website offers you the chance to create your own account, which allows you to enrol on our courses. Any account that is set up for you on this website is governed by these terms.

When your account is set up, you agree to:

• Give information that is accurate, up to date and complete, and keep your information accurate and up to date.

To update your personal details on the website:

• log in

• click on your name in the top right hand corner of the page, and then click on ‘My Account’ in the drop-down menu.

We can suspend or end your right to access our online courses immediately if in our sole opinion you are not meeting these terms, or if a regulatory authority asks us to. If we end your right to access our online courses, we may immediately close down your account and delete all information associated with it.

Health sector specific disclaimer

The content of this website and the courses is intended for informational purposes only. None of the suggestions or information is intended in any way to be a substitute for medical advice. Any attempt to treat a medical condition should always come under the direction of a qualified and competent physician.

Although every effort has been made to ensure that the information is presented accurately on this website, ultimately the responsibility for proper healthcare and medical treatment rests with your physician. Neither College of Medicine and Healing Arts nor any of our course creators, instructors and contributors can be held responsible for errors or for any consequences arising from the use of information contained on this site. Neither College of Medicine and Healing Arts nor any of our course creators, instructors and contributors can accept responsibility for injuries or illness arising out of a failure by the reader to take medical advice.

General disclaimer and limiting liability

We provide the content of this website, including all of our online courses, for general background information only. You should consult a qualified adviser or health professional for advice on any specific question or problem.

You should not rely on the accuracy of any part of the content. We will not be liable for any damage, loss, costs or expenses which arise directly or indirectly from you using this website or taking any of our online courses.

We make every effort to make sure that the website does not contain any error or defect, but we do not accept responsibility for any damage to or loss of data on your computer system, network or server that results from you using the website, or any content made available through the website.

As far as the law allows, and except as expressly set out in these terms, we will not be responsible for any warranties and representations, express or implied, in respect of the content including without limitation warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or any law, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by using this website or the services provided through this website.

Downtime

This website and our online courses may periodically need downtime (time when the website and online courses are not available) for repair, maintenance and upgrading. So, we do not guarantee that the website will always be available, but we will make reasonable efforts to reduce the time when it is not available. You cannot claim we have broken these terms because of downtime.

Links to other websites

This website may provide links to the websites of third parties. We do not recommend the content, products, advertising or other materials available from these third-party websites and you should use them at your own risk. We are not responsible for any damages, loss, cost or expense arising from your use of these third party websites.

We cannot guarantee that the links to third-party websites and services will work all the time.

Our privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites. You should be aware of the privacy policies of these websites so that you understand how these third parties will use your personal data.

Copyright

We, or third parties who have granted us licences to use the material, own all the content provided on the website. This includes all the:

• graphics, code and text

• learning materials

• software

• video and, digital downloads

• data compilation and information

• music

• images, icons and logos

• design

• names and

• buttons.

You cannot copy, reproduce, publish, upload, post, transmit or distribute any of the content.

You can download and temporarily store these pages for your own personal and private use. You can also print them for your own non-commercial use as long as you do not change the content and you do not use them in any other publication without getting our prior permission.

You cannot copy or use the ’College of Medicine and Healing Arts’ or ‘College of Medicine and Healing Arts Online’ mark, the ’comha.org.uk’ or ‘comha.org.uk’ domains or other names, images or logos identifying College of Medicine and Healing Arts, and their products and services, without getting permission in writing from us.

Password

If you want to get your own account on this website, you will need to register with us. We will ask you for your first name, last name, your email address, country of residence, phone number and a password. Your email address will become your username. As you will be responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password, you should keep them confidential. You must tell us immediately if anyone else is using your username or password without your permission, or if you believe that your username or password are no longer confidential.

We can ask you to alter your username and password if we believe that they are no longer secure.

General

You should not rely on any statement we or any of our representatives have made about using this website (other than those set out in these terms).

If we cancel any of these terms, or we cannot enforce them, those terms that are not affected will still apply.

Your and our rights under these terms can be waived only in writing. If you or we do not exercise a right, we are not waiving that right.

Governing law

These terms and our privacy policy will be governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Last Updated: 14th November 2017.