Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern Bath College's relationship with you in relation to this website.
The term ‘Bath College’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website, Bath College, who’s address is Bath College, Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1UP. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
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The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
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Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. Information may over time become out of date.
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Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable (provided that nothing shall limit or exclude our liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury caused by our negligence). It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
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This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
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All trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website.
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Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
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From time to time this website may also include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).
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You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without Bath College's prior written consent.
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Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England and Wales.
You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our website:
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In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
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In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
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To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
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To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
You also agree:
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Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of these terms and conditions.
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Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt: any part of our site; any equipment or network on which our site is stored; any software used in the provision of our site; or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
If you upload material to our website, or send any communication via our website, such material or communication must not:
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Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
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Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
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Promote violence.
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Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
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Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
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Be likely to deceive any person.
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Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party.
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Promote any illegal activity.
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Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
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Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
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Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
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Give the impression that they emanate from us if this is not the case.
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Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
Intellectual Property Rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
Bath College, 'www.bathcollege.ac.uk' and our logo are trademarks belonging to us. We give no permission for the use of these trademarks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.
The other registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners. Unless stated otherwise, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.
Privacy
Please see our privacy policy for full information on how we store and process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
Accessibility
We are committed to making the information and resources provided via our website accessible to the widest possible audience. To enable this, we follow widely accepted 'best practice' principles for design and usability. You can easily adjust the site in a number of ways to fit your needs. Please see our accessibility statement for further details and information.
Customise the site to fit your needs
In order to make this website easier to read and navigate, you can change display settings such as:
Screen magnification
Style sheets
The BBC's website "My Web My Way" offers help on adjusting these and other features in your specific operating system and browser.
Standards compliance
The website is built using HTML and CSS, according to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards. It is designed to be in line with recognised best practice, such as the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
We have endeavoured to follow current Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI) guidelines and look to ensure that Conformance Level "AA": all Priority 2 checkpoints are satisfied.
WCAG 1.0 has 14 guidelines that are general principles of accessible design. Each guideline has one or more checkpoints that explain how the guideline applies in a specific area.
Competitions
From time to time we may run competitions, free prize draws and/or other promotions on our website. These will be subject to separate terms and conditions (that we will make available to you as appropriate).
Third party advertising
There may be third party advertising posted on Bath College from time to time which will likely contain links to Third Party Sites. Bath College does exercise a review of advertising and editorial content before publishing; however, Bath College does not accept any liability and responsibility for the content contained within Third Party Sites. Bath College’s liability and responsibility for the content of such third party advertising on bathcollege.ac.uk and any damage it may cause is hereby disclaimed and excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Where Bath College provides hyperlinks to a third party site, Bath College shall not take any responsibility for nor does it make any warranties, representations or undertakings about the content of such site and Bath College does not endorse or approve the content of such third party sites. If you decide to use any link to a third party site you leave www.bathcollege.ac.uk and you do so at your own risk.
Feedback
We continue to make further improvements and enhancements to our accessibility features according to feedback. Please let us know of any problems you may have encountered, or of any features that you have found particularly useful. You can contact us via email: marketing@bathcollege.ac.uk
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Bath College and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue, for any business interruption, for any loss of anticipated savings, for any loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation, or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website (provided that nothing shall limit or exclude our liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation or for death or personal injury caused by our negligence).
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Bath College. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Bath College takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
Breach of these terms
Failure to comply with these terms of use may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:
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Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
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Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
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Issue of a warning to you.
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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.
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Further legal action against you.
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Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
The responses described above are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.
If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact us.
Thank you for visiting our site.
1. LEGAL REQUIREMENT
1.1 Adopting a publication scheme is a requirement of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This Act promoted greater openness and accountability across the public sector by requiring all ‘public authorities’ to make information available proactively, through a publication scheme.
1.2 ‘Public Authorities’ are defined in the Act and include Universities, Further Education, Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges.
2. BATH COLLEGE – WHO WE ARE
Bath College is a Further Education Corporation established under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Bath College provides education and training to a wide range of qualifications and has links with a number of Universities and other training providers.
3. WHAT IS A PUBLICATION SCHEME?
3.1 A publication scheme is a document which describes the information a public authority publishes, or intends to publish. In this context, ‘publish’ means to make information available, routinely. These descriptions are called ‘classes of information’. The scheme is not a list of the actual publications, because this will change as new material is published or existing material revised. It is, however, the public authority’s commitment to make available the information described.
4. THE MODEL PUBLICATION SCHEME FOR FURTHER EDUCATION
4.1 Bath College has adopted the model publication scheme developed for Higher/Further Education sector and is therefore committed to publishing the information it describes. The Bath College Publication Scheme can be found HERE
5. ACCESSING INFORMATION COVERED BY THE PUBLICATION SCHEME
5.1 The classes of information we publish are described in the second part of the scheme.
5.2 Next to each class we have indicated the manner in which the information described will be available. We have also indicated whether charges apply to material in each class.
5.3 To request information available through our publication scheme please contact: The Deputy Principal, Bath College, Avon Street, Bath BA1 1UP.
5.4 Please note that a publication scheme relates to ‘published’ information. Therefore, material covered has already been prepared in a format ready for distribution.
6. WHAT ABOUT INFORMATION NOT COVERED BY THE PUBLICATION SCHEME?
6.1 From 1st January 2005 you will have the right, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to request any information held by a public authority which it has not already made available through its publication scheme.
6.2 Requests will have to be made in writing and, in general, public authorities will have 20 working days to respond. They may charge a fee, which will have to be calculated according to Fees Regulations. They will not be required to release information to which an exemption in the Act legitimately applies. However, public authorities may be required to explain to the applicant why they are not releasing information and they may have to justify this to the Information Commissioner.
7. FEEDBACK
7.1 It is important that this publication scheme meets your needs. If you find the scheme difficult to understand, please let us know. We also welcome suggestions as to how our scheme might be improved.
Any questions, comments or complaints about this scheme should be sent in writing to the Publication Scheme Co-ordinator below:-
Mrs K Hobbs
Deputy Principal
Bath College
Avon Street
Bath
BA1 1UP
Fax: 01225 328 864
Any complaints about this scheme should be sent to:
Mrs J Davis
Deputy Principal
Bath College
Avon Street
Bath
BA1 1UP
Fax: 01225 328 864
7.2 If you are unable to resolve any complaint, you can complain to the Information Commissioner, the independent body who oversees the Freedom of Information Act:
Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
8. FURTHER INFORMATION
More information about the Freedom of Information Act is available on the Information Commissioner’s website.
1. Introduction and Scope
1.1 This is a statement of data protection policy adopted by Bath College.
2. Policy
2.1 The College needs to collect and use certain types of information about people with whom it deals in order to operate. These include current, past and prospective employees, current past and prospective students, sponsors, guarantors, suppliers, clients/customers, and others with whom it communicates. In addition, it may occasionally be required by law to collect and use certain types of information of this kind to comply with the requirements of government departments. This personal information must be dealt with properly however it is collected, recorded and used – whether on paper, in a computer, or recorded on other material – and there are safeguards to ensure this in the Data Protection Act 1998.
2.2 The College regards the lawful and correct treatment of personal information as very important to successful operations, and to maintaining confidence between those with whom we deal and ourselves. The College aims to ensure that personal information is treated lawfully and correctly. To this end the College fully endorses and adheres to the Principles of data protection, as enumerated in the Data Protection Act 1998.
2.3 Specifically, the Principles of the Act require that personal information:
• shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless specific conditions are met;
• shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes;
• shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed;
• shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
• shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes;
• shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Act;
• appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data;
• shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.
3. Procedure
3.1 Therefore, the College will, through appropriate management and application of criteria and controls:
• observe fully conditions regarding the fair collection and use of information;
• meet its legal obligations to specify the purposes for which information is used;
• collect and processes appropriate information, and only to the extent that it is needed to fulfil operational needs or to comply with any legal requirements;
• ensure the quality of information used;
• apply strict checks to determine the length of time information is held;
• ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held, are able to be fully exercised under the Act.
• take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information;
• ensure that personal information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards.
3.2 In addition, the College will ensure that:
• there is someone with specific responsibility for data protection in the organisation. (Currently, the Nominated Person is the Director of Information and Funding);
• everyone managing and handling personal information understands that they are responsible for following good data protection practice;
• everyone managing and handling personal information is appropriately trained to do so;
• everyone managing and handling personal information is appropriately supervised;
• anybody wanting to make enquiries about handling personal information knows what to do;
• queries about handling personal information are promptly and courteously dealt with;
• methods of handling personal information are clearly described;
• regular review and audit is made of the way personal information is managed;
• methods of handling personal information are regularly assessed and evaluated;
• performance with handling personal information is regularly assessed and evaluated.
