Information About Us

The website: ELINET MOOC (the "website") is owned and controlled by the University Court of the University of Glasgow incorporated under the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and having our principal office at University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, a registered Scottish charity in terms of Section 13 (2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (Charity Number SC004401, Charity Name 'University of Glasgow Court') (“University of Glasgow”, “us”, “we” and “our”). The website is associated with the ‘English, Languages, and Internationalisation Network’ (the “Network” or “ELINET”), an online academic network on Global Englishes and English as a Medium of Instruction.

Use & Access 

These terms of use set out the terms for use of the website and applies to all users of and visitors to the website ('you'). Please read these terms of use carefully before you begin to use the website. By using the website, you accept these terms of use and agree to abide by them. Please do not use the website if you do not agree with these terms of use.

Access to the website is on a temporary basis and we may withdraw or amend the website at any time. Sections of the website may be restricted to certain users at any time.

Privacy Statement

Please read our Privacy Policy for details of how we use information about you.

Prohibited Uses

You may only use the MOOC website for lawful purposes. You may not use the website:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation;
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
  • To transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or
  • To knowingly transmit any data or upload any material that contains viruses, or any other computer code, programs or files designed to destroy, interrupt, or limit the functionality of the website or any computer, computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.


Liability

The content on the website is provided 'as is', and without warranties, representations, or undertakings. We try to ensure that the content and information available on the website is accurate at the time of publication, but we do not warrant that this is the case.

Any links within the website to third party websites are not checked by us and we bear no responsibility for the content of external sites. If you access external sites through the website, you do so at your own risk.

We make no guarantees that the website is free from viruses. It is strongly recommended that you check for such viruses before downloading the website or its contents.

Intellectual Property

University of Glasgow is the owner, or the licensee of, all intellectual property rights contained within the website and in the content published on the website. All such rights are reserved.

The website and all content published on the website are made available to you under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode).

Any other use of the website or the content published on the website requires prior written consent from the University of Glasgow.

Governing Law/Jurisdiction

These terms of use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland and any disputes that may arise will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

Updates to Terms and Conditions

The University of Glasgow may revise these terms and conditions at any time. We will post a notification of any changes we make on the website. By continuing to use the website you agree to such changes.

Enquiries

Please contact connect@elinet.org.uk if you have any enquiries about the website.