Site Policies


PRIVACY POLICY

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At SHEilds Ltd we recognise that privacy is important. This Policy applies to all of the products, services , resouces and courses offered by SHEilds Ltd.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or write to us at

Information we collect and how we use it :

We may collect the following types of information :-

SHEilds Ltd only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include :-

SHEilds Ltd process personal information on our servers in England, Ireland, Europe, the United States of America and in other areas of the globe. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services.

Choices for personal information

When you sign up for a particular course that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.

If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.

You can decline to submit personal information to any of our resources or courses , in which case SHEilds Ltd may not be able to provide those resources to you.

Information sharing

SHEilds Ltd only shares personal information with other companies or individuals in the following limited circumstances:

We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually.

Please contact us at the address below for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.

Information security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

We restrict access to personal information to SHEilds Ltd site members, employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.

Data integrity

SHEilds Ltd processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.

Accessing and updating personal information

When you use SHEilds Ltd resources and courses , we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information.

Enforcement

SHEilds Ltd regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or SHEilds Ltd's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site or by writing to us at .

Changes to this policy

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.

Plagiarism Policy

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Introduction

As a business which carries out assessment we have an obligation to ensure that the students receive a fair and accurate representation of their work, whether this is in the form of assessing evidence for vocational qualifications or submissions of assignments or examinations.

Plagiarism undermines the value of qualifications for all concerned from the student, the training provider and the awarding body, as it undermines their credibility. If a student passes an assessment or gains a qualification by unfair means, it is unfair to others who have gained the qualification by proper means.
For those reasons we must ensure that plagiarism and other forms of cheating have not taken place.

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism involves knowingly taking and using another person’s work and claiming it directly or indirectly as your own.
It can be a fine dividing line between deliberate plagiarism and failure to acknowledge sources of information or contributions by other parties appropriately.

To avoid plagiarism you must give clear credit whenever you use:-

Another person’s idea, opinion or theory
Statistics, and various data such as graphs, etc.
Quotations or paraphrases of another persons written or spoken words

Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that work submitted for purposes of assessment is their own and to ensure that any input from a third party is clearly referenced.
It is the responsibility of assessment staff, examiners and invigilators to stress to the students that we as a provider and the awarding bodies will not tolerate plagiarism and will investigate any such identified occurrences of plagiarism and ultimately inform them of the consequences if they fail to comply.

Preventative action

Steps to reduce the potential for plagiarism should always be taken; this may be in the form of changing assessment plans and individualizing. Randomly asking questions rather than standardizing, or having a bank of questions on which to draw also changing methods of assessment where possible. Ensuring an appropriate level of assessors, supervision and or invigilators, who are suitably trained, are available.

Candidates should be encouraged to put in quotations everything that comes directly from another person. Also to paraphrase, but ensure that they are not just simply rearranging or altering a few words.

Investigation

Evidence of plagiarism must be gathered carefully and confidentially. All documentation relating to a potential case must be retained and stored securely.
In all cases the person carrying out the investigation must ensure that there is clear evidence that plagiarism has taken place.

Therefore the following must be considered:-

Was the outcome of the qualification changed by the plagiarism? If so then the assessment should be taken again.
If the plagiarism was minor and did not appear to be intentional cheating then guidance and support should be given to the student to overcome this.
If the plagiarism takes the form of copying and pasting material from a resource such as the internet the student must be made aware that this is unacceptable and must be advised to resubmit.
If the student fails to understand it should be questioned as to whether the course is suitable for them or whether the assessment instructions are clear.

Outcome

If after a thorough investigation it is clear that plagiarism has occurred the candidate must be informed of the consequences.
Depending on the qualification, this could be resubmitting evidence as part of an NVQ, voiding an examination result or re-sitting an examination.

Appeals

If the candidate disputes the allegation they have the right to appeal to the awarding body. Details of the individual awarding body’s procedure should be made available to the candidate at the earliest opportunity and both parties should follow their guidance.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at .

 

Terms of Use of Website Policy ("Terms of Use")

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Introduction

Please read these Terms of Use carefully as they set out the terms of use on which you may access and make use of this Website whether as a Guest or registered User. By accessing and/or using this Website, you indicate that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should cease accessing and using the Website immediately.

  1. “Website” means the website that you are currently using (www.sheilds-elearning.co.uk) and any sub-domains of the Website;
  2. “User”, “Users”, “you” and “Guest” means any third party that accesses the Website and who is not employed by The Group and acting in the course of their employment;
  3. “The Company”, “we”, “us” and “The Group” means SHEilds Limited, and its subsidiaries and associated companies;
  4. “Content” means any text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations and any other form of information capable of being stored in a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website;
  5. “Service” means collectively any online facilities, tools, services or information that The Group makes available through the Website either now or in the future.
  1. The Website is owned and operated by SHEilds Limited, a company registered in England with The Company number 4623681 and its registered office at UNIT 24 PRIORY TEC PARK, SHEILDS HOUSE, HESSLE, EAST YORKSHIRE, HU13 9PB.
  1. These Terms of Use are applicable to any use of the Website.
  2. The services provided under the Website are supplied by SHEilds Limited and its subsidiaries and associated companies ("The Group").
  1. Use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Statement, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.
  1. Terms and conditions relating to the pricing and availability of products and services advertised on the Website are available separately as “Terms and Conditions of Purchase”, and contracts for the sale of products and services formed through the Website are governed by those Terms and Conditions of Purchase.
  1. Subject to the exceptions in Clause 7.1 of these Terms of Use, all Content included on the Website, unless uploaded by Users, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, logos, icons, images, sound clips, video clips, data compilations, page layout, underlying code and software is the property of The Group, our affiliates or other relevant third parties.  By continuing to use the Website you acknowledge that such material is protected by applicable United Kingdom and International intellectual property and other laws.
  2. Subject to Clause 7.1 you may not reproduce, copy, distribute, store or in any other fashion re-use material from the Website unless otherwise indicated on the Website or unless given express written permission to do so by The Group.
  3. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all Intellectual Property rights including, but not limited to, Copyright and Trademarks, in product images and descriptions belong to the manufacturers or distributors of such products as may be applicable.
  1. Material from the Website may be re-used without written permission where any of the exceptions detailed in Chapter III of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 apply.
  1. This Website may contain links to other web sites.  Unless expressly stated, these web sites are not under the control of The Group or that of our affiliates.  We assume no responsibility for the content of such web sites and disclaim liability for any and all forms of loss or damage arising out of the use of them.  The inclusion of a link to another web site on this Website does not imply any endorsement of the web sites themselves or of those in control of them.
  1. Those wishing to place a link to this Website on other web sites may do so only to the home page of the Website (www.sheilds-elearning.co.uk) without prior permission.  Deep linking (i.e. links to specific pages within the site) requires the permission of The Group.
  1. The Service is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis.  The Group makes no warranty that the Service will be free of defects and/or faults.  To the maximum extent permitted by the law we provide no warranties either express or implied of fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy of information, compatibility and satisfactory quality.
  2. The Group accepts no liability for any disruption or non-availability of the Website in any circumstance.
  1. The Group makes no warranty or representation that the Website will meet your requirements, that it will be of satisfactory quality, that it will be fit for a particular purpose, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all systems, that it will be secure and that all information provided will be accurate. We make no guarantee of any specific results from the use of our Services.
  2. No part of this Website is intended to constitute advice and the Content of this Website should not be relied upon when making any decisions or taking any action of any kind.
  3. No part of this Website is intended to constitute a contractual offer capable of acceptance.
  4. The Website is intended for use within the United Kingdom. Those who choose to access this site outside of the United Kingdom are responsible for compliance with local laws to the extent that local laws are applicable.
  1. You agree to indemnify The Group from any proceedings brought against it to the extent that such proceedings arise in connection with your use of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, or with any claim for infringement of any third party intellectual property rights, or with any claim for defamation arising from your particular use of the Website, including any information which you enter on the Website.
  2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, The Group accepts no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage, foreseeable or otherwise, including any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of the Website, the Content, or any information contained therein. The User should be aware that they use the Website and it’s Content at their own risk.
  3. Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or restricts The Group’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from any negligence or fraud on the part of The Group.
  4. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that these Terms of Use adhere strictly with the relevant provisions of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, in the event that any of these terms are found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that term is to be deemed severed from these Terms of Use and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms. This clause shall apply only within jurisdictions where a particular clause is judged to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable.
  1. In the event that any party to these Terms of Use fails to exercise any right or remedy contained herein, this shall not be construed as a waiver of that right or remedy.
  1. In the event of any conflict between these Terms of Use and any prior versions thereof, the provisions of these Terms of Use shall prevail.
  1. These Terms of Use and the relationship between you and The Group shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Law of England and Wales, and The Group and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
  1. The Group reserves the right to change the Website, its Content or these Terms of Use at any time and without notice to you. You will be bound by the Terms of Use in force at the time that you access the Website.