Terms and Policies

Our terms and policies.

Your agreement with us.

Thanks for taking the time to learn about our legal policies. This is where you’ll find information about how we protect your privacy, what you can and can’t do, and how we handle your account with us. If you still have questions after reading them, please contact us.

The site at ottomanrenaissance.org ("Site") is a website where you can browse, select and apply to enrol in courses conducted by Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation ("we", "us" or "our") at Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation ("Centre", "CORC"), and order incidental products and services from us.

Terms

The terms and conditions set out in this document ("Terms") govern your access to, and use of, the Site, as well as any application for enrolment, or order of products or services, you lodge through the Site.

We may vary these Terms, for any reason, at any time and without notice.

If you browse the Site, or proceed with an enrolment application or order to purchase products or services through the Site, you are deemed to have accepted the Terms and agreed to comply at all times, including during your enrolment (if any) with all applicable laws in connection with the use of the Site, and your application or order, and with our by-laws, rules, policies and procedures, and that you are responsible for informing yourself of the requirements applicable to you under such by-laws, rules, policies and procedures available here.

Applying for a course and ordering a product or service

We invite you to apply to enrol in a course, or order a product or service, by selecting and submitting your application or order through the Site. Any application or order placed through this Site is an offer by you to enrol in a course or purchase a product or service at the relevant price notified on the Site at the time of your application or order, and you acknowledge that the Terms apply to any such offer.

We may ask you to provide additional information to enable us to process your application or order. You agree to provide us with current, complete and accurate details throughout the enrolment or order process.

CORC courses are developed and conducted for adults seeking post-secondary education and learning.

Please note that CORC courses are not registered on the Commonwealth Government’s Register of Institutions of Australia.

Acceptance, rejection and withdrawal by us

We may accept or reject an application for a course or order for products or services at any time before we give you notice of acceptance or rejection, and in our absolute discretion.

If we accept your application or order, we will provide you with an email confirmation of that acceptance (which may be conditional) and a binding agreement between you and us shall come into existence when we provide such confirmation. For each application or order we accept, we agree to enrol you in the relevant course or supply the relevant product or service to you, in accordance with the Terms.

We reserve the right to reject your application or order for any reason, including if a course is already full or a product or service are not currently available. If we reject an application or order, we will endeavour to notify you of that rejection within a reasonable time after you submit your application or order. If we have already received your payment, we will return, or refund in full, your payment promptly after our rejection notification.

We reserve the right to withdraw a course, product or service at any time and for any reason. If the withdrawal occurs after we have received your application or order, but before our acceptance or rejection, we will endeavour to notify you of the withdrawal as soon as practicable. If we have already received your payment, we will either offer you a credit note, or, at your request, return, or refund in full, your payment, promptly after our withdrawal notification.

Company invoicing and enrolments

Please be advised that by enrolling into a course with CORC and opting to pay by invoice, you are agreeing to the enrolment terms and conditions which can be found on our website ottomanrenaissance.org. Please take the time to read these carefully and feel free to contact us via our website if you have any queries.

Please be aware that payment is required in full BEFORE commencing the course.

Issuance of a Statement of Completion

Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation runs short, non-award courses with no accreditation attached — no exams are held at the end of the training to provide any form of certification, however, completion of course assessment is a prerequisite. Course participants are entitled to receive a Statement of Completion after the course once they have completed at least 70% of the training including the completion of the required course assessment.

For those who require a replacement Statement of Completion where the course has been held more than a year ago from the request date, there will be an administrative fee of $40 payable.

Cancellation by us

At any time after we have accepted your enrolment application or order for products or services, we may cancel your enrolment, your order or the relevant course, for any reason. If we cancel, we will endeavour to notify you as soon as practicable. You agree that our liability to you as a result of our cancellation by us is capped at the amount paid by you to us in respect of the cancelled course, product or service.

Cancellation of course before commencement

If we cancel the course on or before its scheduled commencement date, we will cancel your enrolment. If we have already received your payment, we will promptly either offer you a credit note, or, at your request, return, or refund in full, your payment.

Cancellation of course after commencement

If we cancel the course after its scheduled commencement date because we are no longer able to conduct the course for reasons beyond our reasonable control, including a venue or teacher becoming unavailable, or for any other reason, we will cancel your enrolment. If we have already received your payment, we may, in our absolute discretion, give you a credit note (in whole or in part) depending on the circumstances of the cancellation, unless we are required by law to give you a refund.

Cancellation of enrolment before commencement of course

If, on or before the scheduled commencement date of the course, we cancel your enrolment (but not the course) for any reason (in our absolute discretion), we will promptly either offer you a credit note, or, at your request, return, or refund in full, your payment.

Cancellation of enrolment after commencement of course

If, after the scheduled commencement date of the course, we cancel your enrolment (but not the course) for any reason (in our absolute discretion) and we have already received your payment, we may, in our absolute discretion, give you a credit note (in whole or in part) depending on the circumstances of the cancellation, unless we are required by law to give you a refund.

Cancellation of product or service order

We reserve the right to cancel a product or service order for any reason and at any time after our acceptance. We will endeavour to notify you of the cancellation as soon as practicable. If we have already received your payment, we may, in our absolute discretion, give you a credit note (in whole or in part) depending on the circumstances of the cancellation, unless we are required by law to give you a refund.

Cancellation of enrolment or order by you

If you cancel your enrolment or order within 24 hours of your purchase, we will refund the fees in full.

No refund will be issued if you cancel or re-schedule your enrolment more than 24 hours after your purchase.

If you cancel your enrolment or wish to re-schedule your enrolment for any reason with less than five business days prior to the commencement of your course:

there will be no credit voucher or refund issued;
you will forfeit all fees paid; and
it will not be possible to re-schedule your enrolment or transfer to another course.

Failure to complete a course

If you fail to complete your choice of course, the course fee is not refundable nor will a credit note be provided.

Fees and charges

We will charge you, and you agree to pay, the purchase price of the course you apply for, or product or service you order, as advertised on the Site at the time of your application or order, and any other fees and charges set out in these Terms.

All fees and charges identified in these Terms and all prices for the courses, products and services include government taxes where applicable.

We may vary prices for courses, products and services from time to time without notice. Subject to these Terms, we will not increase the amount payable by you for the relevant courses, products, services once we have accepted your application or order.

Payment methods

We accept the following methods for the payment of amounts payable to us in respect of courses, products and services.

MasterCard
Visa

For payments by MasterCard or Visa, you authorise us to debit the amount that is payable for your application or order from your nominated card account.

If we are unable to successfully process your card payment, then we may cancel your order or application and we will endeavour to notify you.

You must not pay, or attempt to pay, for courses, products or services through any fraudulent or unlawful means.

We will provide you with a receipt promptly after we receive your application or order which specifies the total fees and charges for the courses, products and services.

General

We may use any personal information in accordance with our privacy policy.

Acceptable use policy

The actions individual users take can potentially have a big impact on our systems as a whole. That’s why all users must follow this Acceptable Use Policy. If you violate this policy, we may suspend or terminate your access.

General

Your access to and use of the Site, including your order of Services through the Site, is subject to these terms and conditions. You agree to bound by, and comply with, these terms and conditions by browsing the Site.

The Site may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us or our related bodies. These links are provided for your convenience only and:

we make no representations or warranties, or have any responsibility or liability for those websites; and,
these links do not indicate, expressly or implied, that we endorse the site or the products or services that are provided at those websites.

Registration

If you register an account with us, you may not have more than one active account, and your account is non-transferable. You may update or edit your account at any time through the Site.

If you choose to use a workplace email address for your account or workplace facilities to access the Site, then you are solely responsible for ensuring that you comply with the rules, policies or protocols that apply to the use of your email address and your workplace facilities.

Prohibited actions

You may not:

use the Site for any activities that breach any laws, infringe a third party’s rights or are contrary to any relevant standards or codes, including, but not limited to breaches of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cwlth);
use the Site in a manner or way, or post to or transmit to or via the Site, any material which interferes with other users or our other customers or defames, harasses, threatens, menaces or offends any person or which prevents any other person from using or enjoying the Site;
make fraudulent or speculative enquiries, purchases or requests through the Site;
use another person’s details without their permission or impersonate another person when using the Site;
share your password;
post or transmit any obscene, indecent, inflammatory or pornographic material or any other material that may give rise to civil or criminal proceedings;
tamper with or hinder the operation of the Site;
knowingly transmit any viruses, worms, defects, trojan horses or similar disabling or malicious code to the Site;
use any robot, spider, site search and retrieval application or other mechanism to retrieve or index any portion of the Site;
decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software on the Site, or in any way used or downloaded from the Site;
modify, adapt or translate any portion of the Site;
use any of the software on the Site, or downloaded from the Site, to create a competing product;
remove any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Site;
reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site;
create accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretences;
use the Site to violate the security of any computer or other network or engage in illegal conduct;
take any action that imposes or that would, in our reasonable opinion, result in an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
use the Site other than in accordance with these terms and conditions; or
attempt any of the above acts or engage or permit another person to do any of the above acts.

Termination

We may immediately suspend, terminate or limit your access to and use of the Site and (where relevant) your account if you breach these terms and conditions and:

the breach cannot be remedied; or
you fail to the remedy the breach within 10 days of our notice to you of that breach; or
if there is an emergency or we need to perform some maintenance on the Site.

Privacy Statement

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us: When you register to use our services, communicate with our customer service team, send us an email, or use our Site, you’re giving us information that we collect. That information may include your IP address, name, physical address, email address, phone number, credit card information, and other details like gender, date of birth, and other demographic information.
Information from your use of the Site: We may get information about how and when you use the Site. This information may include your IP address, time, date, browser used, and actions taken by you within the Site.
Cookies: When you use the Site, we store “cookies”, which are strings of code, on your computer. We use those cookies to collect information about when you visit the Site, your browser type and version, your operating system, and other similar information. You may turn off cookies that have been placed on your computer by following the instructions on your browser, but if you block our cookies, it may be more difficult (and maybe even impossible) to use the Site.
Web Beacons: When we send emails to customers who have created a profile with us, we’ll sometimes track who opened the emails and who clicked the links. We do that to measure the performance of our marketing activities and to improve our features for specific segments of customers. To do this, we include single pixel gifs, also called web beacons, in emails we send. Web beacons allow us to collect information about when you open the email, your IP address, your browser or email client type, and other similar details.

Use and Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may use and disclose your Personal Information only as follows:

To send you informational and promotional content relevant to your engagement with us. You can stop receiving our promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in every email.
To bill and collect money owed to us. This includes sending you emails, invoices, receipts, notices of arrears, and alerting you if we need a different credit card number.
To send you Alert Messages. For example, we may need to let you know about late changes to class schedules, venues or tutor allocations.
To enforce compliance with our website’s 'Terms of Use' This may include developing tools that help us prevent violations as listed in the ‘Prohibited Actions’ sections of the Terms.
To provide customer support.
To inform emergency services. For example, in the case of a medical emergency. Or if you should you break the law, resulting violation of the rights and safety of our customers and third parties, as well as our own.
To support and improve the Services we offer.
To communicate with you about your account for informational, not promotional, reasons.

Supplying your personal information is voluntary however, failing to do so may result in CORC being unable to process your enrolment into your selected course or being unable to provide you with a certificate of completion.

Any information collected will be held by the Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation. You have a right to access or amend your personal information. Requests should be directed, through the contact link on our website.

Disclaimer

Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation strives to keep information stored on this server up to date, but does not guarantee the accuracy, reliability or currency of the information. Any errors in the information that are brought to our attention will be corrected as soon as possible. Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation reserves the right to change at any time without notice any information stored on this server. This includes information about courses or units of study offered by Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation.

Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation provides links to a number of external websites via this website. Monitoring and reviewing content of these third party external websites is not the responsibility of Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation nor does the Centre endorse, approve or recommend the content, owners or operators of websites and applications available through this website.

The Centre accepts no liability for any loss or damage a person suffers because that person has directly or indirectly relied on any information stored on this server.

Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation owns the copyright in the information provided on this site, unless stated otherwise.

Material on this site is subject to copyright under Australian law and through international treaties, applicable law in other countries.

Individuals may copy a reasonable portion of the material on this site under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 provided it is used for research or study or for criticism or review. Educational institutions may reproduce limited amounts of material from this site under Part VB of the Copyright Act.

Apart from these specified uses material from this site may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without prior written permission of Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation.

Reporting copyright infringements and problems

Centre for Ottoman Renaissance and Civilisation is committed to upholding the rights of copyright owners.

Repeat course conditions

Repeat courses are subject to the following terms:

Subject to the course being offered.
Repeat courses may only be undertaken by the participant who originally attended the course.
Full fee course fees or individual session fees apply to repeat.

Discounts and promotional offers may not be applied in reduction of the fee.

Online course attendee(s) agree to the following terms and conditions:

a) The attendee(s) acknowledges that disseminating of lecture / presentation information on any online, social or other media platforms is in violation of copyright infringement laws.

b) The attendee(s) shall not without the consent of the host publish, share, or disseminate lecture / presentation information in any format on online, social media or any other information platforms.

c) The attendee(s) shall not without the consent of the host record the lecture / presentation during online sessions or more specifically on any third party recording software.

d) The attendee(s) shale not without the consent of the host share online session links / passwords with other potential attendees either during or prior to the commencement of sessions.

e) The attendee(s) is permitted to use the lecture / presentation information in educational settings as long as the author / publisher is recognised and acknowledged.

f) The attendee(s) acknowledges that the online courses offered on this platform are not accredited.f