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Last updated on Friday 17 October, 2008


About yougofurther.co.uk
yougofurther.co.uk is a website for students at or about to go to higher education in the UK. The site enables students to meet new friends, stay in touch with old friends, share student experiences in the forums and get some great deals in the yougo shop. Students can also show off their talents in exposure, find a job and get some great help and advice on money issues, health and fitness as well as learn where to travel and what’s the latest in music and film.

Yougofurther.co.uk (yougo.co.uk) is operated by UCAS Media Ltd. By using the yougofurther website, the user is deemed to consent to all terms and conditions set out below. If you have any questions regarding the terms and conditions, you should contact the Director of Business Development at UCAS Media Ltd.

The job section of the yougofurther website is provided by targetjobs.co.uk. By registering for yougofurther you are also registering as a user of targetjobs.co.uk which is a service provided by GTI. Your current registration will automatically be extended to the targetjobs.co.uk service and your registration details, including personal data, will be passed to GTI and held by the company to be used for the purpose of communicating with you in relation to careers advice, job and further study opportunities and for conveying related marketing and advertising solely through the doctorjob.com service. Your personal data will be held confidentially by GTI and the company will not sell on or allow other organisations to use your data, nor use the information for any purpose other than that specified.

You can of course opt out of the targetjobs.co.uk service at any time through the “My Settings” page, and your registration will be amended accordingly.

Changes to these terms
UCAS Media Ltd reserves the right at all times to vary, change, alter, amend, add to or remove any of these terms. By browsing the yougofurther website you accept that you are bound by the current terms and conditions and notices and we therefore recommend that you check these each time you revisit the site.

Eligibility and registration
The yougofurther website is open only to higher education students in the UK. By registering for the yougofurther website, you warrant that you are a student in higher education and that you understand and agree to these terms and conditions.

When you register on the yougofurther website you should provide accurate information about yourself as specified in the registration form. During the registration process you will be required to select a username, password and screen name. You are responsible for all activities under this username and screen name and for keeping your password secure at all times. We have the right to withdraw this username and/or screen name if we feel that they are offensive, vulgar or infringe on another’s proprietary rights.

Member conduct
The yougofurther website is available for your personal, non-commercial use only and may not be used for any illegal or unauthorised purpose. You are solely responsible for your conduct on site including the posting of images, video clips, text, photos, graphics, links and other content and the posting of comments in the forum, exposure section and to other members of the site.

If we deem any materials to be offensive, unlawful, vulgar, defamatory, fraudulent, threatening or otherwise unsuitable, or if we think they infringe any other proprietary rights, we reserve the right to remove these materials immediately and without obligation.

In order to effectively moderate the yougo forums and ensure maximum inclusivity for our members we politely ask that our users communicate in English or Welsh (as per the Welsh Language Act 1993). Posts in other languages on profile pages or in forums, may be removed.

Yougofurther will not be under any obligation to check the accuracy and truthfulness of materials posted onto the site by its members.

As a member of the yougofurther site you agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations and you are soley responsible for the actions taken in connection with your account. In particular, you agree not to:

1. Abuse, threaten the rights of others in any way.

2. Upload or publish any messages materials which are or may be deemed to be obscene, harmful, racially offensive or discriminatory, unlawful or in any other way objectionable.

3. Use other members' personal data other than to establish contact as facilitated by the yougofurther site.

4. Submit materials that are unlawful or promote illegal activity or that would violate the property rights or copyright of others.

5. Create a false or misleading identity or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, in order to mislead others as to the identity of the sender or collect information about others.

6. Interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the yougofurther site by posting any material that contains software viruses or materials aimed at overburdening or impairing the website.

7. Attempt to modify or adapt any part of the yougofurther website.

8. Disseminate content that infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary right of any party or infringes any intellectual property law or any other applicable law.

9. Disseminate unauthorized advertising or promotional materials.

10. Interfere with another Member's use and enjoyment of the yougofurther website.

11. Collect email addresses or other contact information of members.

We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of this section.

Proprietary Rights in User Provided Material
Yougofurther does not claim ownership rights of any materials that you submit or post on to the yougofurther website. After you submit these materials you continue to retain all ownership rights in your materials and continue to have the right to use your materials in any way you choose.

By submitting or displaying your materials on the yougofurther website you grant yougofurther a limited licence to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such materials solely on and through the yougofurther website.

The license you grant to yougofurther is non-exclusive, fully paid and royalty fee meaning that yougofurther will not be liable to pay you for any materials that you provide.

The license does not grant yougofurther the right to sell your materials nor distribute them outside the yougofurther website without your permission.

Privacy Policy
Yougofurther takes your privacy very seriously. Take a look at our privacy policy.

Copyright
All copyright and other intellectual property in any material contained on this website, including but not limited to the text, graphics, layout, photographs, software, page layout and design, is either owned by UCAS Media Ltd or has been licensed to UCAS Media Ltd by the rights owners. The website contains trademarks, which belong to UCAS Media Ltd or have been licensed to UCAS Media Ltd by the trademark owner for use on the website. Use of these trademarks is forbidden unless prior written permission has been obtained from the owner of the trademark.

You may access any part of the site and download or copy material (by printing off individual pages on to paper) or download material on to disc (but not on to any server or other device connected to a network) for personal non-commercial use only. The copyright in such material shall be retained by UCAS Media Ltd or, where the material has been licensed to UCAS Media Ltd, by the rights owners of the material. Except as set out in these terms and conditions, you may not copy, modify, publish, transmit or distribute any part of the yougofurther website except with the express permission of UCAS Media.

You may not remove any copyright, trademark or intellectual property notices contained in the original material from any material downloaded or copied from the Website.

Copying, distributing or any use of the materials contained on the web site for any commercial purpose is prohibited.

You may not create a database by systematically downloading substantial parts of the website.

Disclaimer
The content of the website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of advice or recommendation upon which a specific decision should be made. UCAS Media Ltd has done its best to ensure the accuracy and currency of the materials contained on its website but excludes any warranty express or implied as to quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose of the material contained on the yougofurther website. UCAS Media Ltd will not be liable for any claims, penalties, loss, damages or expenses arising from the use or the inability to use the website or from any unauthorised access or alteration to the website by a third party. This clause shall not exclude liability for death or personal injury directly caused by the negligence of UCAS Media Ltd.

UCAS Media Ltd accepts no responsibility for loss or damage which may arise from reliance on information or advice contained on its website.

The yougofurther website includes links to external Websites. These links are provided to help you find additional information quickly and easily. UCAS Media Ltd accepts no responsibility for the content of these Websites and specifically excludes to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability that may arise with respect to or as a result of such material causing damage, costs, injury or financial loss of any kind.

Whilst the yougofurther website may from time to time contain advertising material, UCAS Media does not endorse or accept any liability for any of the products or services so advertised, or for any error or inaccuracy in the advertisements. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the website complies with all relevant laws.

General
These terms are not intended to confer any benefit on a third party under the provision of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to UCAS Media Ltd.

UCAS Media Ltd reserves the right, at any time, to suspend or terminate your access to, or use of, the Website.

If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be invalid by any Court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions which shall continue to have full force and effect.

The failure by UCAS Media Ltd to exercise any right or remedy under these terms and conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.

Prizes, Competitions & Incentives
Neither UCAS Media Limited nor any promotional partner will be use data received from the competitions for the purposes of communication, other than to inform prize winners. Winners will be notified by email or post. Winners' names may be published on the yougofurther website.

All competition entries must be made before the specific competition closing date displayed on the website. No late entries will be accepted. At the option of UCAS Media Limited, the competition entry date may be extended by a period no less than a period of technical downtime falling within control of UCAS Media Limited. However, UCAS Media Limited aims to provide website services for the majority of the competition or prize draw period.

UCAS Media Limited will not be held responsible for any technical failures beyond its control. No responsibility will be taken for the consequences of actions undertaken to maintain the integrity of the contest including, where appropriate, the cancellation of an entry as a result of the identification of any fraudulent activity in connection with the competition or prize draw.

Once a winner has been chosen all reasonable efforts will be made to notify the winner. In the event of UCAS Media Limited being unable to contact a winner within one calendar month of the draw or competition closing date, another draw will take place or a new competition winner will be identified.

All prizes must be claimed or, where appropriate, redeemed within a period of four months following the date on which the draw took place or the competition result was announced. Should this not occur, UCAS Media Limited reserves the right to identify an alternative winner and the original winner will cease to be eligible to receive or redeem the prize.

The prize is non-transferable and cash alternatives are not available. The prize shall be accepted as offered. UCAS Media Limited reserves the right to, without prior notice and at any time, replace the prize with a similar product or the latest release of a product of the same category and equal value.

UCAS Media Limited will not be responsible for the loss of any prize or the costs associated (including local Customs duties) with its delivery outside of the United Kingdom.

UCAS and UCAS Media Limited do not accept any responsibility for the quality and/or functionality of prizes. Product defects are the responsibility of the manufacturer and queries or complaints regarding the product should be taken up with the promoter or manufacturer.

Where tickets to an event are offered as a prize, associated travel and accommodation are not included unless otherwise stated.

UCAS Media Limited will accept no responsibility for any loss or delay howsoever caused in connection with travelling to or from the event, nor will UCAS Media Limited be responsible for the costs of travel to or from the event or any accommodation used. No responsibility will be accepted by UCAS Media Limited for other occurrences beyond its control including, but not limited to, cancellation or postponement of the event, illness of the prize winner or any his or her family or partners for the purpose of attending the event.

UCAS Media Limited reserves the right, without prior notice, to terminate this contest, in whole or in part, or modify this contest in any way, and for any reason, without limitation.

For a list of winners please send a stamped envelope to yougofurther, UCAS Media Ltd, Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, GL52 3LZ.

Any breach of these prize draw and competition rules by an entrant will void their entry. Misrepresentative or fraudulent entries will invalidate an entry.

The decision of the Director of Development, UCAS Media Limited is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

SPECIFIC RULES
These additional terms and conditions supplement the general yougofurther.co.uk 'Prizes, Competitions & Incentives' and take precedent in the event of duplication of information.


yougo questionnaire. Win £20 HMV vouchers
Closing date for completed questionnaires is: 9:00am Monday November 3 2008.

The 10 winners will be picked at random from all fully completed questionnaires with a valid email address received before the closing date.

Each winner will receive one £20 HMV gift voucher/card.

No cash alternative will be offered

The winner will be notified at the email address provided on their completed questionnaire by 5pm Monday November 3 2008.

In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media LTD (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by 5pm Friday November 14 2008, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->

Home (Exposure)
Closing date: Friday 31 October, 2008 (Midday)

The winner’s prize is a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

The remaining five shortlisted entries (runners up) will each receive a copy of The Really Useful Ultimate Student Cookbook. 

The shortlist will be announced on Friday 31 October 2008. The winner will be chosen from the shortlist on Friday 7 November 2008.

The winner and runners up will be personally notified by e-mail. We expect to notify the winner and runners up by Monday 10 November 2008.

The e-mail address used to contact the winner and runners up will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current. This can be updated via ‘my settings’ on users profile page.

In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winner or runners up; or the winner or runners up entries are found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner or runner up selected.

Should the winner or runners up not make clear to UCAS Media LTD (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by Friday 21 November 2008 the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner or runner up selected.


Kit bag giveaway and signed England Rugby shirt prize

Closing date: 3rd October, 2008 (12noon)

1. Kit bags giveaway
All official university rugby teams who set up a group on yougo for their university team before the closing date, will receive a Play On kit bag.

The bag will contain: 10 rugby balls, 20 water bottles, 30 training bibs, 1 Gillette kit bag.

The creators of the groups (group administrators) will be contacted by yougo via email to provide a postal address to which their kit bag can be sent out to. yougo will pass on the address and contact details to the RFU who will use this information only for the purposes of distributing the kit bags.

All group administrators must provide yougo with a postal address by 12 noon Friday 17th October, 2008 to receive a kit bag. Kit bags will be distributed by the RFU by Friday 31st October, 2008.

2. England Rugby shirt prize draw
The prize draw prize is an England Rugby team shirt signed by the England Rugby team Players. The winner will be picked random from all of the official university rugby team groups set up on yougofurther.co.uk by 12 noon Friday 3rd October, 2008.

To enter, you must send a link to the group you have have created in an email to editors@yougofurther.co.uk, together with your full address and postcode.

The yougo team may contact the winning university team and/or the student union to verify that the entrant who has created the group is an official member of that team.

The winner will be personally notified by e-mail. We expect to notify the winner by Monday 6th October, 2008. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address that yougo holds for them is current.

This can be updated via ‘edit my profile’ and then ‘settings’ on users profile page.

In the event that the notification, for whatever reason, never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media Ltd (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by 12 noon Friday 17th October, 2008 the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.


Kit bag giveaway and signed England Rugby shirt prize - EXTENDED VERSION (For entries received between 3rd October 2008 and 8th December 2008)
Closing date: 8th December, 2008 (12noon)

1. Kit bags giveaway
All official university rugby teams who set up a group on yougo for their university team before the closing date, will receive a Play On kit bag.

The bag will contain: 10 rugby balls, 20 water bottles, 30 training bibs, 1 Gillette kit bag.

The creators of the groups (group administrators) will be contacted by yougo via email to provide a postal address to which their kit bag can be sent out to, if they have not already provided one. yougo will pass on the address and contact details to the RFU who will use this information only for the purposes of distributing the kit bags.

All group administrators must provide yougo with a postal address by 12 noon Friday 2nd January, 2009 to receive a kit bag. Kit bags will be distributed by the RFU by Friday 9th January, 2009.

2. England Rugby shirt prize draw
The prize draw prize is an England Rugby team shirt signed by the England Rugby team Players. The winner will be picked random from all of the official university rugby team groups set up on yougofurther.co.uk by 12 noon Monday 8th December, 2008.

To enter, you must send a link to the group you have have created in an email to editors@yougofurther.co.uk, together with your full address and postcode.

The yougo team may contact the winning university team and/or the student union to verify that the entrant who has created the group is an official member of that team.

The winner will be personally notified by e-mail. We expect to notify the winner by Monday 15th December, 2008. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address that yougo holds for them is current.

This can be updated via ‘edit my profile’ and then ‘settings’ on users profile page.

In the event that the notification, for whatever reason, never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media Ltd (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by 12 noon Friday 2nd January, 2009 the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.


Very Short Introductions

Closing date for entries: Tuesday 21st October 2008 (midday) 

The 30 winners will be picked at random from all entries received before the closing date.


Each winner will receive a copy of one publication from the VSI series.

Details and a list of titles can be viewed here http://www.veryshortintroductions.co.uk/


Publications will be randomly assigned and no requests can be accommodated and no alternative titles will be offered.

The winner will be notified by email by 5pm Tuesday 21st October 2008. The e-mail address used to contact the winner will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member.

It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current. This can be updated via ‘my settings' on users profile page.

In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.



Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media LTD (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by 5pm Friday 31 October 2008, the prize will be forfeited.

Winners’ details will be passed to Galactus by UCAS Media LTD for the purposes of sending out the prizes only.


Lonely Planet books


1. The prize for this draw one copy of a Lonely Planet Publication. Prize draws will take place as follows:




































Draw No.


Draw open for entries


Closing date


1


15:00
Tuesday 23 September 2008


12:00 noon Wednesday 24 September 2008


2


12:00 noon Wednesday 24 September 2008


12:00 noon Thursday 25 September 2008


3


12:00 noon Thursday 25 September 2008


12:00 noon Friday 26 September 2008


4


12:00 noon Friday 26 September 2008


12:00 noon Monday 29 September 2008


5


12:00 noon Monday 29 September 2008


12:00 noon Tuesday 30 September 2008


6


12:00 noon Tuesday 30 September  2008


12:00 noon Wednesday 1 October 2008


7


12:00 noon Wednesday 1 October 2008


09:00am Thursday 2 October 2008





You may enter each daily draw only once.


 


Winners’ will be personally notified by e-mail by 3rd October 2008. Winners’ details will be passed to Lonely Planet for the purposes of sending out the prizes only.

Winners will be contacted by a Lonely Planet representative and asked to supply an address to which the prize can be sent to.

The e-mail address used to contact the winner will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current.

This can be updated via ‘my settings’ on users profile page. In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to Lonely Planet (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by Monday 27th October 2008 the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.


Exposure (Friends)

Closing date: Tuesday 30 September, 2008 (Midday)

The prize is an 8GB Pay as you go iPhone. This phone can only be used with on the O2 network. A SIM Card will be supplied with the phone with a zero credit balance. It is the winner’s responsibility to ‘top-up’ their phone with calling credit. 

Please note that in order to activate the iPhone the winner must create an iTunes account. Full technical requirements for using the iPhone can be viewed here: http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/specs.html

UCAS Media Ltd does not accept any responsibility for ensuring that the winner meets with Apple or O2’s terms and conditions of use for the iPhone.

No insurance policy will be supplied with the iPhone. It is the winners responsibility to ensure that they have sufficient insurance cover, if they so wish. Any technical problems and/or manufacturer faults with the iPhone should be taken up with O2 and/or Apple.

Winners will be personally notified by e-mail. We expect to notify the winner by Tuesday 7 October, 2008.The e-mail address used to contact the winner will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current. This can be updated via ‘my settings’ on users profile page.
In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media Ltd (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by Tuesday 21 October, 2008 the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.


'Win everything but the kitchen sink' prize draw 
Closing date for entries is: 11:59am Friday 5th September 2008.

The winner will be picked at random from all entries received before the closing date.

The winner will be notified by email by 5pm Friday 5th September 2008. The e-mail address used to contact the winner will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member.

It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current. This can be updated via ‘my settings' on users profile page.

In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected.

Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media Ltd (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize and provide a postal address to which the prize can be delivered, by Wednesday 10 September, 2008, the prize will be forfeited.

UCAS Media LTD expects to distribute the prize to the winner by 5pm Friday 12th September, 2008.

The prize consists of the items listed on the following page:
http://www.yougofurther.co.uk/articles/news-and-advice/student_loot/default.aspx


Exposure (Decisions)
Closing date: 12 noon Thursday 31 July, 2008

The winners’ prize is: a Samsung R60+ laptop, Samsung SCX-4200 multifunction printer and a Techair laptop bag.

The remaining short-listed entrants will each receive a magic 8 ball.

The short-list shall be announced on 31st July 2008. The winner will be chosen from the short-list on Friday 8th August.

The winner and short-listed entrants will be personally notified by e-mail. We expect to notify the winner and short-listed entrants by Tuesday 12th August, 2008. The e-mail address used to contact the winner will be the non-university email address yougo currently holds for that member. It is the yougo member/entrants responsibility to ensure the email address yougo holds for them is current. This can be updated via ‘my settings’ on users profile page.

In the event that the notification for whatever reasons, has never reached the winners or the winner is found to be ineligible or otherwise not in compliance with these terms and conditions, the prize will be forfeited and an alternative winner selected. Should the winner not make clear to UCAS Media Ltd (by not responding to the email) their intention to claim their prize by Tuesday 26 August, 2008 the prize will be forfeited.


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