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Diploma - Terms & Conditions

September 27, 2022

Professional Diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning & Development

These are the terms and conditions of EQUI-SCOTIA CIC, a company registered in Scotland (company number SC653658), whose registered address is c/o Taxassist Accountants, 36-40 Cowane Street, Stirling FK8 1JR (“we” or “us”).

These are the terms on which we will provide our Certificate in Equine Facilitated Learning and/or Professional Diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning & Development course (“Course”) to you. By making an application to become a candidate either of theses Courses, you accept these terms. If you don't accept them, please don't make an application to study on the Course.

Application

Only if you complete a Candidate Application Form on our website having completed the Equi-Scotia Online Introduction to Equine Facilitated Learning will an application be considered.  Two satisfactory references are required, and candidates must make full disclosure of any conditions relevant to their ability to be able to provide services that are physically and psychologically safe for members of the public.  We will also require you to attend an Introduction to Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) course, where we will monitor your participation and whether we believe the Course is a good fit for you. Our decision whether or not to accept your application to study on the Course is in our absolute discretion. Once a place is offered a deposit payment is requested in order to secure the place.

Registration

Upon satisfactory completion of the first practical workshops and payment of fees Equi-Scotia CIC will register candidates on the Professional Diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning & Development.

Course

As part of the Professional Diploma Course, you will receive:

  1. 27 hours of online workshops
  2. Six days of practical workshops
  3. Three hours of one-to-one professional supervision
  4. Feedback on written assessments
  5. An ACCPH & Equi-Scotia accredited Professional Diploma in Equine Facilitated Learning & Development  graded as a pass, merit, or distinction and an Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) quality assured award at SCQF level 8.

As Part of the Certificate in Equine Facilitated Learning Course, you will receive:

part of the Course, you will receive:

  1. 20 hours of online learning, workshops & mentor support
  2. Two days of practical workshops
  3. One hour of one-to-one professional supervision
  4. Feedback on practical & written assessments
  5. Certification for the Certificate in Equine Facilitated Learning includes: -
    1. Equi-Scotia & ACCPH Certificate
    1. SQA/Ofqual accredited First Aid for Mental Health (valid for 3 years)

The cost of the Courses are as stated on our website. Payment of a non-refundable deposit is required in advance to secure your place.  An early bird discount is available for candidates paying in advance and options for monthly instalments may be requested.  Please refer to our Diploma Refunds Policy for information on refunds, which can be found here.

Behaviour

We request that at all times your behaviour towards other participants of the Course is polite, kind and respectful. We won’t be held responsible for the behaviour or actions of any other participants. Should your behaviour be deemed offensive or inappropriate, we reserve the right to remove you from the Course with immediate effect and you won’t be entitled to a refund.

We’re not responsible for the views or opinions shared by others. We ask that all participants of the Course respect the rights of others in respect of their behaviour, privacy and confidentiality.

Intellectual property rights

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our website, material posted onto it, and all materials we make available to you having paid for the Course, including but not limited to documents, presentations, course materials, workbooks and videos (the “Content”). The Content is protected by copyright.

You agree that you will:

  • not rent, lease, sub-license, loan or otherwise make the Content available to any person without our prior consent;
  • not copy the Content, except as part of the normal use of the Content;
  • not translate, merge, adapt, vary, alter or modify the Content, nor allow the Content to be incorporated into other Courses;
  • not disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or create derivative works from the Content; and
  • comply with all applicable law when using the Content.

If you breach these terms, you may lose your right to use our Content, and must destroy or return any copies you have made.

Disclaimer

We don’t warrant or guarantee any particular outcomes or results from participating in the Course. We’re not responsible for any decisions, actions or omissions you may choose to take, or not take, as a result of your participation in our Course. You are ultimately responsible for your own decisions.

Confidentiality

Any information shared by you to us during the Course will be treated as confidential. We agree that we won’t disclose, reveal, or make use of any confidential Information discussed by you during the Course and we respectfully ask that you do the same for both us and other participants of the Course.  

Confidential information includes but is not limited to, information disclosed in connection with these terms and conditions and shall not include information rightfully obtained from a third party. Both parties will keep confidential information in strictest confidence and shall use their best efforts to safeguard the confidential information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.

Acceptable use of our website

When using our website, you must not:

  • use our website in an unlawful manner or act fraudulently or maliciously (including inserting malicious code into the Website);
  • infringe our intellectual property rights or that of a third party;
  • transmit anything which is defamatory, offensive or otherwise objective;
  • use our website in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems; or
  • collect or harvest information from our website to attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from our servers.

Links from our website to other websites are for information only. We don't control them and we don't accept responsibility for other websites or any materials found upon them or any loss you suffer from using them.

Our legal responsibility to you

We don’t guarantee the accuracy of material on our website and/or the Course. As far as legally possible, we exclude legal responsibility for the following:

  • Any loss to you arising from use of our website
  • Any indirect, special or consequential loss.

We don’t make any warranties or guarantees about the services you may experience through your use of the website or participation in the Course. We also exclude, as far as legally possible, all terms and warranties or promises implied by law or by statutes.

We don’t exclude legal responsibility for death or personal injury owing to our negligence, or legal responsibility for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else where exclusion is not allowed by the law.

We cannot be held liable for any action you do or do not take following your participation in the Course as you are solely responsible for the decisions you make.

Our total liability to you under these terms is limited to the fees you have paid for the Course.

Your data

We comply with applicable law regarding how we process your personal data, including but not limited to the EU law retained version of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018. For more information, please see our privacy policy, which is available here https://www.equi-scotia.com/privacy-policy/.

Applicable law

These terms and conditions and any non-contractual obligations arising hereunder, are governed by, and interpreted according to the law of Scotland and all disputes arising under these terms and conditions (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts.

Contact us

Please email us at hello@equi-scotia.com to contact us about any issues regarding the Course.

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