Terms and conditions for online course

UKRIO’s Pilot online training course: Introduction to Research Integrity

  • This document relates to the pilot roll-out of UKRIO’s online training course: Research Integrity.
  • Learner registration will occur between 15th April 2024 – 10th May 2024 (inclusive). Registered learners are eligible to access the course from 15th April 2024 – 11th April 2025.
  • This course was designed by Rowena Lamb and co-written with Dr Magdalena Morawska at University College London. The content has been adapted by UCL for UKRIO in collaboration with Dr Mohi Ahmed at UKRIO.
  • By agreeing to take part in the pilot, you are agreeing to adhere to the Terms of use of the training materials.

Permitted uses:

  • You may only register the number of learners allocated to your organisation based on your subscription tier.
  • You must register all your learners during the time period: 15th April – 10th May (inclusive). Registrations attempted before or after these dates will not be valid.
  • You should make it clear to staff and learners that they not to distribute or duplicate any of the materials included in the course. You may want to include the following statement when sharing:

© 2024 UKRIO. All rights reserved. You may print and/or download a single copy for your personal, educational use. Further redistribution of teaching materials, including making copies available on the internet, is not permitted.

  • Individuals may download and/or print such portion of the training materials solely for their own, personal (non-commercial) use, provided that they do not remove any trademark, copyright or other notice from such materials.
  • License beyond these uses should be discussed with UKRIO.

Not permitted:

  • Removal of UKRIO branding, trademark, copyright or other notice from such materials.
  • Removal of any attributions.
  • Any use of the materials for commercial purposes without prior permission from UKRIO.
  • Editing or adaptation of the materials prior to distribution without written consent. This includes presentation in a form substantially different from that originally produced.
  • Selling, distributing or otherwise sub-licensing the training materials to any third parties.
  • Individuals may not modify, copy, frame, cache, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of the training materials for any purpose not explicitly authorised by UKRIO.
  • Individuals may not scrape or otherwise copy the training materials without permission. Data scraping is a technique where a computer program extracts data from human-readable output coming from another program.

Technical support

  • In the first instance, you agree to contact info@ukrio.org for queries relating to technical support. UKRIO may then be direct you to support from the platform provider Rustici Software for further information and guidance.

Data and Privacy

  • If your institution is accessing the course through an LMS, you agree to follow the registration set up so that your user data is ‘scrambled’ in order that identifiable data (such as email addresses) are not shared with UKRIO.
  • Anonymised data relating to number of users, course usage, completion rate is shared with UKRIO and will be used for the purposes of evaluating the reach and impact of the online training course.
  • Where data is shared, you agree to the Terms of UKRIO’s Data and Privacy Policy which can be found here.

 

Requests to use materials created for any purpose other than as permitted in these Terms of Use should be directed to UKRIO in writing. It is in UKRIO’s sole discretion to decide whether to permit such a request.