Course booking terms and conditions

Course materials are the intellectual property of the CIEP and may not be reproduced, circulated or distributed; they are provided solely for your own use as the student enrolled on the course that you have paid for.

Terms and conditions for virtual learning bookings

  1. The CIEP offers virtual learning courses subject to availability of tutors and course material.
  2. If you have to cancel your booking for any reason, please let us know. No refunds will be given for cancellations, except in exceptional circumstances. We will send you a receipt so that you can charge the fee to your accounts. (Courses may be an allowable expense for tax.)
  3. Confirmation emails are usually sent out a month before a course. If you have applied for a course that is already full, we will contact you to inform you of the situation.
  4. Courses occasionally have to be cancelled because we have had too few bookings. We do all that we can to avoid this, but it is not possible to run a course if only a few people have applied. Confirmation emails will be sent out one month before the course. You will, of course, be informed as soon as possible if the course is cancelled. Please note that the confirmation email saying that the course is going ahead is not the same email which you will receive acknowledging your booking.
  5. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an email or the course information you are expecting, please contact the office to make enquiries.
  6. Please read the course information when it arrives and check that the details are correct. Contact the office at once if anything looks wrong.
  7. If you have any questions regarding a booking you have made or would like to make, please contact the office. We will work with you to address any problems that arise.
  8. Course materials are the intellectual property of the CIEP and may not be reproduced, circulated or distributed; they are provided solely for your own use as the student enrolled on the course for which you have paid.

Terms and conditions for e-learning course bookings

  1. The CIEP offers e-learning courses subject to availability of tutors and course material. The CIEP will enrol you and give access to your course material as promptly as possible, but the CIEP will not be liable for any loss, cost, damage or inconvenience arising from a failure to meet any estimated delivery date.
  2. E-learning course fees are non-refundable. It is your responsibility to ensure that you enrol on the correct course and that you have the ability and aptitude (and, where appropriate, the experience) to benefit from the CIEP course on which you have enrolled.
  3. You are expected to read the course information when you enrol and check that the details are correct and complete. If anything looks wrong or incomplete, email or phone the CIEP office immediately.
  4. You have six months to complete your course. If for any reason you cannot complete the course within six months you may apply for an extension (its length to be agreed with your tutor), for which an administration charge may be incurred.
  5. Course materials are the intellectual property of the CIEP and may not be reproduced, circulated or distributed; they are provided solely for your own use as the student enrolled on the course for which you have paid.
  6. Posts on any course forum may be reproduced for personal use; they may not be used for tuition or any form of remuneration or other transaction.
  7. Assignments should usually be emailed to your tutor. If you send assignments to the tutor by post, courier or similar means, and/or the tutor returns assignments in a similar way, the CIEP will not be liable for any loss, cost, damage or inconvenience arising from damage to or loss of the materials sent.
  8. The CIEP allocates professional development credits to courses at its sole discretion. In any individual case its decision on such credits is final.
  9. The CIEP reserves the right to alter the content or any other aspect of the course at its sole discretion, to accommodate new circumstances. The CIEP will not make significant changes to the course as advertised without giving one month's advance notice.
  10. The CIEP reserves the right to change the price of the course at any time, after giving at least 14 days' advance notice. If the price has changed, you may either cancel your enrolment or enrol at the new price.
  11. If a course you have paid for has to be withdrawn for any reason, the CIEP will endeavour to enable you to complete the course; if that is not possible, you will receive a pro rata refund.
  12. If you have any administrative questions about, or problems with, a course on which you have enrolled or would like to enrol, please email the CIEP office, who will do their best to answer questions or work with you to address any problems. If you have any questions about, problems with or comments on the content of the course itself, please email your tutor.