Registration terms and conditions

Griffith University Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) have been made available to you before registration in a Griffith University Short
Course to ensure that you have had the opportunity to read and understand them before finalising your registration.
These T&C constitute an offer by Griffith University ABN 78 106 094 461 (Griffith) to deliver various Short Courses. They
set out the rights and obligations of both you (as a Learner undertaking your chosen Short Course) and Griffith (as
provider of the Short Course). You can accept Griffith’s offer by completing your registration and making the appropriate
payment to Griffith. Once your payment to Griffith has been cleared into Griffith’s bank account, these T&C will become
legally binding on both you and Griffith.

Griffith University Short Course

A Short Course is a non-award learning program. Upon successful completion of the Short Course, you are entitled to a
record of achievement (digital badge or certificate of completion) but the Short Course does not lead to an award of the
University. Griffith offers Short Courses in areas such as professional development, executive education, continuing
education, training and community engagement.

All Short Courses delivered by Griffith are subject to these T&Cs. By completing your registration and making payment to
Griffith for your chosen Short Course, you agree to comply with these T&Cs.

Privacy and collection of information

Griffith will collect personal information about you as part of your registration in the Short Course so that Griffith can
provide you with access to undertake the Short Course and for other purposes set out in Griffith’s Privacy Plan. By
providing your personal information to Griffith, you consent to the collection, use, storage and disclosure of that
information as described in the Privacy Plan.

Cancellations by you & refunds

10.1. If you wish to cancel your registration in your chosen Short Course you may do so at any time by providing written
notice to gushortcourses@griffith.edu.au.
10.2. For Short Courses that have a fixed delivery period – if your request for cancellation is received by Griffith prior to
the Short Course commencing, you will be entitled to either transfer your registration to a future delivery date for
the same Short Course (if available and suitable) or receive a refund of fees calculated in accordance with the
following:

Notice Period

Number of days prior to the date the Short Course commences:
28 calendar days or more: 100% of Fees refunded
Between 7 – 27 calendar days: 50% of Fees refunded
6 calendar days or less: 0% of Fees refunded

10.3. For Short Courses that have a fixed delivery period – if your request for cancellation is received by Griffith on or
after the Short Course commences, Griffith may, in its absolute discretion and without any obligation to do so
provide a partial refund of your Short Course Fees. The amount of such refund will be determined by Griffith in its
absolute discretion.

10.4. For Short Courses that allows you to pay and start at any time – if your request for cancellation is received by
Griffith prior to you first accessing the online learning environment, Griffith may, in its absolute discretion and
without any obligation to do so provide a partial refund of Short Course Fees. The amount of such refund will be
determined by Griffith in its absolute discretion.

10.5. Some Short Courses may be offered with a refund policy different to that outlined in this section. Any such
variation to the standard T&Cs will be communicated clearly on the relevant Short Course information page before
you complete your registration and those terms will prevail over the refund policy specified in this section.

10.6. Where Griffith approves a full or partial refund of Short Course Fees, the approved refund amount will be paid by
Griffith into a bank account notified by you in writing, within 28 days after the date on which you have been
notified of the refund approval or the date on which you provide bank account details to Griffith (whichever is the
later).

Read full Terms & Conditions for more details on Griffith Short courses.

IPWEA Terms and Conditions

Cancellation

Participants may cancel their enrolment at any time. Cancellations received prior to the commencement of the course will not incur any penalty. Cancellations received after the course has commenced will be required to pay 100% of the course fee.

 

Enrolment suspension and transfer

  • Applications to suspend and transfer enrolment to the next course must be received by the course administrator before the start of Module 1.
  • Applications for suspension and transfer received after commencement of Module 1 will incur a fee equal to 50% of the course registration fee to transfer to a future course.
  • Participants who have transferred enrolment to a Course must recommence on the next available course.
  • Participants who are granted an enrolment suspension and transfer will be provided access to all modules of the subsequent Course. Any of the work completed on the eLearning portal during the initial enrolment will not be transferred to the subsequent course.

Course fee payment

Participants must ensure course fee payments are complete prior to the commencement of the course. In the event of late enrolments, IPWEA will accept an official Purchase Order as proof of pending payment. Participants who have not paid the course fee, do not receive feedback on their assignment submissions and cannot complete the course.

Extensions

Extensions to complete work/assignments which are due will only be given in the following circumstances:

  • Illness or injury of the candidate or his/her immediate family where the candidate is one of the primary caregivers;
  • Death or incapacity of a family member or close relative;
  • Abnormal or unanticipated work load resulting from entity restructures or severe natural weather events such as earthquakes, storms, floods.

Assignment

Assignments must be the participant’s own work. The use of AI to complete assignments can be detected. Participants using AI to complete assignments are not demonstrating that they understand the key concepts in the course and will be asked to resubmit.

Course Closure and Finalisation

Participants will have access to the online course environment, IPWEA eLearning platform for a reasonable period following the conclusion of the course to facilitate assignment completion.

Our commitment to participants

  • The Assignments will remain confidential and will only be used for the mentor’s assessment and feedback.
  • Mentors will respond to participant questions in a timely manner.
  • Mentors will provide support to all participants as far as practical to assist them to complete the course.

Privacy:

Personal information will be handled in accordance with IPWEA’s privacy policy, available on IPWEA’s website.

 

Read full Terms & Conditions for more details on courses run by Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (IPWEA)