Terms and Conditions of Use

 

Welcome to the Health Teachers’ Network Website. Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use (‘Terms’) carefully before using the www.healthteachersnetwork.com.au website operated by The Health Teachers’ Network. By using this site, you agree to our Terms and Conditions of use. These Terms apply to all visitors, users (registered and non-registered) and others who access or use the HTN website. If you disagree with any of the Terms and Conditions of use, please do not use this site.

The term ‘Health Teachers’ Network’, ‘HTN’, ‘us’, ‘we’ or ‘our’ refers to the owner of this website (The Health Teachers’ Network). See the ‘about us’ page of our website for contact details.

The terms ‘you’, ‘your’, ‘users’ and ‘members’ relate to those accessing our website.

The following Terms and Conditions of Use apply to this website and the resources contained within it:

  • You agree not to use this website or the resources hosted on it in any way that is unlawful.

  • Registration / account holders are not permitted to share log in details with any third parties, including those from their own school. This constitutes a breach of these Terms and may give rise to a claim for damages and/or constitute a criminal offence.

  • You will not post or transmit any material or information which is offensive, defamatory, obscene, unlawful, vulgar, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing or ethically objectionable;

  • The Health Teachers’ Network has ultimate control of this website and online communities and in its sole discretion may edit, remove or decide to not publish any material you contribute, or block or close your access, particularly if it is of the opinion that the any material you post is:

  • defamatory, or otherwise unlawful or that it violates laws regarding harassment, discrimination, racial vilification, privacy or contempt;

  • false or deceptive;

  • an infringement of intellectual property rights including copyright;

  • abusive, offensive or obscene;

  • inappropriate, off topic, repetitive or vexatious. It also reserves the right to reject contributions from participants who seek to dominate the discussion;

  • compromising the privacy of any person or containing inappropriate personal information;

  • seeking to endorse commercial products or services of any third parties;

  • deliberate provocation of other community members; or

  • impersonating someone else

  • Besides some content hosted in the ‘library section’, all content within the HTN website belongs to the Health Teachers’ Network and its licensors, including, but not limited to content (SACs, trial exams, teacher and student notes), logos, images, design, layout and appearance.

  • Australian and international copyright laws and intellectual property laws apply to the content on the HTN website. Users may not use this website in any way that is contrary to these laws.

  • The content within this website has been created using the most up-to –date information available at the time of writing. Due to the dynamic nature of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) curriculum, information may, at times, contain inaccuracies or errors.

  • The Health Teachers’ Network (including employees) do not give any guarantee, representation or warranty as to the reliability, accuracy or completeness of the information on this website, nor accepts any responsibility or liability arising in any way (including by reason of negligence) for errors in, or omissions from, the information on this website, nor does it owe any duty of care to any person acting, or refraining from acting, as a result of information on this site.

  • This site may also include third party content (including trademarks) which is subject to that third party’s terms and conditions of use. Nothing displayed on the site should be construed as granting any licence or right of use of any logo, trademark or masthead displayed on the site, without the express written permission of the relevant owner.

  • Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or constitute a criminal offence.

  • You indemnify the Health Teachers’ Network and each of their employees and agents against any action, claim, loss, damage or expense which it incurs from the direct or indirect use of the site.

  • Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Victoria, Australia.

Purchases

If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the HTN website, you are required to create an account. In order to create an account, you will be asked to supply certain information relevant to your purchase including:

  • Your name

  • Your email address

  • Your current school

Please see our privacy policy for information relating to the use of your personal information.

The following Terms and Conditions of Use apply to all purchases:

  • Purchasing schools are permitted to use all purchased School-Assessed Coursework (SAC) tasks and trial examinations within their school only.

  • Teacher professional development sessions (including live and recorded webinars) are only to be viewed and accessed by the purchasing teacher. Third parties are not permitted to view these sessions. Doing so constitutes a breach of copyright.

  • Resources provided as a part of teacher and student lectures may not be reproduced in any way for use by third parties, including, but not limited to:

    • Other teachers

    • Other students

    • Other websites

Whilst the selling of these resources to third parties is also prohibited, they may be stored and modified for personal, non-commercial use.

  • Note that refunds on electronic resources and library subscriptions are not available once access has been initiated. If you have any issues with these resources, please lodge a complaint with the Health Teachers’ Network. Each complaint will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Registrations for student and teacher sessions (lectures)

  • Due to limited seating, we request that any cancellations are received at least 7 days prior to the session. This gives us the opportunity to fill your seat. You must cancel via email and if no response is received within two business days, by phone. If you cancel 7 days (or more) prior to the session, you can receive a credit towards another session or a 50% refund. Note that any deposit paid to reserve your seat is non-refundable.  

  • If you cancel between 7 and 2 days prior of the session, you can transfer your seat to another lecture, but no refund will be possible.

  • Cancellations within 2 days of the session can only be transferred or refunded at the sole discretion of the Health Teachers’ Network.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will try to provide at least 7 days' notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

Whilst the Health Teachers’ Network takes every precaution to ensure the continuous operation of this website, technical issues beyond our control may impact accessibility from time to time. The Health Teachers’ Network takes no responsibility for these issues and cannot be held liable for any loss or inconvenience that occurs as a result.

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.

To return to the web site, click the HTN logo at the top of this page. By doing so, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted the above terms of use.

Last updated: December, 2022.