Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions
Use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub
These Terms and Conditions and our Group Privacy Policy - Colleagues, Safer Recruitment Policy, Group Data Protection Policy, govern your use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub and your relationship with The Stowe Group compromising of Stowe School, Swanbourne House and Winchester House School (we or us). Please read them carefully as they affect your rights and liabilities under the law. Please note that to use any of the services provided on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub, you must register as an authorised user on the site.
1. Use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub
The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub is provided to you free of charge for your personal use subject to these Terms and Conditions and our Group Data Protection Policy. By using The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and our Group Privacy Policy – Colleagues.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DO NOT AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS.
2. Amendments
We may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time and significant changes will be notified to you via a suitable announcement on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub. The changes will apply to the use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub after we have given notice. If you do not wish to accept the new Terms and Conditions you should not continue to use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub. If you continue to use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub after the date on which the change comes into effect, your use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub indicates your agreement and acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions.
3. Registration
Please ensure that the details provided by you on registration or at any time are correct and complete. Please inform us of any changes to the information that you provided when registering by updating your personal details.
4. Password and security
When you register to use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub you will be asked to create a password. You must keep this password confidential and must not disclose it or share it with anyone. You will be responsible for all activities that occur or are submitted under your password.
If you know or suspect that someone else knows your password you should notify us by contacting us on recruitment@stowe.co.uk immediately.
If The Stowe Group has reason to believe that there is likely to be a breach of security or misuse of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub, we may require you to change your password or we may suspend your account in accordance with the relevant paragraph below.
5. Excluded Services
The services provided by The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub do not include the provision of computer or other necessary equipment to access The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub. To use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub you will require Internet connectivity and appropriate telecommunication links. We shall not be liable for any costs that you may incur.
6. Intellectual property
The content of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub is protected by copyright, trademarks, database and other intellectual property rights. You may retrieve and display the content of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub on a computer screen, store such content in electronic form on any digital storage device (but not any server or other storage device connected to a network) or print one copy of such content for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices. You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub without written permission from The Stowe Group.
No licence is granted to you in these Terms and Conditions to use any trademark of The Stowe Group or its affiliated entities.
7. Limitations
You may not use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub for any of the following purposes:
- disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material;
- transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, results in civil liability or otherwise breaches any relevant laws, regulations or code of practice;
- gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems;
- interfering with any other person's use or enjoyment of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub;
- breaching any laws concerning the use of public telecommunications networks;
- interfering or disrupting networks or websites connected to The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub; and
- making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the permission of the owner;
The Stowe Group reserves the right to refuse to post material on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub or to remove material already posted on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub.
You will indemnify us against all losses, liabilities, costs and expenses reasonably suffered or incurred by us, all damages awarded against us under any judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction and all settlement sums paid by us as a result of any settlement agreed by us arising out or in connection with:
- any claim by any third party that the use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub by you is defamatory, offensive or abusive, or of an obscene or pornographic nature, or is illegal or constitutes a breach of any applicable law, regulation or code of practice;
- any claim by any third party that the use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub by you infringes that third party's copyright or other intellectual property rights of whatever nature; and
- any fines or penalties imposed by any regulatory, advertising or trading body or authority in connection with the use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub by you.
8. Availability of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub
Although The Stowe Group aims to offer you the best service possible, The Stowe Group makes no promise that the services at The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub will meet your requirements. The Stowe Group cannot guarantee that the service will be fault-free. If a fault occurs in the service, you should report it to us by email at recruitment@stowe.co.uk , and we will attempt to correct the fault as soon as we reasonably can.
Your access to The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or service updates. The Stowe Group will attempt to restore the service as soon as it reasonably can.
9. The Stowe Group's right to suspend or cancel your registration
The Stowe Group may suspend or cancel your registration immediately at our reasonable discretion or if you breach any of your obligations under these Terms and Conditions. You can cancel this agreement at any time by informing us in writing. If you do so, you must stop using The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub.
The suspension or cancellation of your registration and your right to use The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub shall not affect either party's rights or liabilities.
Paragraphs 9, 10 and 13 of these Terms and Conditions shall survive cancellation.
10. The Stowe Group’s liability
The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub is provided by The Stowe Group without any warranties or guarantees. You must bear the risks associated with the use of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub.
The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub provides content from other Internet sites or resources and while The Stowe Group tries to ensure that material included on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub is correct, reputable and of high quality, it cannot accept responsibility if this is not the case. The Stowe Group will not be responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information or for any technical problems you may experience with The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub. If The Stowe Group is informed of any inaccuracies in the material on the site we will attempt to correct the inaccuracies as soon as we reasonably can.
In particular, we disclaim all liabilities in connection with the following:
- incompatibility of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub with any of your equipment, software or telecommunications links;
- technical problems, including errors or interruptions of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub;
- unsuitability, unreliability or inaccuracy of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub; or
- inadequacy of The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub to meet your requirements.
To the full extent allowed by applicable law, you agree that we will not be liable to you/or any third party for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of anticipated savings, wasted expenditure, loss of privacy and loss of data) or any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or are related to The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude The Stowe Group’s liability for personal injury or death caused by its negligence.
11. Third Party Websites
As a convenience to The Stowe Group users, The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub includes links to other websites or material which are beyond its control. The Stowe Group is not responsible for content on the Internet or any other website outside The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub.
12. Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and any disputes will be decided only by the English courts.
13. International Use
The Stowe Group makes no promise that materials on The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United Kingdom and accessing The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub from territories where its contents are illegal or unlawful is prohibited. If you choose to access this site from locations outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
14. Data Retention
The information collected about you will be stored in our recruitment database. If you have not logged into your account or made a job application for six months, you will be contacted and asked if you would like to retain your profile or have the opportunity to have your account and all personal information deleted. You can request your account be deleted at any time by contacting us at recruitment@stowe.co.uk or by logging into the Recruitment Hub and deleting your account personally.
15. Subject Access Requests
To obtain a copy of the information we hold about you, email the Group Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@stowe.co.uk or write to: Group Privacy Officer, Stowe School, Stowe, Buckingham, MK18 5EH.
16. Miscellaneous
You may not assign, sub-license or otherwise transfer any of your rights under these Terms and Conditions.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
If you breach these Terms and Conditions and The Stowe Group ignores this, The Stowe Group will still be entitled to use its rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach the Terms and Conditions.
The Stowe Group shall not be responsible for any breach of these Terms and Conditions caused by circumstances beyond its control.
A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions shall have no right under the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions but this shall not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.
The Stowe Group Recruitment Hub is owned and operated by Stowe School Limited, a charity registered in England and Wales whose registered office is at Stowe School, Stowe, Buckingham, MK18 5EH. Our Charity number is 310639. Company No. 187251
If you have any queries please contact us at recruitment@stowe.co.uk
Reviewed July 2024