Terms of use

Prospects.ac.uk is the UK’s official graduate careers website, providing careers advice, jobs and postgraduate courses to students and graduates.  Graduate Prospects makes this information available in order to help students and graduates make well informed choices regarding employment opportunities, postgraduate study options and career paths.

1 Definitions

• 'The Company'- Graduate Prospects Ltd
• 'The Website'- www.prospects.ac.uk

2 Copyright

All copyright is held by Graduate Prospects and Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) . You may not copy or distribute any of the content on this site for commercial gain. This information can be used for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that no attempts are made to remove the identification logos which appear on relevant pages.  Changing the pages or using the content in any other product without consent will be considered a breach of our copyright and may result in legal action.

For permission to use this content, please contact: copyright@prospects.ac.uk

3 About our services

The Website has a number of communications channels. In order to use these you will need to register for a My Prospects account.  All information collected via this website will be used in accordance with our Privacy statement.

3.1 About your messages

• Keep your contributions civil, tasteful and relevant. We're committed to providing an atmosphere in which constructive and mature dialogue takes place.
• Be respectful to other users and those who moderate or facilitate online communications. 
• No swearing or abusive language.
• Unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive, or otherwise objectionable material is not acceptable.
• Avoid writing EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
• Use appropriate forums for your comments.
• No advertising or spam.
• No HTML or computer script.
• Do not include URLs to unsuitable sites – unsuitable includes sexually explicit, racist or sites with other potentially offensive material and those which promote illegal activities or infringe copyright.
• Communicate in English. Messages containing languages other than English will be removed.
• Do not impersonate others. Impersonating someone else is unacceptable.
• Adopting an inappropriate user name (one that is vulgar, offensive, etc.) is also unacceptable.
• For your own personal safety, do not give out personal details such as phone numbers, email addresses, or information about your family or workplace.
• Post only career and job related messages. If you post a message, which is not related to graduate careers or recruitment, your message will be removed.
• Out-of-date message board discussions, which are no longer used, will be archived.

• Comments will not be posted if they do not comply with these guidelines. 

3.2 The Company reserves the right to

• Modify or reject any comment which does not abide by these guidelines or for any other reason at any time.
• Modify the spelling, grammar and ambiguous words and terms without affecting the meaning of the comments.
• Publish a reply if necessary on behalf of the organisation or any of their partners in respect of any comments.

4 About your account

• We will collect personal information about you when you register for a My Prospects account. For more information about how we use this data see our Privacy statement.
• All accounts must be registered with a valid personal email address that you access regularly so that moderation emails can be sent to you.
• You may have action taken against you if you use multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting a service or annoying others.
• You must use registration details which are personal to you and don’t belong to anyone else.
• It is your responsibility to keep your password safe and to keep your account details up to date.

5 About the law

5.2 You may not post any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in any of our online communication services. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio. Posting a message with the intention of committing an illegal act is strictly prohibited.

5.3 You agree to only post materials to which you have the copyright or other permission to distribute electronically. You must not violate, plagiarise, or infringe on the rights of third parties including copyright, trademark, trade secrets, privacy, personal, publicity, or proprietary rights.

6 Non-compliance with our Terms of Use

6.1 If you fail to abide by these Terms of Use you will receive a formal warning by email. This warning may include a temporary suspension of your ability to participate in our online communication services. If after this warning you continue to breach theses Terms, you will be permanently prohibited from using our services.

6.2 Posts may be moderated, the Website reserve the right to delete any posting, at any time, for any reason.

7 Disclaimer of liability

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Graduate Prospects and AGCAS and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, including job vacancies, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

The Company is not responsible for:-

• any content posted by users of the Website;
• the availability of content on third party websites;
• any links to third party websites.

The Company shall be under no obligation to notify any person of any error in the Content. 

Graduate Prospects Limited
Company No: 2626628
Registered office: Prospects House, Booth St East, Manchester M13 9EP