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Term and Conditions For Advertisers

Definitions
SRL - The Science Registry Ltd - the owners of FindAPhD .
Advertisers
- University departments, schools or faculties, or research institutes registered with FindAPhD.
Public Area - The area of FindAPhD that students (and any other visitors) see.

There are 3 listing categories in the FindAPhD database:

Project entries
- a single research project listed under the name of the academic supervisor.
Rotational / Four Year PhD Programme - description of a rotational/4 Year PhD programme, where the research project is chosen after or during the first 12 months of study.
AHSS PhD Programme - a description of the PhD opportunities within an academic school or department in the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences.

Custom Pages - In circumstances where an advertisers needs cannot be met using the above options we may offer to provide a Custom Page advert. These listings are not included in the database, and can only be reached via a Featured Advert.
Featured Adverts - Banner or Button advertising linking to listings within FindAPhD.

Terms & Conditions

Advertisers are responsible for keeping the information they present on FindAPhD up to date. SRL reserve the right to hide project entries from the public area of the site if the information provided appears out of date or inaccurate.

Project entries

Newly registered project entries are not available in the public area until the following data has been entered:

- Application Deadline
- Project Status (funding availability)
- Project Title
- Subject Areas

Project entries and advertisers are registered with FindAPhD for 12 months and will automatically be hidden from the public area of FindAPhD after this time, and may subsequently be deleted.

Advertiser's general department descriptions are not available on the public area of FindAPhD if no project entries are viewable in the public area.

Project entries appear on the public area of FindAPhD when they have a valid application deadline (i.e. a future date or 'applications accepted all year round').

Advertisers can change any of their project entry details (except department name and the first supervisor's name) at any time during the registration period.

Advertisers can use their username and password to advertise postdoctoral positions free of charge on www.FindAPostDoc.com.

Project entries must

- Contain details of a supervisor’s single defined research project/area.

Project entries must not

- Announce the general availability of one or more studentships within a department or research group.
- List multiple or broad research areas.

Where a limited number of studentships are available across a choice of research projects, an entry is required for each proposed or potential project.


Active hyperlinks to external sites are not permitted in project entries except in the 'web site' field of the departmental information section.

Links to lists of further research projects may not be placed in individual project entries.

SRL reserve the right to remove without notice any project entries on FindAPhD which breach one or more of the above Terms and Conditions. No refunds will be given in these circumstances.

Rotational / Four Year PhD Programme

Only rotational/4 Year PhD programmes, where the research project is chosen during or at the end of the first 12 months are included.

Ads must not be used to promote other PhD programmes within the Advertsier's institution.


Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences PhD Programmes

Only PhD programmes in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences can be included.

Ads must be used to promote PhD programmes only available within the registered department, school, faculty or institute. Other opportunities within the same university must be promoted in a separate listing.

Featured Adverts

Featured Adverts can only link to listings within the FindAPhD database or to a custom page.

Buttons and banners are usually designed by our in-house team. Whatever the source of the ad, it is the advertisers responsibility to ensure that the appropriate rights have been obtained for use of any images or logos that make up the button or banner. SRL retain copyright on any buttons, banners or other creatives that SRL produces on your behalf. Their use is licenced for FindAPhD only. Advertisers wishing to use any of our creatives on their own sites should contact info@findaphd.com.

Custom Pages

Custom pages are designed by our in-house team. Whatever the source of the ad, it is the advertiser's responsibility to ensure that the appropriate rights have been obtained for use of any images or logos used in the page.

Acceptable content for Custom pages is at the discretion of SRL.