1. These terms and conditions apply to the Project Competition 2016.

2. By entering this competition the entrant will be deemed to have read and understood these rules and instructions and to be bound by them.

3. This competition is organized by Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford.

4. To enter the competition you must fill out the entry form, and submit it along with your project. The entry form can be found at www.oup.com/projectcompetition.

5. The competition is open to everyone who submits both an entry and an entry form, but not to employees of OUP, their friends or family, or anyone connected with the product given away as the prize. No student may enter more than once.

6. All entries must be submitted to Oxford University Press using the online form provided at www.oup.com/elt/pojectcompetition. Entries submitted through any other channel will not be accepted. Where a physical poster has been created, the entry must be submitted by uploading a photograph of the entry in JPEG format. Where participants have created a ‘popplet’, the entry form must contain a link to the ‘popplet’.

7. All entries must be completed by groups of 2-6 students with their teacher’s permission.

8. Students entering the competition must be between the ages of 10 and 16 on the closing date (29th February 2016).

9. To enter the competition you must complete all compulsory parts of the online entry form, including uploading a jpeg image of a poster OR submitting a working link to a ‘popplet’.

10. All entries must be received by Oxford University Press by 29th February 2016.

11. By submitting your entry and agreeing to these terms and conditions, you understand that OUP may publish your school’s name and an image or link to your project on the Project competition website, the OUP ELT Facebook page at www.facebook.com/oupeltglobal, and any other social media (including the OUP ELT website) if required.

12. If any person under the age of 18 appears in a photograph, the student’s parent/legal guardian must give their consent to the photograph being used to enter the competition by signing the parental consent form in the Resources tab. If the student’s group wins and the signed parental consent form cannot be produced upon request then the entry will be disqualified.

13. By entering the competition, you confirm that your entry contains only photographs and illustrations created by the entrant. OUP will not be held responsible for any infringement of copyright.

14. Each picture/photograph used must have its source clearly labelled. Any entries without this information will be considered invalid.

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15. Any entry which is incomplete, illegible, late, or otherwise does not comply with the rules

may be deemed invalid at the sole discretion of OUP.

16. Please note that we are unable to return any submitted entries.

17. All entries will be examined anonymously by a panel. The winning prize and runners-up prizes will be awarded to the competitors who have, in the panel’s unanimous opinion, fulfilled the brief to the highest standard.

18. The winning students will each receive an Oxford hoodie and a Project bag.

19. The teacher of the winning group will receive 3 Resource Books for Teachers, and a set of 20 Dominoes Readers for their school.

20. The winning entry and runners-up will be chosen by 17/03/2015 and announced on 31/03/2015.

21. The teacher of the winning entry will be notified and invited to accept the offered prize within 7 days of being contacted. If a notified winner does not respond within 7 days of notification, another winner will be selected from the remaining entries and contacted as previously stated. Once a subsequent winner has been selected, the previous winner is no longer entitled to the prize. In the unlikely event no entries are received before the closing date, the prize will not be awarded. OUP reserves the right to withhold all prizes if the standard of entries is not sufficiently high in the opinion of the OUP panel.

22. Full details of the prize to be awarded will be provided to the winning teacher at the time of notification.

23. To the fullest extent permitted by law, OUP hereby excludes all warranties, representations, covenants and liability (whether express or implied) regarding the competition or the prize. Nothing however shall exclude OUP’s liability for death or personal injury as a result of its negligence.

24. OUP will use your details to administer your prize if you win. If you are successful in winning,

OUP will publish your school’s name and an image or link to your project on the Project competition website, the OUP ELT Facebook page and OUP ELT Global blog, highlighting it as the winning entry. Please see OUP’s website at www.oup.com for details of our privacy policy and our protection of your private data.

25. In the event of any dispute regarding the competition, the decision of OUP shall be binding and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.

26. OUP may withdraw or cancel the competition for any reason and at any time and may change the prize to a prize of a similar value. There is no cash alternative. OUP is under no obligation to offer refunds, but may do so at its sole discretion.

27. OUP reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions without prior notice. Any changes will be posted at www.oup.com/elt/projectcompetition.

28. These terms and conditions shall be governed by UK law.