General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The handling of personal data is controlled by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and associated legislation. WINC is obliged to provide you with the following information which explains in detail how and why we are processing your personal data and explains your legal rights. General information on Data Protection law is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office.

WINC needs to hold and process personal data relating to its students in order to keep proper records, provide support and guidance to students and monitor academic progress. We hold financial, sponsorship and fees data so that we can invoice students correctly and record payments; information on health and disability so that we can properly support students; academic information so we can track progress and provide appropriate learning and teaching support and opportunities; and other categories of information in order to both run the business and activities of WINC, to help and support students and in order to fulfil our legal obligations. WINC are contractually obliged to share your information with the Awarding Institution for the programme you are studying.

You are entitled to a copy of all the information WINC holds about you, although you may not be able to receive information which identifies or relates to anybody else. If you would like a copy of your records, please contact info@wincedu.uk we do not release information about students to any third parties outside the University unless we have a legal obligation to do so.

The rights of erasure (the right to be forgotten) does not apply to student data held by WINC for most purposes. However, any personal data held solely for the purpose of marketing can be erased upon request to info@wincedu.uk WINC needs to be able to confirm who has been a student: whether they have successfully completed their studies or not, and needs to be able to do this for all previous years. Therefore certain information about former students will be retained permanently in the records of the Awarding Institution and WINC.

Data Controller: Western International College Ltd

Supervisory Authority:
The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745

Relevant criminal convictions

Relevant criminal convictions are only those convictions for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, and convictions for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking. Convictions that are spent (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) are not considered to be relevant and you should not reveal them.

Declaration
Any offer of a place you may receive is made on the understanding that in accepting it you agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the University of Bolton and Western International College, and by signing this form you are confirming your agreement to this.

Important notes

All students will be required as a condition of enrolment to abide by, and to submit to WINC and the University’s Regulations as amended from time to time. A copy of the current regulations is available, on request, from the College.

WINC will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses in accordance with the descriptions set out in the prospectus or other course information. However, the College:

• reserves the right to make variations to the contents or methods of delivery of courses, to discontinue courses and to merge or combine courses, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary. If the University discontinues any course, it will use its reasonable endeavours to provide a suitable alternative course.
• undertakes to take all reasonable steps to provide educational services in the manner set out in the prospectus and in other documents. Should industrial action or other circumstances beyond the control of the College and University interfere with its ability to provide such services, the College undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the Aug-21 6 resultant disruption to educational services.
• Degree is awarded by an accredited UK University. Students should check validity of these awards in their home countries. The College does not accept responsibility, and expressly excludes liability, for damage to students’ property, transfer of computer viruses to students’ equipment, liability for breach of contract, etc.

Notes for the guidance of referees

The referee’s report is an integral and important part of the selection process, and the information you give will help to guide admissions tutors in making their decisions.

To enable the College to evaluate an applicant’s academic and intellectual capacity, your reference should if possible cover:

• Suitability for the course applied for.
• Intellectual qualities including: (a) development to date and previous examination performance with special reference to any factors which may in your opinion have adversely influenced the result; (b) present performance; (c) potential, including an assessment of the probable results of any pending examinations.
• Personal qualities.
• Career aspirations.
• Health and other personal circumstances relevant to the application.
• Athletic, social and other interests