Terms and Conditions for CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme
These Additional Terms and Conditions apply to all Applicable Courses purchased on or after 6th January 2025 which offer the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme.
These Additional Terms and Conditions are in addition to the Terms and Conditions and the Website Terms of Use (if you purchase the Applicable Course via the Website) that apply to the sale of any Classroom Course or Online Course.
These Additional Terms and Conditions do not apply to programmes provided by StaySharp Education Limited and/or BPP University Limited and therefore do not apply to full-time CIPD courses and any examinations taken in conjunction with a full-time CIPD course. In addition, these Additional Terms and Conditions do not apply to Applicable Courses which are taken as part of an apprenticeship programme provided by BPP and any exams taken in conjunction with an apprenticeship programme.
Please read these Additional Terms and Conditions carefully before purchasing an Applicable Course which offers the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme. Please print off or keep a copy of these Additional Terms and Conditions for your records.
BPP will not file or otherwise keep a copy of the agreement concluded between you and BPP and a concluded agreement will not be available from BPP at a future time and date.
By ordering an Applicable Course to which the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme applies, you confirm your agreement to be bound by these Additional Terms and Conditions.
If there is any conflict between these Additional Terms and Conditions, the Terms and Conditions and the Website Terms of Use, the conflict shall be resolved according to the following order of priority:
(1) the Additional Terms and Conditions;
(2) the Terms and Conditions; and
(3) the Website Terms of Use.
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Index to these Additional Terms and Conditions:
Clause:
Definitions
Additional Terms and Conditions for all Applicable Courses under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme
Clauses 1 and 2 apply to all Applicable Courses under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme.
1. Definitions
1.1. Words and expressions defined in the Terms and Conditions have the same meaning in these Additional Terms and Conditions except to the extent that they are varied by these Additional Terms and Conditions.
1.2. In these Additional Terms and Conditions, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Applicable Courses” means the ‘CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice’; ‘CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management professional’; and ‘CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management’, provided by BPP in preparation for the Exams and which offer the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme;
“Awarding Body” means the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development;
“BPP” means BPP Professional Education Limited;
“BPP Achievement Ladder” means a series of assessments structured as steps on a ladder that increase in scope and complexity. The steps provide the structure to the programme and every step has a recommended due date;
“BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme” means the Pass Assurance scheme offered by BPP in relation to the Applicable Courses pursuant to these Additional Terms and Conditions;
“BPP Study Centre” means any study centre operated by BPP in the United Kingdom;
“Classroom Courses” means a classroom-based course and the Study Materials if applicable;
“Exam” means any examination paper relating to the Applicable Courses and which are set by the relevant Awarding Body and sat at a BPP Study Centre or at an Awarding Body’s centre;
“Excluded Items” means the items set out in Clauses 2.5, 2.5 and 2.6 which are excluded from the Free Course and which a Qualifying Student must purchase separately at your own cost, if required;
“Free Course” means a free enrolment on an Applicable Course that a Qualifying Student may take at a BPP Study Centre or online with BPP due to that Qualifying Student having previously participated in the same Applicable Course during the Offer Period, but having not passed the Exam relevant to that Applicable Course. The mode of study for the Free Course will be as follows: i) where you studied your Applicable Course as a Classroom Course or Online Classroom Live Course, your Free Course under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme must be studied as either a Classroom Course or Online Classroom Live Course; and ii) where you studied your Applicable Course as an Online Classroom Course (excluding Online Classroom Live Courses), your Free Course must also be studied as an Online Classroom Course (excluding Online Classroom Live Courses). The Free Course excludes the Excluded Items;
“Offer Period” means the period from 6th January 2025 until the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme is withdrawn by BPP;
“Official Course Completion Date” means: i) in relation to Applicable Courses that are purchased as Classroom Courses or Online Classroom Live Courses, the date on which official tuition relating to that Classroom Course or Online Classroom Live Course is completed; and ii) in relation to Applicable Courses that are purchased as Online Classroom Courses, the date that is 7 days after the commencement of the final stage of that Online Classroom Course.
“Online Classroom Course” means an Asynchronous Online Course which does not have a predetermined start date and is available for study by you immediately following delivery by BPP;
“Online Classroom Live Course” means a Synchronous Online Course which is only available for access by you on a predetermined start date;
“Online Course(s)” means the Online Classroom Course and/or the Online Classroom Live Course, as applicable; and
“Qualifying Student” means any student who has purchased and participates in an Applicable Course at any BPP Study Centre or online with BPP within the Offer Period and qualifies for the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme pursuant to these Additional Terms and Conditions.
2. Additional Terms and Conditions for all Applicable Courses under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme
2.1 In order to be a Qualifying Student under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme, you must meet all of the following requirements:
2.1.1 complete the relevant Applicable Course with BPP, either as a Classroom Course or an Online Course; and
2.1.2 for Classroom Courses and Online Classroom Live Courses, have a full 100% attendance record for the Applicable Course before attempting the relevant Exam; and
2.1.3 have not passed the Exam in relation to your Applicable Course on your first attempt; and
2.1.4 have paid your Course Fees in full by the date upon which those Course Fees were due to be paid under the Terms and Conditions for the Applicable Course; and
2.1.5 notify BPP customer services at the time of booking your Free Course that you wish to use the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme.
2.2 The BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme shall not apply where the requirements of Clause 2.1 have not been met in full.
2.3 Subject to the provisions of this Clause 2, if you are a Qualifying Student who has purchased and participated in one of the Applicable Courses during the Offer Period, and you do not pass the Exam in relation to your Applicable Course on your first attempt, you will be permitted to book and enrol on a Free Course relating to the same Exam. If you are a Qualifying Student who meets the relevant requirements of the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme (as set out in this Clause 2) and you do not pass the Exam in relation to your Applicable Course on subsequent attempts, then subject to you continuing to meet the conditions of Clause 2 and being a Qualifying Student, you will be permitted to book and enrol on further Free Courses until such time that you do pass the same Exam.
2.4 The BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme and places on Free Courses at BPP Study Centres are subject to availability. Free Courses must be taken at the same BPP Study Centre that the original Applicable Course was taken. You may be offered an alternate venue if the BPP Study Centre where your original Applicable Course was taken is unavailable on the date requested for a Free Course. You may be offered an alternate Free Course where your first choice of Free Course is unavailable on the date requested. If you decline any such an offer, BPP shall be under no obligation to provide any Free Course to you under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme.
2.5 Where Free Courses are provided to Qualifying Students in accordance with the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme under these Additional Terms and Conditions, the relevant Free Course shall not include any Study Materials or the cost of any Exams. You will be responsible for ensuring that you acquire, at your own cost, any additional Study Materials which you require for the relevant Free Course and pay for the cost of any Exams.
2.6 BPP shall only be obliged to provide Free Courses to Qualifying Students pursuant to these Additional Terms and Conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, unless specifically stated, the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme does not include any additional tuition or revision courses that do not form part of the Free Course.
2.7 The BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme does not include any other discount or financial benefit to Qualifying Students and excludes any amounts payable to Awarding Bodies or any other professional body for membership.
2.8 BPP may withdraw the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme at any time in its sole discretion. Any such withdrawal shall not affect students who have purchased and are participating in an Applicable Courses at the date of such withdrawal. Such students shall continue to be eligible for the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme in relation to the Applicable Course which they are undertaking.
2.9 Qualifying Students may not transfer or assign the Free Course for which they are eligible under the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme to any other person.
2.10 In no circumstances shall BPP either: (i) refund your Course Fees nor (ii) provide a cash alternative to the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme, in the event that any Free Course is unavailable pursuant to Clause 2.4.
2.11 If you have breached, or, are in breach of any of the Terms and Conditions you will not be eligible for the BPP CIPD Pass Assurance Scheme.
2.12 BPP may update or amend these Additional Terms and Conditions from time to time to comply with law or to meet its changing business requirements without notice to you. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the Website.
2.13 These Additional Terms and Conditions and any other matters arising out of or in relation to these Additional Terms and Conditions, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions.