Terms and Conditions

General Terms & Conditions

(Listed below are the General Terms & Conditions for the UNISCA Foundation. These terms and conditions, which include a limitation of liability, apply to all our activities).

1. The UNISCA Foundation, hereafter referred to as ‘Foundation’, organizes an interuniversity and interdisciplinary United Nations simulation project for students bearing the name United Nations International Student Conference of Amsterdam, hereafter referred to as ‘UNISCA’.

2. The Board of Directors of the Foundation takes care of all organizational, financial and administrative aspects of the project.

3. The Academic Team of the Foundation takes care of all academic aspects of the project, including granting study credits, setting and maintaining all academic guidelines and requirements and other formal and administrative matters which fall under the discretion of qualified university personnel.

4. The academic team may assign tasks to the Board of Directors related to the academic aspects of the project, but retains full responsibility for these tasks.

5. The Foundation takes a stern view with student plagiarism, collaboration and other practices not consistent with academic ethics. Collaboration occurs when two or more individuals combine their efforts in order to deceive the lecturer as to who is responsible for a particular piece of work. Plagiarism occurs when students use the ideas, word sequences, diagrams and other forms of work established prior to the particular student’s submission, without acknowledging the source of work used.
6. The Board of Directors reserves the right to cancel the project at its discretion.

7. For administrative purposes, the Board of Directors, Academic Team and those acting in their name, reserve the right to access personal and academic information of the participants at UNISCA. This information will be handled with discretion and will not be released to any third party.

8. All students in their second year and up in higher education can register for
UNISCA.

9. Together with a letter confirming registration an invoice for the tuition fee will be sent to all registered participants. Payment of the fee is due within 14 days upon receiving the confirmation.

10. Enrolment takes place upon registration and payment of the tuition fee.

11. If applicable, financial transaction cost will be at the expense of the participant.

12. Cancellation can only occur by writing to the secretary of UNISCA.

13. In the case of cancellation of the registration before the start of the first lectures, the participant has the right of restitution of half of the tuition fee.

14. Cancellation on a later term will deprive the participant’s right of restitution.

15. Refunding of paid fees will be up to the decision of the financial manager of
UNISCA.

16. Refunding of paid fees will occur at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

17. The Foundation cannot guarantee that any given university or faculty will recognize UNISCA as a valid course in the participant’s curriculum and apply the study credits towards their student’s degree-program. The Foundation cannot in any way be held liable for direct or indirect material or immaterial damage following expectations, met or unmet, on the part of the participant concerning the granting of study credits for UNISCA.

18. A maximum of participants can be enrolled, leaving the Foundation the right to increase this number or to reduce it when necessary. For administrative purposes, the Board of Directors reserves the right to create a backup list when this limit is exceeded. Paid fees will be refunded if the completion of the enrolment procedure proves to be impossible due to over-registration for the project.

19. The Board of Directors assigns a role to each participating student.

20. The Foundation reserves the right to make a selection of students before assigning conference roles in order to safeguard a representation of multiple institutions and nationalities and a high academic level at the conference, or for practical purposes, using criteria it will set at its discretion.

21. The Board of Directors will appoint members of the Conference Committee, which acts in the Board’s name during the conference and bears responsibility for chairing the forums and other tasks delegated to the Committee by the Board.

22. Participants agree to follow all directions of members of the Board of Directors or Conference Committee at all times during the conference.

23. The Foundation cannot guarantee any housing facilities.

24. The Board of Directors reserves the right to expel participants from the conference when it perceives their behaviour to be disruptive to the proceedings of the conference. The Secretary-General may take other disciplinary actions, such as temporary suspension from a forum. There will be no appeal for such decisions. The Board of Directors will set further regulations for these disciplinary decisions and will make these regulations available for all participants in the conference booklet.

25. The Board of Directors can, at all times, intervene in the proceedings of the conference. Decisions in this matter of the Board of Directors are binding to all participants.

26. The final mark for the project consists of a mark for two assignments, weighted at 40% of the total mark and the mark for the essay, weighed at 60% of the total.

27. Presence during the whole conference is required for the completion of the course. The Board of Directors decides upon the regulations for absence.

28. Re-examinations for parts of the course will be arranged in accordance with the regulations contained in the Universiteit van Amsterdam’s Student Statute.

29. The Foundation cannot be held liable for theft, fraud, injury, death or any other material or immaterial damage brought upon participants whatsoever, occurring before, during or after the conference.

29. The law of the Netherlands shall govern the legal relationship between the Foundation and any other party.