Terms & Conditions
- Sandeep Das (Unlicensed)
1. Your review must abide by the UNSW Student Code of Conduct
In addition to abiding by the Student Code of Conduct, we want to highlight the relevant sections, such as sections 4 and 5.3, which are outlined as follows:
Section 4. Principles of open and respectful discussion
The following principles of open and respectful discussion are key to fostering and preserving a safe and fair learning environment and a positive student experience at UNSW:
UNSW encourages critical thought and open discussion, including of controversial ideas
UNSW is a dynamic community where ideas can change, and there is a commitment to creating a safe space for exploring and debating changing perspectives
Students should demonstrate respectful disagreement or feedback, expecting that they may be asked to explain or give evidence for their perspective or claims
Students are committed to engaging in respectful and inclusive conversations and debates; turntaking; and appreciation
Students accept differences amongst each other – both seen and unseen
Students must permit others to express disagreement without fear of reprisal.
Section 5. Student Responsibilities: Responsibility 3: Observe standards of equity and respect in dealing with every member of the UNSW community
UNSW students:
treat all members of the UNSW community with courtesy and respect.
This includes respecting the rights of others to be treated equitably, free from all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, bullying and vilification; and the rights of others to express political and religious viewsrespect University teaching, learning, academic or other activities by not behaving in a way that significantly disrupts or interferes with these activities.
This includes any political, cultural, social or sporting gathering conducted by the University or authorised by the University to be held on any of its campuses.comply with any reasonable direction or request from a UNSW staff member or affiliate where the direction or request supports safety, good order and compliance with UNSW policies and procedures.
2. Reviews must be relevant and based on real experiences
2.1. Spam and fake content: Reviews ought to reflect genuine experiences of being a student enrolled in the course being reviewed. Additionally reviews shouldn't be posted for the purpose of manipulating a course’s ratings. Don’t post fake reviews and don’t post a review multiple times.
2.2. Off-topic: Only post reviews based on your experience while being enrolled in the relevant UNSW course. Our platform is not meant to be a forum for solicitation of goods and services, political or social commentary, or any other unrelated topics. Reviews which fail to meet this will be removed.
2.3. Illegal content: Any review that describes or links to illegal activity will be removed. This includes but is not limited to; sexual abuse imagery, descriptions of illegal products or services, descriptions of graphic violence, or anything that violates any laws, rules or regulations.
2.4. Offensive content: Any review that contain profane, obscene or offensive language, will be removed.
2.5. Malicious content: Any review that attempts to distribute or upload material that contain malicious code or any other potentially harmful program or material, will be removed.
2.6. Dangerous Content: Our platform is a place for safe communication, for this reason we don’t permit reviewers to post dangerous content, including descriptions that:
2.6.1. Threatens or advocates harm on oneself or others.
2.6.2. Harasses, intimidates or bullies an individual or group of individuals.
2.6.3. Promotes discrimination of an individual or group based on their race, religion, disability, age, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic that is associated with discrimination.
2.7. Impersonation: We don’t allow individuals to write deceptive reviews as well as undertake false representations.
2.8. Conflict of interest: Reviews are most valuable when they are unbiased and honest. An example of a practice we would disapprove of; if a staff member for the course, writes a review for a term for which they were not a student.
In summary, reviews which are deliberately faked, off-topic, use defamatory language, or engage in personal attacks are all in violation of our policy. We will remove reviews that violate our terms & conditions and can suspend abusive contributors.
3. Reviews must be respectful
Non-exhaustive criterion:
2.1. Be thoughtful, fair and constructive.
2.2. Have a focus on the learning and teaching activities, provide relevant examples to illustrate your point.
2.3. Avoid comments which are personal or inappropriate such as comments about dress or appearance.
2.4. Avoid giving out private information, such as phone numbers, email addresses or social media links.
2.5. Do not write anything that is offensive, racist or sexist.
Some examples of good reviews:
Instead of saying "The course was great." explain why the class was great.
For example - "The course was great. The lectures were well organised and presented and the explanations were easy to follow. People were very talkative in tutorials and I learnt a lot from my tutor who was very experienced. Additionally the teacher used visual examples that made things easy to understand. Overall the content was difficult but very practical and interesting.".Instead of "I couldn't understand anything the lecturer said, a boring and useless course", try "They should explain difficult concepts in depth, rather than relying on slides. When they used jargon that we didn't know, I had trouble taking notes because I didn't understand the words well enough. The content could be more engaging and useful if they showed practical usage of concepts taught. "
4. Terms and conditions are subject to change within reason by the UNSW Computer Science and Engineering Society Executive team.