Conditions of Entry

1. On the date of entry, an entrant must be a bona fide part time or full time student at a college of art, college or university in the UK or Overseas.This does not apply to the graduate brief.
2. Each entrant may make only one entry per brief but may enter into more than one brief. A nominal entry fee of £15.00 per entry, which entitles each student to a year’s free Affiliate (A Inst Pkg) membership of IOP: The Packaging Society, within IOM3.
3. Only the official entry form may be used, which is available online. All details must be completed. Entries sent without the entry fee will not be put forward for judging.
4. Last date for receipt of online entry is Wednesday 25 February 2009. Details of delivery arrangements will be sent via email shortly after the closing date. Pack entries must be sent in on 23 -27 March 2009 and full instructions will be given nearer the time. Entries received after this date will not be considered in the judging process.
5. Boards and mock-ups must not show the entrant’s name or college, only the entrant’s entry number, which will be advised to the entrant at the same time as the delivery instructions.
6. The entrant’s work should be described in a portfolio consisting of 3 development boards no larger than A3. All written work should be in English and spell and grammar checked.
7. This competition is open to individual entrants only.
8. Pack entries will be disqualified unless accompanied by a claims form, a model and three A3 development boards where appropriate. Claims forms will be issued along with pack delivery instructions.
9. IOM3 and the sponsors of the Student Starpack Awards have unlimited rights to use all work submitted to promote the Awards and sponsors’ involvement in them. The sponsor owns the right to develop the solution with the entrant.
10. With the exception of the rights outlined in Clause 8, entrants should make their own arrangements to ensure that their intellectual property rights are fully protected and if uncertain about how this might be done are advised to contact their own university or college.
11. Results with be notified by post and entries must be collected in accordance with details issued.
12. Entrants must obtain written permission before using any existing company or product logo (except Marks & Spencer and Tesco), which should be sent in with their entry.
13. Whilst IOP: The Packaging Society will take every precaution, it cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to an entrant’s work. Adequate protection of entries is essential.
14. Enter online at www.starpack.uk.com/students

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