Field School Terms and Conditions
Payments
Payment in FULL includes the non-
In the event of cancellation the deposit is non-
Payment in FULL is required 12 weeks before the date you are due to commence your course.
If participants cancel attendance less than 30 days prior to the commencement of the field school we unfortunately cannot pay a refund, as there will be no time to offer the place to another delegate.
Please contact us before booking if there are questions regarding payment times.
Accommodation, flights, travel
Mercian are not responsible for any travel and accommodation booked alongside attending the field school. We do not recommend accommodation for this reason. We recommend anyone attending from overseas takes out appropriate travel insurance to cover any eventualities surrounding travel and accommodation.
Mercian’s insurance policy extends to cover fieldwork and attendance on site.
Field School Cancellation Policy
In the unlikely event of the site of King John’s Palace being unavailable (due to actions outside of Mercian’s control) Mercian will move the field school to a neighbouring site within the Sherwood Forest Archaeology Project. All aspects of the taught course and all experience listed as part of the field school would be still be delivered. In such an event delegates will have a chance to opt for a refund but this would not include the non-
Code of Conduct
Field workers will behave responsibly onsite at all times, towards each other and to members of the public.
Alcohol and Drugs are PROHIBITED onsite. Further to this if alcohol or drugs are consumed during site hours (eg offsite at lunchtime) field workers will be prohibited from returning to site.
All field workers must abide by Mercian’s Health and Safety Policy (including Risk Assessments).
All field workers must treat each other with respect, courtesy and with parity of esteem throughout, Mercian reserve the right to remove anyone from site causing offence to others.
Any form of discrimination will not be tolerated.
Health and Safety Policy
All field workers MUST read the site Health and Safety Policy and excavation Risk Assessment, and agree to abide by its rules. These will be onsite throughout the course of the field school and participants will be inducted on the first morning of each week.
Mercian Archaeological Services staff have the right to remove field workers from the excavation if it is believed that a person is behaving in a way that might compromise the companies Health and Safety Policy and Risk Assessment for the for the site.
Mercian also hold the right to permanently exclude field workers who break the Code of Conduct. If a field worker is permanently removed from site a refund will not be payable.
Field workers must declare any medical conditions or disabilities which could affect their ability to undertake the physical elements of excavating. Mercian Archaeological Services CIC reserves the right to request a Doctors’ note confirming that field workers are fit to undertake excavation. If field workers are not deemed fit enough to undertake work at the time of the Field School, at the judgment of Mercian Archaeological Services CIC staff, fees will be refunded in full (minus the £50 non-
We require field workers to have a good understanding of the English language to ensure essential communications are understood.
Photographic & filming consent
Photographs of the field school will be taken throughout for publicity (media, online -
The above also applies for the production of onsite videos (audio recording, video blogs, video diaries, stop motion photography) for use on the Internet, for marketing, or via media or news outlets.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss this further or if you have a reason why you are not able to be photographed or filmed.
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