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Colleges Week 2026: Competition terms and conditions

COLLEGES WEEK COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

YOU MUST READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND OFFICIAL RULES BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE COMPETITION.

This is an opportunity for college students and staff to share what Colleges Week means to them.

We are asking colleges to describe Colleges Week in three words via video. It can feature anyone from the college community and should be submitted via X or LinkedIn with the hashtags #SkillsForAll and #CollegesWeek2026. Please also tag both @irwinmitchell and @AoC_info in your post, to ensure we receive your entry.

Please email comms@aoc.co.uk with a link to your post to make sure we don’t miss it and include the full names and job titles of those included in the video. Videos should be shot in landscape, no longer than 1 minute 30 seconds, and must be subtitled.

Each college can only submit one video that will be considered for the competition purpose.

If you have any questions, please contact us at comms@aoc.co.uk.

ELIGIBILITY: This contest is open to Association of Colleges’ member colleges. Teachers and students are eligible to enter the contest on behalf of their AoC member college but the prize will be for the college rather than the individual.

SPONSOR: The contest is sponsored by Irwin Mitchell LLP. Irwin Mitchell LLP is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. In sponsoring the contest, Irwin Mitchell LLP reserves its rights to fully comply at all times with any legal and regulatory requirements.

AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: Participation in the contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these contest terms and conditions and the entrant acknowledges that all decisions of the sponsor are final and binding. Winning the contest is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements.

ENTRY PERIOD: The contest begins Monday 2 March and ends at 5pm on Friday 6 March 2026 (the “Entry Period”). Entries that are submitted before or after the entry period will be disqualified and not be eligible for the contest.

CREATE AND SUBMIT AN ENTRY: To participate in the contest, you must submit your creative post via LinkedIn or X with the hashtag #SkillsForAll and #CollegesWeek2026, and email notify comms@aoc.co.uk to classify as a valid entry ("Entry"). The winner will be selected at random.

COMPLIANCE AND DATA: By entering and participating in the contest:

  • you agree to comply with the contest terms and conditions
  • you acknowledge and agree that your personal information will be collected and processed by Irwin Mitchell LLP and the Association of Colleges for the purposes of executing this contest
  • you acknowledge and agree to Irwin Mitchell LLP using your name, college name, LinkedIn profile address and other information as required for promotional purposes relating to Love Our Colleges Week only, once an entry is received, and if your entry is chosen as the winner
  • you agree for the Association of Colleges to share your video where they deem relevant such as, but not limited to, our social media channels, website and events
  • you acknowledge that your personal information will not be shared with any third party without your consent.

ENTRANT’S WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS: By submitting an entry, each entrant warrants and represents that the entry:

  • is original to the entrant and makes the entry on its own behalf
  • does not infringe the intellectual property, privacy, publicity, confidentiality or any other rights of any third party
  • does not violate any law or regulation
  • is not offensive, degrading, political or conflicts with public morality.

SELECTION OF WINNER: On Monday 9 March an entry will be selected at random using a third-party draw generator. The winner will be announced on Monday 9 March.

PRIZE: The winner of the contest shall win a package of tickets to conferences held by the Association of Colleges. The winner can select to have either four tickets to online conferences hosted by the Association of Colleges, or one ticket to an in-person conference and three to an online conference hosted by the Association of Colleges. The AoC Annual Conference and Exhibition is excluded. No substitution is available for the prize.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions regarding this contest, please email comms@aoc.co.uk.