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Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence.

The educational videos, images and text material made available within Science Hooks (“Materials”) are released under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. This allows you to use the Materials throughout the world without payment but you must acknowledge School of Education, NUI Galway as the author. Please read the Creative Commons Licence in full before downloading or otherwise making use of the Materials.

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We may bring any rights granted to you to an end at any time without necessarily providing notice to you.

When using Materials you must attribute the School of Education, NUI Galway in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Licence.

This Site also contains proprietary materials which are owned by or licensed to us and which are not subject to the Creative Commons Licence. These materials include our logos, photographic images and the design, layout and appearance of and graphics contained within this Site. These proprietary materials are protected by intellectual property rights. Unauthorised use of these materials may constitute intellectual property infringement.

Copyright and rights falling outside the terms of the Creative Commons Licence are retained or controlled by the various parties, e.g., NUI Galway, Scoilnet, Professional Development Service for Teachers and any other parties noted within the content.

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The information contained in this website is provided for general information purposes only, in the interests of public service. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on the website, NUI Galway, PDST Technology in Education, Scoilnet and its staff give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties in this regard, and do not accept any liability arising from any errors or omissions. Errors or omissions brought to the notice of the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education will be corrected as soon as practicable.

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Any views, opinions and guidance set out in this website should not be taken as the definitive view of the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education. Accordingly, the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education reserves the right to make decisions which are at variance with any views, opinions and guidance that may be set out in this website.

Any links from this website to external websites, which are not maintained by the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education, are provided as a matter of convenience only, and should not be taken as an endorsement by the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education of the contents or practices of those external websites for which the NUI Galway or PDST Technology in Education assumes no responsibility.