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E: 14/10 Win the Ultimate Pot Noodle Scholarship (FB App, EFFORT)

https://www.facebook.com/potnoodle/app_598010653574987

Terms and Conditions

  1. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over, enrolled at a University and be residents of the Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales (excluding Northern Ireland)), excluding employees, and their immediate families, of the Promoter, its agents and anyone professionally connected with the Promotion.
  2. No purchase necessary.
  3. Internet access required.
  4. The Prizes: Pot Noodle is offering the chance for one entrant to win the Ultimate Pot Noodle Scholarship, to include the following:
    • One year's worth of university tuition fees paid for by Pot Noodle (the precise amount shall be based on individual circumstances and shall not exceed £9,000. The tuition fees must be verified by the winner's university as well as payment terms (in which they are enrolled) and the winner must be enrolled at the University for the full year; and
    • The offer to be a Pot Noodle Ambassador to earn some extra cash, which will include (but will not be limited to) writing a monthly blog and tweeting about Pot Noodle products (further details are set out in Clause [20]; and
    • £500 in cash; and
    • A Pot Noodle party organized and funded by Pot Noodle, the details of which will be confirmed to the winner; and
    • A year's supply of Pot Noodle – 156 pots.
  5. Pot Noodle is offering the chance for 9 runners up to win the following:
    • £500 in cash; and
    • A year's supply of Pot Noodle (156 pots); and
    • The 9 runners-up will also be members of the Pot Noodle Fraternity and will be in with a chance of being a Pot Noodle Ambassador to earn some extra cash.
*Katie*

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  • *KatieL*
    *KatieL* Posts: 61,494 Forumite
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    STAGE 1

    1. To Enter Stage 1 of the promotion, you must complete and submit all required fields on the online application form. Information required includes name and contact details, the university that you are attending and upload a video or image that demonstrates your love of Pot Noodle on 'http://www.facebook.com/potnoodle/app_598010653574987'.
    2. 20 entrants will then be short-listed by a judging panel in the presence of an independent judge. The entries will be judged on creativity, effort exerted and the quality/relevance of the content (details of the requirements are set out in clause 8) produced based on the brief given at point of entry.
    3. The creativity selection criteria is based on the below;
      • Creativity – is the entry creative, entertaining and inspiring enough to engage with fellow fans?
      • Commitment – does it appear that enough effort and time has been taken to create the entry?
      • Relevance – does the entry fit with the Pot Noodle brand and will it resonate with Pot Noodlers – funny, cheeky, light-hearted?
      • Passion – does the entry highlight the person's love for Pot Noodle and desire to prove they are a number one fan with fellow students
    4. The judging committee will chose 20 winners from Stage 1 from specific locations in GB as set out in clause 10, to ensure that there is a representation of regional spread amongst the short-list.
    5. The 20 short-listed winners will be chosen from the following locations in GB: Scotland (x3 winners), Wales (x3 winners), Northern England (x5 winners), Midlands (x4 winners) and Southern England (x5 winners) (the “Locations”). If the entries received in one or more of the Locations do not meet the Criteria, the Promoter reserves the right to choose entries that do meet the Criteria from any of the other stated Locations.
    6. The decision of the judging panel is final.
    7. Stage 1 of the Promotion opens at 18:00 on 12th September 2013 and the closing date for receipt of entries is 23.59 on 14th October 2013. All entries received by the closing date will be reviewed by our expert panel in the presence of an independent judge.
    8. The short-list of the top 20 will be notified within 2 days after the entry mechanic closes by 23:59 on 16th October 2013. The short-listed 20 applicants will then have 10 days, until 23:59 on 26th October 2013, to respond to the Promoter confirming that they will continue into Stage 2 of the promotion.
    Stage 2

    1. The 20 shortlisted entries from Stage 1 of the promotion will have their submissions shown on the Pot Noodle Student Facebook page on the 28th October 2013, where the Pot Noodle community will vote on their top 10 favourite submissions; the voting will take place between 12:01 on 28th October and close at 23:59 on 4th November, 2013. Those who are voted into the top 10 will then form the 'Pot Noodle Fraternity', these 10 will be notified via email by 5th November, 2013. At this point the Fraternity will be asked if they would like to continue with the competition, should a winner not wish to continue, Pot Noodle has the right to invite another entry from the short-list for their chance to win.
    Stage 3

    1. The members of the Pot Noodle Fraternity will then be in with a chance to Win the Ultimate prize of the Pot Noodle Scholarship by completing a series of rounds the details of which they will be fully informed of. The rounds will take place from 12th November, 2013 until 29th November when the winner will be announced.
    Round 1

    1. During the first round of Stage 3 the Pot Noodle Fraternity will be required to submit some more Pot Noodle content by 12th November, 2013, this will be in the form of a short video where the short-list of 10 will need to come up with a new Pot Noodle flavour expression of their choice. The content will be then be published to the Pot noodle Facebook app http://www.facebook.com/potnoodle/app_598010653574987 for the Pot Noodle community to vote on their favourite three from 14th November, 2013 until 21st November 2013.
    Round 2

    1. The shortlisted three will be then invited to attend an interview, in central London w/c 25th November, 2013. The Promoter shall organise and pay for the entrants’ travel to and from the interview. Details of time and location will be determined via email. The interview will be conducted by the same judging panel as previous stages and an independent adjudicator will be present. The interview will determine the overall winner of the Ultimate Pot Noodle Scholarship. If an entrant is unable to attend the interview due to prior commitments a telephone interview will be conducted instead.
    2. The Ultimate Pot Noodle Scholar winner will be announced by 29th November. The winner will have a maximum of 14 days to claim their prize.
    3. In the event of any dispute the decision of the Promoter is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
    4. The Fraternity and the Scholar have the opportunity to become Pot Noodle Brand Ambassadors, this involves the chance to earn some extra cash.
    5. The chosen Scholar and 9 runners up, will be offered the chance to become a Pot Noodle Brand Ambassador. Examples of services include, but are not limited to; wear Pot Noodle branded clothing and using Pot Noodle branded products (to be provided by Pot Noodle) at organised events and for PR activity, take part in a minimum of 3 media interviews, and update fans/followers of activity via their social media channels (Facebook and Twitter). All those who choose to become a Pot Noodle Brand Ambassador shall need to attend a briefing session in London, the exact location and date to be confirmed.
    6. All Brand Ambassadors must enter into an Agreement with Pot Noodle which will be sent to the winners once they have claimed their prize
    7. Entrants can only enter the promotion once. To enter, participants must go to http://www.facebook.com/potnoodle/app_598010653574987, and enter all required fields to enter. User's details are required in order to fulfill their prize and to enable the promoter to liaise with the short-list and then eventually the winner. If it becomes apparent that a participant is using a computer(s), multiple identities or addresses to circumvent this condition by, for example, the use of 'script', brute force' or any other automated or manual means, that person's entries will be disqualified and any prize award will be void.
    8. By submitting your entry, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to use, reproduce, distribute, and make derivative works of your entry in any media and through any media channel. The entry shall be the entrant’s own work. By entering the Program each entrant warrants that their entry shall not have been previously published or exploited in any part and will not infringe any copyright, right of privacy, right of publicity or personality or any other right whatsoever of any third party.
    9. Each entry:
      • must be suitable for display and publication online and should not be obscene or indecent (including but not limited to nudity, pornography or profanity), it must not contain defamatory statements or words or symbols that are offensive either generally or to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group. It must not include threats to any person, place, business or group, it must not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity, and it must not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations or network standards;
      • must not contain or refer to any products other than those of Unilever and it must not contain or reference any third party trademarks or logos (other than those of Unilever) unless such inclusion is merely incidental and is not unduly prominent and as long as it is included with due cause and in such a way that it does not take unfair advantage of any third party trademarks;
      • must not contain any copyrighted works (other than as owned by the entrant);
    10. No entries from agents, third parties, organised groups or those automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible or corrupted entries, nor those not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted. For the avoidance of doubt, entries will only be accepted if they comply with all entry instructions.
    11. There is no cash alternative to the prize, and the prize is not transferable.
    12. The Student Scholar and the 9- runners up (The Fraternity), must all remain enrolled at their given university for a year otherwise their prize and responsibilities will be revoked.
    13. The Promoter will use the details as supplied at the time of entry.
    14. The Promoter cannot accept any liability for any failure of hardware, software, computer, phones or other systems, which may result in any entry, or other information about the entrants or the Promotion being lost, damaged, delayed or corrupted in any way. Entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be rejected.
    15. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, or in connection with the prize (to the full extent permissible by law).
    16. In the event of any dispute, the decision of the Promoter is final. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.
    17. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on request to those writing to: Pot Noodle Fraternity,Billington Cartmell, 40 Vanston Place, London SW6 1AX within 10 weeks after the published closing date, from requests enclosing a self-addressed envelope.
    18. The winners may be required to participate in publicity arising from this Promotion at no expense to the Promoter.
    19. By entering the Promotion, all entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the rules and consent to the transfer of their personal data to the Data Controller, for the purposes of the administration of this Promotion and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented. All entry instructions form part of the rules.
    20. The Promoter reserves the right at its sole discretion to verify the winner and disqualify and/or withhold the prize(s) of any individual(s) found to not be a student enrolled at a university or be tampering with the entry process or operation of the website, or to have acted in any manner deemed by the Promoter to be in violation of these Terms and Conditions.
    21. Owing to exceptional circumstances outside its reasonable control and only where circumstances make this unavoidable, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the Promotion or these Terms and Conditions at any stage, but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment.
    22. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing information to the Promoter and not to Facebook.
    These Terms and Conditions and any issues or disputes which may arise out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions (whether such disputes or issues are contractual or non-contractual in nature, such as claims in tort, for breach of statute or regulation, or otherwise) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Entrants hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts to settle any such dispute or issues. The above is subject to change.
    *Katie*
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