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Terms of Service

The basis on which RAASG provides services.

Draft template. This page is a starting framework and must be reviewed and completed by the business owner and qualified legal counsel before launch. Last updated: [DATE].

Scope of services

RAASG provides guidance, mentoring, review, editing, methodological and analytical consultation. Each engagement is defined in a written scope that sets out the support, deliverables, timeline and fee before work begins.

Client responsibilities

You remain responsible for the accuracy, originality and integrity of your work, for any data you provide, for obtaining required ethical approvals, and for complying with the rules of your institution, funder or journal.

Academic integrity

We will not provide services that facilitate plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, impersonation, contract cheating or misrepresentation of authorship. We may decline or end an engagement that would require this. See Academic Integrity.

No guarantees of outcome

We do not guarantee grades, examination outcomes, ethics approval, funding or journal acceptance. These decisions rest with institutions, committees, funders and editors.

Fees and payment

Fees are agreed in the written scope. Payment terms: [PAYMENT TERMS TO BE CONFIRMED]. See Refund / Cancellation Policy.

Intellectual property

You retain ownership of your work. [IP TERMS FOR REPORTS, SYNTAX AND OTHER DELIVERABLES TO BE CONFIRMED]

Confidentiality and privacy

See our Confidentiality and Privacy pages.

Limitation of liability and governing law

[TO BE COMPLETED WITH LEGAL COUNSEL]

Have a research or academic challenge?

Tell us what you are working on. We will help identify the most appropriate form of support.