APRC 120202 appendix 2 (PDF - 958KB) - University of Birmingham

Appendix TwoLetter to a company accepting a student placement(TO BE REVISED FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGALSERVICES)DearName of Company:Name of Student:Length of Placement:The purpose of this letter is to provide a record of the arrangements for the placement of this Student withyour Company.1 You have kindly agreed to allow the Student to attend your premises at [ insert address] and toprovide the Student with work experience, and with advice and guidance in relation to yourCompany's applications of the Student's field of studies.2 The Student will be responsible for complying with all works rules and health and safety and otherregulations which you reasonably prescribe for those working in your premises.3 The Company declares;oooooWe have a written Health and Safety PolicyWe confirm we have undertaken a risk assessment of our work practices to identify,minimise and/or eradicate possible risks to the StudentWe confirm we have in force Employer’s and Public liability insurances and that theStudent is deemed to be an employee for the purposes of these insurance policiesWe confirm we have advised appropriate insurers of the proposed placement(s)Should the Student be expected to work with machinery, equipment or substanceshazardous to health, health and safety precautions will first have to be taken, first aid andemergency facilities will be available and training, supervision and protective clothing willbe provided4 The Company claims ownership of the following forms of intellectual property (“Arising IntellectualProperty”) created by the Student and arising from the Student’s activities under this placementwith the Company:(a)(b)(c)(d)patentable and non-patentable inventions;Company-commissioned works and works generated by the Company'scomputers;other computer software and firmware if it may reasonably be considered topossess commercial potential; andregistered and unregistered designs and topographies if they may reasonably beconsidered to possess commercial potential.The Company, subject to paragraph 5, hereby grants to the University and the Student a royaltyfreeirrevocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use its Arising Intellectual Property fortheir own non-commercial activities of teaching and scientific or clinical research. Use and/orexploitation of the Arising Intellectual Property beyond such activities shall be subject to the priorwritten consent of the Company.Nothing contained in this Letter shall prevent the creation and submission by the Student of athesis to examiners in accordance with the normal regulations of the University subject whereappropriate to such examiners being bound by conditions of confidentiality in no less terms thanthose outlined in paragraph 5, nor to the placing of such thesis in the library of the Universityprovided that access to such thesis shall only be available on conditions of confidentiality no lessonerous than those contained in paragraph 5 hereof.