http://www.sleepsurvey.net.au/index.php• Win a prize - you could win an iPad or equivalentThe Big Sleep Survey 2010 is a real citizen science research project. Australian sleep scientists want to find out how much sleep we're getting, whether mobiles and laptops in the bedroom are affecting our sleep, and how many of us experience parasomnias, such as sleep walking! The scientists need as many people as possible to volunteer to do the Big Sleep Survey this August.
• Contribute to a real science research project
• Win a prize - you could win an iPad or equivalent
• Find out about your sleep habits
Sign up to take part
Login to make a sleep diary entry (Optional)
Sign up for the Sleep Survey 2010 and you could go in the draw for a really great prize. A new IPad or a digital device of your choice up to $1000.WHAT IT INVOLVES1. Sign up - To take part in this scientific research project you need to sign up with your login details. Once you've done this you can begin the Quesionnaire..
2. The Questionnaire - This should take about 10 minutes and you can save and return if you need to. You'll answer questions about a whole range of things, from your health; to what you do in the bedroom; to whether you've ever sleepwalked. At the end of the Questionnaire you'll get a report summarising your sleep habits, pointing out any potential problem areas and highlighting some of the things you do that might be affecting your sleep - both in a good and bad way! Once you’ve completed the Questionnaire, you can then sign up to do the optional week long Sleep Diary and enter the Competition
tell us in 25 words or less “Why do we dream – what’s your theory?” 3. The 7 Day Sleep Diary - This is optional. It should only take about 2 minutes each day for a week to log in and let us know day how much and how well you slept each night.
Note: You have to be over 11 to take part in the Big Sleep Survey. If you're aged between 11 and 18, we'd love you to sign up, but you will need your parent or guardian's approval.
This document sets out the terms of participation in the ABC’s Big Sleep Survey competition (the "Competition").
1. The promoter of this Competition is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the "Promoter") (ABN 524 292 78345), 700 Harris Street, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Entry to the Competition is open to all Australian residents. An entrant's residential postcode will determine whether the entrant resides in Australia for the purposes of the Competition. An entrant must be an individual over 11 years of age or a school group. Individual entrants under 18 years of age need to have the consent of their parent or guardian to enter. Employees of the Promoter and any person associated with the Competition, and any organisation or individual associated with the provision of the prize(s), are not eligible to enter.
3. Each entry must be entered in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. By entering the Competition, each entrant agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. The Promoter may in its discretion refuse to award any prize to any entrant who fails to comply with these Terms and Conditions. All relevant instructions on the Promoter's website (if any) form part of these Terms and Conditions.
4. Entry into the Competition is free.
5. The Competition opens at 12.01am AEST] on Monday 2 August 2010 and closes at 11.59am AEST on Monday 6 September 2010 ("Competition Period"). Any entry received after the expiry of the Competition Period will be deemed invalid. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed or misdirected entries.
6. To enter the Competition, you must:
(i) For individuals - complete the Big Sleep Survey 2010 (available at www.sleepsurvey.net.au) ("Website"); and choose the 'Enter Competition' option; For schools – do the Kids Sleep Diary with your students, log your results online (available at at www.sleepsurvey.net.au) ("Website") and choose the ‘Enter competition’ option;
(ii) For individuals - tell us in 25 words or less “Why do we dream – what’s your theory” ("Work"); For schools – tell us in 25 words or less “Why kids like doing science projects”; and(iii) Submit your Work accompanied by full contact details through the Website.
7. Each individual entry must include your name, address, email and a daytime telephone number or it will be deemed invalid; Each school entry must include School name, year, address, teacher name and contact details.
9. You may enter the competition only once.10. All entries become the property of the Promoter and will not be returned to the entrants.
11. To be eligible for a prize your Work must only include original material created by you.
12. By submitting your Work to the Promoter, you grant the Promoter and its licensees and assignees a non-exclusive licence to exercise all rights in perpetuity throughout the world in your Work and all other material provided by you to the Promoter pursuant to this Competition at any time.
13. Without limited the rights granted to the Promoter in clause 12, you acknowledge the Promoter may exercise the right to communicate your Work in whole or in part to the public on any media platform.
14. Your Work may be edited or adapted at any time by the Promoter in order to:
(i) meet the requirements of broadcasting authorities;
(ii) adhere to any requirements of the ABC Editorial Policies (available at
www.abc.net.au/corp );
(iii) ensure your Work meets any legal or classification requirements or to avoid any breach of law;
(iv) use your Work for promotional purposes; and/or
(v) use your Work on other ABC media platforms.
15. You acknowledge that the Promoter may allow users to view, listen to, reproduce, download and otherwise deal in the copyrights attached to and embodied in your Work. The Promoter aims to ensure that any use of your Work not authorised by the Promoter will not occur, however you acknowledge that the Promoter is not equipped with mechanisms to prevent unauthorised use of your Work, and you accept that, to the extent allowable under the law, the Promoter has no liability to you for how the end user elects to use your Work, and as such it may be permanently stored, reproduced, copied, distributed or the like, without recourse or remedy against the Promoter.
16. The entrant whose Work is judged by the Promoter's panel of judges to be the best, most original and creative will win the major prize ("Major Prize Winner"). The primary school group entrants whose Works are judged by the Promoter's panel of judges to be the most original and creative from all the school groups entries will each win the schools group prize ('Primary School Group Prize Winner'). The secondary school group entrants whose Works are judged by the Promoter's panel of judges to be the most original and creative from all the school groups entries will each win the schools group prize (Secondary School Group Prize Winner'). Chance plays no part in determining the prize winners.
17. The prizes are as follows:
(i) the Major Prize Winner will receive a digital electronic device, chosen in consultation with the promoter, to the value of $1000.
(ii) the Primary School Group Prize Winner will receive $500 worth of science books and DVDs from the ABC Shop for their school.
(iii) the Primary School Group Prize Winner will receive $500 worth of science books and DVDs from the ABC Shop for their school.
19. You warrant that:
(i) all details provided with your entry are true and accurate;
(ii) you have all necessary rights and licences to grant the rights set out in these Terms and Conditions;
(iii) the exercise of the rights granted to the Promoter in these Terms and Conditions will not infringe the rights of any third parties;
and you will indemnify the Promoter against any loss or damage resulting from any breach of these warranties.
20. You acknowledge that the Promoter is under no obligation to exercise any of the rights granted to it by these Terms and Conditions and any communication of your Work to the public by the Promoter is at the complete discretion of the Promoter.
21. You agree that the Promoter may use your entry and any personal details provided to the Promoter for any promotional, marketing and publicity purposes of the Promoter in any media without notice and without any fee being paid to you, subject to the ABC’s Privacy Policy available at
www.abc.net.au/privacy.htm.
22. Decisions of the Promoter and its panel of judges are final and will be binding on each person who enters the Competition and no correspondence will be entered into. The name of each prize winner and the city/town/suburb in which he/she lives will be announced on the Big Sleep Survey 2010 website (
www.sleepsurvey.net.au) and also at ABC Science Online (
www.abc.net.au/science) on 21 September 2009. Please allow at least 28 days from the date of notification for the delivery of the prize.
23. If there is any event that prevents or hinders the Promoter's conduct of the Competition or the Promoter's ability to deliver the prize/s to the prize winner/s of the Competition, the Promoter may, in its discretion, cancel the Competition and recommence it at another time under the same conditions or select another winner.
24. The Promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this Competition, or for any technical error that may occur in the course of the administration of this Competition. The Promoter assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
25. To the full extent permitted by the law, the Promoter will not be liable for any injury, damages, expenses, or loss whatsoever (whether direct or inconsequential) to persons or property as a result of any person entering into the Competition or accepting or using any prize, including without limitation non-receipt of any prize or damage to any prize in transit.
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