2025 Victoria University Student Life Instagram follower Competition – terms & conditions

1. The promoter is Victoria University (VU) (ABN: 83 776 954 731, CRICOS Provider No. 00124K) PO Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria 8001.
2. All information on 'how to enter' forms part of these terms and conditions. By entering into these terms and conditions you warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions.
3. The Promotion commences on 24 February 2025 at 9.00am AEST and closes on 21 March at 11.59pm AEST. (Promotion Period). Any entry that is not received during the Promotion Period will be invalid.
4. The draw will take place at 9.30am AEST on 24 March 2025 at Victoria University, Footscray Park Campus
5. VU will randomly select 5 winners.
6. VU will contact the winners via Instagram direct message to confirm a winning entry within 24 hours of the draw.
7. If contacted by VU, you have 14 days to respond to VU’s contact. Once that time period has elapsed, you forfeit your prize and VU will select another winner.
8. The winners names will be published on the VU Website: https://www.vu.edu.au/current-students/student-life/competitions-surveys and Student Life Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/vu_studentlife.
9. The winner of the 1^st prize must collect their prize from Victoria University, Footscray Park campus within 28 days of being contacted.  Once that time period has elapsed, you forfeit your prize and VU will select another winner.
10. 1^st prize cannot be collected unless the winner provides proof of identity in the form of a student identification card.
11. The winners of the 2^nd prize and the runner up prizes will be emailed their prize to their student email address as confirmed via Instagram direct message and will not be able to collect the prize in person. 

Eligibility

12. Entry is open to current VU students who are Australian Residents. Entrants must be individuals and not companies or other entities. Employees and immediate family members of VU and associated agencies and/or companies any way involved in the Promotion, are not valid entrants in the Promotion.
13. Incomplete, illegible or incorrect entries, or entries containing offensive or defamatory comments, or which breach any law or infringe any third party rights, including intellectual property rights, will not be eligible to win.

How to enter

14. Entry is by clicking “Follow” on the Victoria University Student Life Instagram page.
15. You may enter the Promotion once only.

Personal information

19. VU will collect your personal information, including your name, likeness, email address and social media account details which it will keep in accordance with the VU privacy policy, located at http://www.vu.edu.au/privacy .
20. In the event that you are the winner of the Promotion, you consent to the disclosure, publication and dissemination of your name and likeness for the purposes of the Promotion, and VU’s advertising and marketing purposes (as winner of the Promotion).
21. VU accepts no responsibility for any entries not received for any reason during the Promotion Period. No responsibility will be taken for lost, late or misdirected entries. VU is not responsible for technical difficulties with the entry mechanism and does not warrant that the entry mechanism will be available at all times.

Prize details

19. There are 5 prizes to be won.

1^st prize

Beats Solo 3 Wireless on-Ear Headphones valued at $300

2^nd prize

Giftpay voucher valued at $250

Runner up prizes

3 x Giftpay voucher valued at $150

20. The total prize pool is valued at $1000.
21. The prize value is correct as at the date of printing.
22. The prize is not transferable or exchangeable. 

Decision final

23. In all matters relating to the Promotion, all decisions of VU and its staff will be final and cannot be contested. No correspondence or discussions will be entered into.