It is an accident cover only and does not cover illness. Questions regarding this insurance cover should be directed to the Sports and Recreation Officer in the Sports Union. In addition, coverage is extended to sponsoring employers who accept students on experience placement which is a formal requirement of their course. Workers' Compensation Insurance Students who are not being paid by the University in relation to work experience etc, are deemed not to be employees of the University. They would therefore not be entitled to cover under Workers' Compensation Insurance.
All insurance policies contain exclusions, conditions and excesses.
Insurance claims will therefore depend on individual circumstances of each case. All engineering students undertaking unpaid work experience to fulfil the industrial experience requirements should notify the relevant Industrial Experience Co-ordinator or the Head, Careers and Student Employment Office. This is a requirement under the University's insurance cover. The minimum period of Industrial Experience is 12 weeks. Students are encouraged to obtain and to report on a substantial block of this experience at one time but several shorter periods not less than 2 weeks duration will be accepted.