DesignMatters is fully approved by City & Guilds of London, England to offer Level 2, Level 3 Certificate and Level 3 Diploma in Patchwork and Quilting, Level 2 Creative Sketchbooks and Level 2 Creative Computing as internet delivered courses.

Candidates are registered with the awarding body City & Guilds of London, England as soon as enrolment fees are received by DesignMatters. Registration is valid for 3 years.

Candidates' course enrolment with DesignMatters will last for a period of three years from the point of receipt of the enrolment form. During that time, course fees will be fixed. All courses can be easily completed within the three year enrolment period, however should candidate circumstances require them to take longer, it may be possible to extend the enrolment period. Any extension is subject to course fee top-ups at the current rate. DesignMatters reserves the right to transfer students requiring an extension to another tutor within the centre. Extensions to the period of registration may not always be possible and candidates are advised to ensure that whevever possible they structure their approach to the course in order to complete within the standard 3 year period. All of the information and advice held on this website is given in good faith and believed to be true. Health and safety guidelines have been included as seems appropriate but individuals must accept responsibility for their own actions and work in a safe way. Manufacturers' specific product information and guidelines for safe practice in their use should be heeded and given precedence over any generic information. No responsibility can be accepted for any accident or injury sustained during the courses offered by DesignMatters.

A description of the course content is available on the 'FAQ' page

All course content is the intellectual property of Linda Kemshall and is not to be shared or distributed in any form. One copy may be printed by the registered student for their personal use during the course.

Assessment is held throughout the course and guidance given as needed to satisfy the syllabus requirements. There is an appeals procedure with City & Guilds in the event of any candidate disputing an assessment result.
The course tutor will normally respond to students' enquiries and assessment images within five working days but it should be noted that on occasion there may be a delay of no more than 3 weeks to allow for holidays and other teaching commitments.

DesignMatters reserve the right to involve extra tutors and assessors as necessary to meet the demand for courses and to provide cover for periods of absence.

The City & Guilds Certificate is only awarded on satisfactory completion of the entire course and is subject to External Verification in order to maintain the standards required by the awarding body, City & Guilds of London, England.

Students may make a single payment for a complete course of 10 modules plus registration and certification, or may prefer to pay for a single module at a time with the first payment to include registration and certification with the awarding body, City & Guilds of London, England. They may also follow the first payment with a balance payment for the remaining 9 modules or continue to pay for each module as they complete the previous one. If at any time a student decides not to complete the course there is no committment to make payments for remaining modules.

In Level 2 and Level 3 Certificate courses the information and activities are offered as a progressive course, not as a set of independent modules and so progress to the next module is subject to satisfactory completion of the previous one. At Diploma level, students have access to all the modules for which payment has been received because the areas of study at this level interconnect making it less practical to see them in isolation. Any candidate may gain access to all modules that they have paid for even if the work has not been assessed as satisfactory but the certification process will not be completed.

It is expected that students will take approximately 1 year to complete the level 2 courses and 2 years to complete level 3 courses. Individuals may take up to 3 years for each course if preferred.

Access to the intellectual content on the 'Online Courses' pages is protected by unique username and password and is available only to officially enrolled and registered students of DesignMatters.

Prices are liable to change at the discretion of DesignMatters but will be held for individuals for the period of registration as agreed at the time of enrolment.
Once enrolment and registration has taken place no fees are refundable.

All communication by email will be conducted in a courteous and polite manner.

DesignMatters reserve the right to amend the information and requirements of the course as necessary in order to keep it current, valid and creative.

DesignMatters reserve the right to reproduce images of students' work for use on the website (www.lindakemshall.com), and other promotional material. Students who do not wish to have their work reproduced for these purposes should notify DesignMatters at the time of enrolment. Students who prefer to withold their full name on the website should also indicate this at the time of enrolment.

DesignMatters retains the right to refuse service to any individual at any time.

DesignMatters cannot be held responsible for the content of websites listed as links from this site.

While we will take all appropriate precautions, DesignMatters cannot be held responsible for any virus transferred via email correspondence. It is the responsibility of the individual to protect their own system with adequate antivirus software.

Students will be required to acknowledge acceptance of 'Terms and Conditions' upon enrolment. Returning the enrolment form will be taken as evidence that they have read, understood and agreed to the terms and conditions.

Linda Kemshall
DesignMatters 2001-9