Privacy
All personal data is collected and used in accordance with the University's privacy and data protection policies. For more information about these policies, please visit the main University policy page
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information, often including a unique identifier, which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website - if your browser preferences allow it. Cookies are then accessed by the originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
How are cookies used on this website?
The cookies we use on this website are there to allow you to perform the services you require and to assist us in providing a better website for our users. We do not use cookies to store information that identifies you as an individual. Details on cookies used are provided below.
We encourage you to accept the cookies we serve. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our or any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. Please see ‘How to control and delete cookies’ for more information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics cookies to hold information about your visit to our site. This helps us better identify the use and popularity of our services and how successfully the website is functioning. If you do not wish us to do this, you can opt out of the Analytics service by installing an add-on for your browser. This can be found at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Alternatively you can delete/restrict the cookies as for any other cookie - see ‘How to control and delete cookies’ for more information.
Cookies used on this website
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Cookie Classification | Cookie Behaviour |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGipServer | Strictly necessary cookie | Randomly generated session ID. Used to load balance the webserver infrastructure. | Session cookie - disappears when the user closes the browser. |
| PHPSESSID | Strictly necessary cookie | Randomly generated session ID. Our suppliers have deemed this as essential to the operation of the service. | Session cookie - disappears when the user closes the browser. |
| __utma | Google Analytics. Used by Google Analytics to track user count of visits to a site, when a first visit was, and a last visit |
Performance cookie | Persistent cookie, lasts for 2 years |
| __utmb | Google Analytics. Used by Google Analytics to track exactly when a user visits a site. |
Performance cookie | Persistent cookie, lasts for 30 minutes |
| __utmc | Google Analytics. Used by Google Analytics to track exactly when a user visits a site. |
Performance cookie | Session cookie - disappears when the user closes the browser. |
| __utmz | Google Analytics. Used by Google Analytics to track exactly when a user leaves a site. |
Performance cookie | Session cookie - disappears when the user closes the browser. |
| __utmt | Google Analytics. Used by Google Analytics to track how a user got to this site (where from), what link was used, what part of the world. |
Performance cookie | Persistent, lasts for 6 months. |