Cookies
To identify which web pages are accessed, we use traffic log cookies and analytics services provided by Google. From this we can analyse data about web traffic and thereby constantly improve our website for users. This information is only used for statistical analysis. Cookies help the University to provide you the website visitor with a better service by enabling us to identify which pages are most useful to most people.
Cookies do not give us access to your computer and do not reveal any information other than whatever data you choose to share with us via web forms or other inputs. Web browsers are usually set to accept all cookies automatically, but you can modify your browser to decline or query cookies. Find out more about cookies.
- Third party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites on the internet.
- Third party vendors, including Google, and AddThis, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website.
- Users may opt out of Google's use of tracking cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page.
- Users may opt out of AddThis' use of tracking cookies by visiting the AddThis data collection opt out.
- You can opt out of other online advertising at the Network Advertising Initiative.
Plone
The University uses Plone CMS to manage its web content. Plone uses cookies to provide various features, for example, remembering when editors are logged in and copy-and-paste functionality. These cookies are only set when web editors log in to Plone with their university account.
| Name | Typical content | Expires |
| _ac | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
| _cp | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
| _Zopeld | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
| I18N_LANGUAGE | Language preference | When you close your browser |
| statusmessage | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
Google Analytics
| Name | Typical content | Expires |
| _ga | Randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _gat | Randomly generated number | 10 minutes |
| _utma | Randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmb | Randomly generated number | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | Randomly generated number | When you close your browser |
| _utmx | Randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmxx | Randomly generated number | 2 years |
| _utmz | Randomly generated number | 6 months |
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see the documentation.
Sitecore
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| ASP NET_SessionId | Keeps track of user preferences | When you close your browser |
| SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | Keeps track of user preferences | 10 years |
AddThis social media sharing
| Name | Typical content | Expires |
| _atshc | Page URL and share count | When you close your browser |
| bt | A behaviour targeting cookie | 2 years |
| di | Date tracking cookies for determining expiration of other cookies | 2 years |
| dt | Date tracking cookies for determining expiration of other cookies | 30 days |
| loc | Geolocation cookie | 2 years |
| psc | View counter cookie | 2 years |
| ssc | Service share history, used for configuring our preferred services | 2 years |
| ssh | Service share history, used for configuring our preferred services | 2 years |
| sshs | Service share history, used for configuring our preferred services | 2 years |
| uid | User ID and login time tracking | 2 years |
| uvc | User ID and login time tracking | 2 years |
| uit | User ID and login time tracking | 1 day |
For more information about AddThis cookies, please see the documentation.
Job vacancies site
The University uses a third party product called I-Grasp to manage job vacancies and applications.
| Name | Typical content | Expires |
| fesettings%5FsecurityString | Random character sequence | When you close your browser |
| ASPSESSIONIDSSRABQBB | Random character sequence | When you close your browser |
| fesettings%5FClientUseASPSession | True or false | When you close your browser |
| fesettings%5FASPSessionConfirmed | True or false | When you close your browser |
Blackboard
University staff and students may use the Blackboard VLE. In doing so you give your consent to the collection, storage and use of cookies as described in the Blackboard Privacy Centre. Please refer to this resource for detailed information about how Blackboard uses cookies.
Crazy Egg
We use the Crazy Egg service to help us improve the user experience of our websites. Crazy Egg provides graphical analysis of visitor behaviour on a website. It tracks where visitors click and allows us to fine-tune the layout and design of our web pages. View Crazy Egg's privacy/cookie policy.
Tracking Pixels
We also use tracking pixels or GIF files to support online advertising. These are small picture files which are integrated in the website to collate access statistics. This enables us to analyse how many visitors were on our pages and what adverts they accessed.
The information captured by tracking pixels contains neither your name, nor your address, telephone number or email address.
We use tracking pixels or GIF files solely for statistical purposes to collate anonymous access data.