Cookies
To identify which web pages are accessed, we use traffic log cookies and analytics services provided by Yahoo and 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 at www.allaboutcookies.org
Please Note
Third party vendors, including Google and Yahoo, show our ads on sites on the internet.
Third party vendors, including Google, Yahoo 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 Yahoo's use of tracking cookies by visiting the Yahoo 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.
For more information about Plone cookies, please see the documentation.
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| __ac | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
| __cp | Encoded character sequence | When you close your browser |
| _ZopeId | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| _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.
Yahoo Analytics
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| fpc | Anonymous visitor id | 1 year |
| B | User ID | 1 year |
| itsc | Session ID | When you close your browser |
| itsessionid | Session ID | When you close your browser |
| itvisitorid | Anonymous visitor ID | 1 year |
| dpid | Random integer | When you close your browser |
For more information about the Yahoo cookies, please see the WebAnalytics privacy statement.
AddThis Social Media Sharing
| Name | Typical Content | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _atshc | Page URL and share count | When you close your browser |
| bt | A behavior 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.
