About the University | Loughborough University

Postgraduate study | Loughborough University

Online bookings | Sport | Loughborough University

Update your details | Alumni | Loughborough University

University Governance | Loughborough University

Performance | Sport | Loughborough University

Strategic Planning | Strategic Planning | Loughborough University

Facilities | Sport | Loughborough University

Vice-Chancellor's Office | Loughborough University

Community Information | Community Information | Loughborough University

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
About the University \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/about/	14
Postgraduate study \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/	1
Online bookings \| Sport \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/sport/online-bookings/	1
Update your details \| Alumni \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/alumni/update-details/	1
University Governance \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/governance/	1
Performance \| Sport \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/sport/performance/	1
Strategic Planning \| Strategic Planning \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/services/planning/	1
Facilities \| Sport \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/sport/facilities/	1
Vice-Chancellor's Office \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/services/vco/	1
Community Information \| Community Information \| Loughborough Universitywww.lboro.ac.uk/services/community/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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