Alumni events | Royal Agricultural University

Undergraduate Courses | Royal Agricultural University

Charlie Adkin | Royal Agricultural University

Benefits of working with us | Royal Agricultural University

Agriculture | Royal Agricultural University

Student stories | Royal Agricultural University

Pip Cusack | Royal Agricultural University

Duncan Lang | Royal Agricultural University

University bar | Royal Agricultural University

Jess Godber | Royal Agricultural 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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Royal Agricultural College

Title / URL	Issues
Alumni events \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/student-life/alumni/events	1
Undergraduate Courses \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/courses/ugcourses	1
Charlie Adkin \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/study/case-studies/charlie-adkin	1
Benefits of working with us \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/about-rau/work-for-us/benefits	1
Agriculture \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/courses/subject-areas/agriculture	1
Student stories \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/student-stories	1
Pip Cusack \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/study/case-studies/pip-cusack	1
Duncan Lang \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/study/case-studies/duncan-lang	1
University bar \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/student-life/social/university-bar	1
Jess Godber \| Royal Agricultural Universitywww.rau.ac.uk/study/case-studies/jess-godber	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

Royal Agricultural College

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