Deadlines - Office for Students

Contact - Office for Students

OfS privacy - Office for Students

Page not found - Office for Students

Advice and guidance - Office for Students

Get involved - Office for Students

Data and analysis - Office for Students

Publications - Office for Students

Consultations - Office for Students

Procurement - Office for Students

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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June 2025

May 2025

The Office for Students (OfS)

Title / URL	Issues
Deadlines - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/deadlines/	2
Contact - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/contact/	1
OfS privacy - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/ofs-privacy/	1
Page not found - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/invented-url-for-404-page/	1
Advice and guidance - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/	1
Get involved - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/get-involved/	1
Data and analysis - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/	1
Publications - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/	1
Consultations - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/consultations/	1
Procurement - Office for Studentswww.officeforstudents.org.uk/procurement/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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