Covidence - Help - University of Bradford

University of Sanctuary - Study - University of Bradford

Health professions - Study - University of Bradford

International students - University of Bradford

Student profiles - Undergraduate - University of Bradford

The Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) - Study - University of Bradford

Postgraduate - Courses - University of Bradford

Business and Community - University of Bradford

University of Bradford

Events policy - Our events - University of Bradford

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.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

March 2026

February 2026

Title / URL	Issues
Covidence - Help - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/library/help/covidence/	1
University of Sanctuary - Study - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/university-of-sanctuary/	1
Health professions - Study - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/study/health-professions/	1
International students - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/international/	1
Student profiles - Undergraduate - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/undergraduate/profiles/	1
The Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) - Study - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/study/achievement-report/	1
Postgraduate - Courses - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/courses/pg/	1
Business and Community - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/business-community/	1
University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/external/	1
Events policy - Our events - University of Bradfordwww.bradford.ac.uk/events/policy/	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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