Work-based learning | University of East London

Research impact at UEL | University of East London

Students | University of East London

Work while you study | University of East London

BA (Hons) Dance | University of East London

BSc (Hons) Counselling | University of East London

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) | University of East London

Success stories | University of East London

Sport | University of East London

Volunteering | University of East London

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

a-duplicate-link-text-for-different-destinations

June 2025

May 2025

University of East London

Title / URL	Issues
Work-based learning \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/your-career/work-based-learning	44
Research impact at UEL \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/our-research/research-impact-uel	17
Students \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/study/students	15
Work while you study \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/your-career/work-while-you-study	15
BA (Hons) Dance \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/ba-hons-dance	14
BSc (Hons) Counselling \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/bsc-hons-counselling	14
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/bsc-hons-nursing-adult	14
Success stories \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/about/alumni/success-stories	13
Sport \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/study/student-life/sport	13
Volunteering \| University of East Londonwww.uel.ac.uk/your-career/volunteering	13

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

University of East London

Where this issue has occurred