Brain and Mental Health | University of Oxford

Accommodation | University of Oxford

Divisions | University of Oxford

Emergency contacts | University of Oxford

Oxford's Annual Reviews | University of Oxford

Oxford students | University of Oxford

Undergraduate admissions and outreach | University of Oxford

牛津大学 | University of Oxford

News and events | University of Oxford

Colleges | University of Oxford

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
Brain and Mental Health \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/brain-and-mental-health	2
Accommodation \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/students/life/accommodation	1
Divisions \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/research/divisions	1
Emergency contacts \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/students/help	1
Oxford's Annual Reviews \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/annual-reviews	1
Oxford students \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/students	1
Undergraduate admissions and outreach \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate	1
牛津大学 \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/cn	1
News and events \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events	1
Colleges \| University of Oxfordwww.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/colleges	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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