Facilities | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Courses | Courses | The University of Sheffield

Study at Sheffield | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

About us | About us | The University of Sheffield

Support | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Students' Union | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Sheffield Live online events | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Your career prospects | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Teaching | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

Ranking, reputation and history | Study at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield

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

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University of Sheffield

	Title / URL	Issues
	Facilities \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/facilities	24
	Courses \| Courses \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/courses	23
	Study at Sheffield \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study	23
	About us \| About us \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/about	22
	Support \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/support	20
	Students' Union \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/su	19
	Sheffield Live online events \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/online-events	19
	Your career prospects \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/career	19
	Teaching \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/teaching	19
	Ranking, reputation and history \| Study at Sheffield \| The University of Sheffieldsheffield.ac.uk/study/ranking	19

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

University of Sheffield

Where this issue has occurred