Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below outlines the cookies we use and why we use them.
Service
Name
Cookie Details
Links
Google Analytics
_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
ASP.NET
ASP.NET_SessionId
We use this cookie for our course search facility and our online course application pages. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.
Google Translation
googtrans
This cookie is only set if you want to translate a page. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.
Google Analytics
_utma
_utmb
_utmc
_utmz
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
HotJar
__ar*
AdRoll ‘remarketing cookie’, used to provide interest-based advertisements to show our ads on other websites. Duration: Decided by Google
HotJar
_ga
Google Analytics cookie, used to distinguish users. Duration: Decided by Google
HotJar
_gat
Google Analytics cookie, used to throttle request rate.
HotJar
__utm*
Google Analytics non-personally identifiable information used for website analytics. Duration: Decided by Google.
_hjUserId
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set as soon as a user loads a page which contains the Hotjar code. The cookie contains a universally unique identifier (UUID) which allows Hotjar to track the same visitor across multiple pages and sessions. Duration: Decided by Google.
_hjClosedSurveyInvites
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor interacts with a Survey invitation modal popup. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not re-appear if it has already been shown. Duration: 365 days.
_hjDonePolls
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor completes a poll using the Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the same poll does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. Duration: 365 days.
_hjMinimizedPolls
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. Duration: 365 days.
_hjDoneTestersWidgets
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor submits their information in the Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the same form does not re-appear if it has already been filled in. Duration: 365 days.
_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets
Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set once a visitor minimizes a Recruit User Testers widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimizes when the visitor navigates through your site. Duration: 365 days.
_hjIncludedInSample
Hotjar cookie. This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. Duration: Session.
JSESSIONID
New Relic cookie. This cookie is used to monitor session counts for an application. Duration: Session.
NREUM
New Relic cookie which is only created in browsers that do not support the Navigation Timing API. Duration: Session.
NRAGENT
New Relic cookie, created only when a token is handed out to an end user by the New Relic server. Duration: Session.
optimizely*
Cookies set by Optimizely to run tests on hotjar.com. Read more Duration: Decided by Optimizely.
session
Keeps your website session alive. Duration: Session
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
Google cookies
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visithttp://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
HotJar cookies
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out
YouTube cookies
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page,http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=171780
