Cookie policy
Our cookie policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies on our websites, and what you can do to manage how cookies are used.
What are cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile device) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.
How we use cookies
Cookies allow us to identify you (or, more accurately, your computer, smartphone or tablet) when you visit our website. Knowing how often people are visiting each page of our website helps us work out how and where to improve our website.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Necessary cookies
- Performance cookies
- Functional cookies
- Targeting cookies
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are essential for our website to function correctly. Without them, you may not be able to do everything that you want to on our website, such as complete the open day booking form.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This information allows us to improve the performance of our website.
Google Analytics cookies
The main tool we use to collect performance data is Google Analytics. Google Analytics collects various types of data, such as the pages visited, the duration of the visit, the type of device used, the geographic location of the visitor, and how the visitor arrived at the site (e.g., through a search engine, a referring site, or a direct visit). The data that Google Analytics collects is anonymous.
Microsoft Clarity cookies
Microsoft Clarity, similar to Google Analytics, utilizes cookies to provide website owners with insights into user behavior and website performance. See Microsoft Clarities cookie list for more information.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Session ID cookies
These are first-party cookies that NTU sets on our websites to help us distinguish between users. These cookies use a random number generator to help our website identify if you are logged in or not, so that we can provide the appropriate content to each user.
- Cookie names:
- ASP.NET_SessionId
- sessionid
- JSESSIONID ASP.NET_SessionId
- ASPSESSIONIDSQADCQDQ
- WSS_KeepSessionAuthenticated
- SESSID
- Cookie domains: ntu.ac.uk and www4.ntu.ac.uk
- Expiry: Unspecified
Single sign on cookies
- Cookie names:
- CASTGC
- OutlookSession
- cadata
- casauth
- Cookie domains: ntu.ac.uk and www4.ntu.ac.uk
- Cookie purpose: These cookies help you login into NTU services using NTU ‘single sign on'. Each cookie contains a randomly generated identifier valid for the length of the sessions. They contain no personal information.
- Expiry: End of session
Video
We use Wistia to host the videos that you see on our website.
Cookie name: __distillery
- Cookie domain: fast.wistia.net
- Cookie purpose: This cookie is used to collect user behavior data while viewing videos without storing any personally identifiable information. Some of the behavior tracked includes the portion of video(s) watched, buttons clicked on the video, IPaddress or location, and video completion rates.
- Expiry: One year.
Targeting cookies
Targeting cookies may be used to deliver personalised advertisements that are relevant to your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Google advertising services
We use Google AdWords to advertise to our audiences and remarket to previous visitors to our website. These adverts appear in Google search results or the Google Display Network or YouTube.
See the Google Ads cookie policy for more information.
Social media / Third party targeting
We use a number of social media platforms for advertising. These platforms do not publish the exact details of the cookies that they use. You can find links to read further information on each platform that we use:
Your choices regarding cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time. However if you turn cookies off you won't have access to some of the features that make the website more efficient and services may not function properly.
Changes or updates to our cookie policy
We may update our cookie policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new cookie policy on this page.
This cookie policy, its subject matter and its formation (including any non-contractual disputes or claims) is governed by the laws of England and Wales, where NTU was established and is designed to be accessed and is deemed to be made in England. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this cookies policy.
The website is operated by Nottingham Trent University, a higher education corporation, granted by Parliamentary Order under s124A(3) and (4) of the Education Reform Act 1988, with its principal place of business at 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ.
Contact us
You can contact NTU by:
- Post: 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ
- Our online form: AskNTU
- Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 2999
You can also email our Data Protection Officer for more information on our cookies policy and any related procedures or guidelines.