Cookie policy
Use of cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies on our website. Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website.
Here is a list of cookies and how we use them.
Necessary cookies
We use the following necessary cookies:
| Cookie name | Provider | Description | Duration |
| CookieControl | CIVIC Cookie Control | This cookie is set to remember the user's preferences about cookies | 90 days from selecting either "Accept recommended settings" or "Confirm your choices". Nothing is set if the cookie control is ignored on each page load. |
| recordedDownload_<formId> | EngineeringUK | This cookie is set to remember the user's responses to form questions | 1 year |
| All YouTube cookies | YouTube | Please visit this link to see all the cookies that YouTube installs | Please see this link to see the duration of each cookie installed by YouTube |
| .AspNetCore.Mvc.Cookie-TempDataProvider | EngineeringUK | This cookie is used by ASP.NET Core applications to store temporary data (TempData) in cookies | Session |
Optional cookies
We, and third parties, like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website, and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide.
We need to obtain your consent to use certain Optional cookies; this is by way of our pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.
Analytical
Our analytical cookies are anonymised and therefore do not process your personal data. If you would still prefer to turn these cookies off, you can do so via our cookie pop-up banner on the landing page of our website.
We use analytical cookies to enable us to count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
We would like to use the following analytical cookies:
| Cookie name | Provider | Description | Default expiration time |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _ga<container-id> | Google Analytics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to persist session state | 2 years |
| uMarketingSuiteAnalyticsVisitorId | uMarketingSuite | This cookie is installed by uMarketingSuite and allows us to relate different page visits or sessions to one and the same visitor | 1 year |
| All Hotjar cookies | Hotjar | Please visit this link to see all the cookies that Hotjar installs | Please see this link to see the duration of each cookie installed by Hotjar |
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track interactions with our website and it's content. This information helps us to enhance user experience and analyse site traffic for marketing purposes.
| Cookie name | Provider | Description | Default expiration time |
| All Google Ads cookies | Please visit this link to see all the cookies that Google installs | Please see this link to see the duration of each cookie installed by Google | |
| All LinkedIn Ads cookies | Please visit this link to see all the cookies that LinkedIn installs | Please see this link to see the duration of each cookie installed by LinkedIn |