Advance Careers Ltd, trading as Advance Careers UK. Last updated 1 November 2026.
Cookies are small files a website stores on your device. Some are needed for our website, student portal and checkout to work. Others - for analytics and marketing - are only used if you allow them. You choose when you first visit, and you can change your choice at any time:
Your choice applies across advancecareersuk.com, the student portal and our checkout pages, and is remembered for 6 months.
Always on. Without them you couldn't sign in, pay securely or keep your settings.
| Cookie | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|
Session cookie (e.g. advance_careers_session) | Keeps you signed in to the portal and remembers this visit | Until you sign out or close the browser, at most a few hours |
XSRF-TOKEN | Security: protects forms against cross-site request forgery | As the session |
remember_web_… | "Remember me" when you choose it at sign-in | Up to 5 years, or until you sign out |
acuk_theme | Your light / dark display choice | 1 year |
acuk_consent | Your cookie choice | 6 months |
Stripe (__stripe_mid, __stripe_sid) | Fraud prevention when you pay by card | Up to 1 year |
Our course app and checkout also keep your sign-in and progress in your browser's local storage; this is needed for them to work.
Only with your permission. They tell us how visitors use the site, so we can improve it.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google (Tag Manager / Analytics) | Counts visits and how pages are used | Up to 2 years |
At the moment our Google Analytics runs through the same Google Tag Manager set-up as our adverts, so it only runs if you also allow marketing cookies.
Only with your permission. They measure our adverts and credit the person who referred you.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
_gcl_* | Google Ads | Measures whether an advert led to a sign-up | 90 days |
_fbp, _fbc, fr | Meta (Facebook) | Measures our Facebook and Instagram adverts | Up to 90 days |
acuk_ref | Advance Careers UK | Remembers the ambassador or affiliate who referred you, if you come back later | As set in our referral programme (up to 60 days) |
wj_user_product | Advance Careers UK / WebinarJam | Remembers the webinar you came from, so the right webinar is credited | 48 hours |
If you don't allow marketing cookies, a referral or webinar link still works for the visit you arrive on - it just isn't remembered afterwards.
See our Privacy Policy for how we use personal data, and our Terms and Conditions. Questions: hello@advancecareersuk.com.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; if you block necessary cookies, parts of the site and portal won't work.