step.ac.uk

.uk crawl

First seen 2026-04-11 · Last seen 2026-05-19 · ok HTTP/1.1 200 1531 ms crawled 2026-05-19

GB · 51.132.14.91 · AS8075 Microsoft Corporation

Reputation 100/100

sector education type homepage

HTML metadata

Title: Home
Description: STEP is the new collaborative programme that will support Scotland’s tertiary sector to innovate in quality enhancement. It is designed to enable Scotland’s colleges and universities to work together to improve and enhance learning, teaching, the student experience and staff development across tertiary provision.
Language: en
Generator: Sitefinity 15.4.8628.0 DX
Canonical: https://www.step.ac.uk

Technology

Analytics

Google Tag Manager

Social widgets

YouTube Embed

Third-party hosts loaded (3)

cdnjs.cloudflare.com×3
www.googletagmanager.com×1
www.youtube.com×1

DNS records live

NS

ns1-32.azure-dns.com
ns2-32.azure-dns.net
ns3-32.azure-dns.org
ns4-32.azure-dns.info

MX

0 step-ac-uk.mail.protection.outlook.com

TXT

8mu1o0jukl6qlfhnm5am2hpa4v

Email authentication strong

SPF

v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com -all

strict (-all)

DMARC

v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@dmarc.service.gov.uk;

policy: quarantine

DKIM

Show 4 DKIM selectors

selector1: v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqWIHu7h5EMY8ane3Y9QOY5vwIsVe+rhMzBVn+kvNtR9DkPGtXcBU375hJpbXAJDDiJq4oJclRyhpVE…
selector2: v=DKIM1; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAw2eZ9ePVGOtxYlJ7wQolis0qOKoYhWYF8OZN84cDJ+E9hpVF/uRT3LeoriH6P2tzItg/LF4tvkeoxl…
s1: k=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvgGVimFnvXRWgqxnbwMAkiEoq7U3zjn3IQtcy4/P1bOIw8z1bbOvPcruaMLb8GtdYN2RKa2eGXl/bMJrTf…
s2: k=rsa; t=s; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAwD4pBm9ETEEa7SbL0Y6J27qPLzi0F3DzQFTc2mE1n7kMJiU80R1CGBlxHM2A3aBOM2YK3guEkEAzHXLadL…

selectors probed

Certificate (current)

Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2

from 2025-10-12 to 2026-10-11

Expires in 145 days

Full certificate history on crt.sh ↗

HTTP security headers

Header hygiene 75/100 Checked live page: https://step.ac.uk/

present

strict-transport-security
x-frame-options
x-content-type-options
referrer-policy

findings

missing Content Security Policy
missing Permissions Policy

Header values

referrer-policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
x-content-type-options: nosniff
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains