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 :star:[Introduction](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/introduction.html)\
 :handshake:[Code of Conduct](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/code-of-conduct.html)\
 :mortar_board:[Our Courses](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/our-courses.html)\
-:pencil2:[Self-studying our courses](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/self-study.html)
+:pencil2:[Self-studying our courses](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/self-study.html)\
 :family:[The Cloud-SPAN Community](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/the-cloud-span-commmunity.html)\
 :pushpin:[FAIR Principles](https://cloud-span.github.io/CloudSPAN-handbook/fair-principles.html)
 
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 Our collaborators: [Software Sustainability Institute](software.ac.uk)
 
 Our funder: [UKRI innovation scholars award](https://www.ukri.org/news/initiatives-boost-health-and-bioscience-skills-and-industry/) under project reference [MR/V038680/1](https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FV038680%2F1).
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