Variable construction

Hello...

I have a piece of text containing a variable. The variable is a url
specified in an external document...

The text...

.....If you have any queries, please contact your <a target="_blank"
href="{$helpUrl}">Faculty Office</a> without delay....

How should I construct the variable so as to output the url? Can I do it as
xsl:text?

The variable...

<xsl:variable name="helpUrl">
      <xsl:text>http://info.uwe.ac.uk/myuwe/myMarks.asp</xsl:text>
</xsl:variable>

Thanks...

Aaron

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Aaron Johnson
GUI / XSLT development
Academic Technologies Group [ATG]
University of the West of England
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atg.uwe.ac.uk/aaron

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