Technical Accessibility Statement

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Aberystwyth University is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Colour

On some pages there is not sufficient colour contrast on parts of the text. This can mean that people with certain visual impairments will not be able to read this content. This doesn't meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) The FAQ system will be updated to use our most current CSS which will fix most of these colour contrast issues.

Headings

Some pages skip a heading level. This is confusing when the pages are accessed using assistive technology. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that headings are ordered correctly. We will work our way through the FAQs, updating pages to fix up the heading order.

Images

Some images don’t have a text alternative. This means that the information in the images isn’t available to people using assistive technology. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-Text Content. When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that all images have text alternatives. We will work our way through the FAQs, adding appropriate alternative text to existing images.

Links

Some pages have links using text that doesn’t tell the user where the link will take them. This is confusing when the pages are accessed using assistive technology. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context). When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that all link text is useful and doesn't rely on context. We will work our way through the FAQs, updating link text where necessary.

Some pages have multiple links using the same text. This is confusing when the pages are accessed using assistive technology. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context). When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that we don't use the same text for multiple links. We will work our way through the FAQs, updating link text where necessary.

Tables

On some pages, there are tables where the table headers do not have the correct scope set. This can mean that it's more difficult for people using assistive technology to understand what data the table contains. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that tables have their headers applied correctly. We will work our way through the FAQs, updating existing fix up table headers.

Text

Some bulleted lists are not formatted correctly and are actually a collection of separate lists rather than one full list. This can be confusing and irritating for people using assistive technology. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. When we publish new FAQs, we’ll make sure that bulleted lists are formatted correctly. We will work through the affected FAQs to correct this.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are working our way through the issues identified in order to improve our FAQs. The initial priority will be adding alt text to images and updating links so that it's clear where they are taking users.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 10th September 2020. It was last reviewed on 10th September 2020.

This website was last tested on 10th September 2020. The test was carried out internally using a combination of manual and automated testing.