Accessibility statement for University of Edinburgh Centre for Research in Digital Education
Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
This accessibility statement applies to https://digitalfutures.de.ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research in Digital Education is run by Moray House School of Education and Sport on behalf of the University of Edinburgh. The website used the content management system WordPress.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- magnify the content to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- Experience no time limits to content
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader such as JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
Customising the website
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:
AbilityNet – My Computer My Way
With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website to make it easier to read and navigate.
Additional information on how to customise our website appearance
If you are a member of the University staff or a student you can use the free Sensus Access accessible document conversion service.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- PDF’s may not be fully accessible
- Not all audio/visual items have captions
- Not all colour contrasts meet the recommended WCAG 2.1 AA standards
- Not all non text content has alt text provided
- Not all links are clearly labelled with their destination
FEEDBACK AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:
- Email: jen.ross@ed.ac.uk
- telephone (to be updated post Covid-19)
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
We’ll process your request and get back to you within 5 working days.
If you are a member of the University staff or a Student you can use the free Sensus Access accessible document conversion service Information on SensusAccess Conversion Service
REPORTING ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS WITH THIS WEBSITE
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this service. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact:
- Email: jen.ross@ed.ac.uk, subject line ‘Website Accessibility’
- Phone: telephone (to be updated post Covid-19)
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
We will process your request and get back to you within 5 working days
ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly.
Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)
The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:
Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website
CONTACTING US BY PHONE USING BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE
British Sign Language service
contactSCOTLAND-BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
contactSCOTLAND-BSL service details
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEBSITE’S ACCESSIBILITY
The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The full guidelines are available at:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard
Non accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations
The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:
- Not all our audio/visual content has subtitles
- 1.2.2. Captions Prerecord
- 1.1.1 Non-text Content
- 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)
- Not all colour contrasts meet the recommended WCAG 2.1 AA standards
- 1.4.1 Use of Color
- 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)
- Not all non text content has alt text provide
- 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)
- Not all links are clearly labelled with their destination
- 2.5.3 Label in Name
Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution, or significant improvement, will be in place for those items within our control by January 2021.
DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
CONTENT THAT’S NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ACCESSIBILITY REGULATIONS
At this time we do not believe that any content is outside the scope of the accessibility regulations.
WHAT WE’RE DOING TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY
We will continue to work with our developers to address these issues and deliver a solution or suitable workaround by June 2021.
We will continue to monitor the websites’s accessibility and will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to or if a service user raises an issue. Until we are able to resolve an issue or if we are unable to resolve any issue, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged.
INFORMATION SERVICES AND ACCESSIBILITY
Information Services (IS) has further information on accessibility including assistive technology, creating accessible documents, and services IS provides for disabled users.
Assistive technology, creating accessible documents, and services IS provides for disabled users
PREPARATION OF THIS ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT
This website was last tested during August 2020 and last reviewed on 20/09/20. The test was carried out within the Centre for Research in Digital Education using a Chrome browser in combination with the WAVE WebAIM web accessibility evaluation tool. We expect further manual testing of this site by the University of Edinburgh Disability Service during 2021. The pages of our website tested include indicative examples of all website page types – home, events.