Accessibility statement for Edinburgh College Self Service

This accessibility statement applies to https://support.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/. This website is run by Edinburgh College. 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
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Edinburgh College is due to launch a redesigned Self Service in 2022 which will be fully compliant with WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

How accessible this website is

• Some images are missing an alternative text description, or an alt attribute, which means the image’s content is unavailable for screen reader users.
• Some form fields do not have a corresponding text label associated with it. These labels are used by screen readers to understand the function or purpose of a given form field.
• In some areas, the contrast between the text colour and the background colour is too low, which can make the text difficult to read.

Feedback and reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you cannot access any part of this site or want to report an accessibility problem, please tell us by emailing Alan.Meechan@edinburghcollege.ac.uk

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission enforces the accessibility regulations (the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018).

If you're not happy with how we respond to your feedback, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service. They are an independent advice service. They will advise you on what to do next.

Compliance status

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

This website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. The non-compliances and exemptions are listed below.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose:

• Input fields that collect certain types of user information do not have an appropriate autocomplete attribute defined.

1.4.1 Use of Colour:

• Colour alone may be used to distinguish links from surrounding text.

1.4.11 Non-text Contrast:

• A contrast ratio of at least 3:1 is not present for differentiating graphical objects.
• At least 3:1 contrast is not provided in the various states (focus, hover, active, etc.) of author-customized interactive components.

1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus:

• The newly revealed content cannot be dismissed (generally via the Esc key) without moving the pointer or keyboard focus.

2.4.1 Bypass Blocks:

• No link is provided to skip navigation and other page elements that are repeated across web pages.
• No heading structure and/or identification of page regions/landmarks or ‘skip’ link provided.

2.4.3 Focus Order:

• The navigation order of links, form elements is not logical and intuitive.

2.4.5 Multiple Ways:

• Multiple ways are not available to find other web pages on the site - at least two of: a list of related pages, table of contents, site map, site search, or list of all available web pages.

2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation:

• Non-essential down-event (e.g., onmousedown) activation when clicking, tapping, or long pressing the screen does occur.

2.5.3 Label in Name:

• If an interface component (link, button, etc.) presents text (or images of text), the accessible name (label, alternative text, aria-label, etc.) for that component does not include the visible text.

3.1.1 Language of Page

• The language of the page is not identified using the HTML lang attribute.

3.3.1 Error Identification:

• Required form elements or form elements that require a specific format, value, or length provide this information is not within the element's label.

4.1.1 Parsing:

• HTML/XHTML validation/parsing errors are not present.

4.1.2 Name, Role, Value:

• Markup is not used in a way that facilitates accessibility.
• ARIA is used not used.

4.1.3 Status Messages:

• If an important status message is presented and focus is not set to that message, the message will not announced to screen reader users.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Edinburgh College is due to launch a redesigned Self Service in 2022 which will be fully compliant with WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22/09/2020. It was last reviewed on 22/09/2020.

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