Completed activities

Q1 2017

Added ReciteMe to website

Q3 2020

Ability Net audit and review

Q4 2020 / Q1 2021

  • Updated Embedded Video component to allow longer captions
  • Updated Embedded Video component to have accessible titles
  • Updated General Listing/Search pages to allow page titles and correct headings
  • Updated Events Listing/Search pages to allow page titles and correct headings
  • Updated Testimonial Listing/Search pages to allow page titles and correct headings
  • Added lang attribute to <html> element
  • Updated Homepage Carousel Titles to be <h2> headings
  • Updated Links and Button text across the website to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated ReciteMe button markup to have an accessible title/alterative text
  • Updated ReciteMe button to use <em> instead of <i>
  • Updated Search Bar Image to have alternative text
  • Added accessible title to Google Tag Manager iframe
  • Updated Signpost List Component to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Course Finder Component to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Course Finder Component to use better descriptive text on controls
  • Updated Search Bar to use better descriptive text on controls
  • Updated Footer to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Sub Menu use higher contrast colours

Q2 / Q3 2022

  • Updated Carousel Components to disable automatic animation
  • Updated People and Contacts page to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Homepage Logo Links images to have alternative text
  • Updated Top Nav Menu use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Related Content Grey Component use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Related Content Documents List Component use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Related Content Component to use appropriate title and alt text attributes
  • Updated ReciteMe button to have unique id attributes for Mobile and Desktop
  • Updated Academic Profile Pages Book and Journal links to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Academic Profile honorary titles to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated MegaMenu Links to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated all Listing pages results links to have descriptive text title attributes
  • Updated all Headers styling to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Radius Form iframes to have title element (same for all forms)
  • Updated Capabilities Component use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Breadcrumbs to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Radius Form styling to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Course Details Shortcut Menu to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Course Entry Requirements Modal to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Course Fees and Funding Modal to use higher contrast colours
  • Updated Footer addresses to use relative font sizes
  • Updated Footer Useful links to use relative font sizes
  • Updated Course Finder heading, and intro text fonts use relative font sizes
  • Updated CMS validation rules to allow alternative text for images to be optional

Q1 2023

  • Updated accessibility icon with new clearer svg
  • Updated all Listing Pages next and previous arrows buttons to have links with discernible text
  • Updated error page to have the lang="en" attribute and to use correct navigation landmarks

Future activities

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.1.1: Non-text Content
Some pages have images with whitespace in alternate text (alt= ‘ ‘).
Some pages have decorative images that have alternative text.
Planned to be fixed by December 2024.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.4.4: Link Purpose
Some pages have links without discernible alternative text.
Some pages have buttons without discernible alternative text.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.4.8: Visual Presentation
Some pages have elements with a line height which is below the minimum size.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 4.1.2: Name, Role, Value
Some pages have Radius forms which are missing assistive labels for controls.
Some pages have iframes without a descriptive, meaningful and unique title.
Some pages have elements that are aria-hidden but are still focusable.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 4.1.1 Parsing
Some pages have elements with non-unique id elements (some forms pages).
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.4.3: Contrast (Minimum)
Some pages have elements that do not have sufficient colour contrast.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.3.1: Info and Relationships
Some pages have empty or missing headings (for example: Home page).
Some pages have non-logical order for headings.
Some pages have content not contained within landmarks (for example: Search Bar, Progress Bar).
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 1.4.8: Visual Presentation
Some pages use fixed sizes for fonts which stops font scaling to larger values.
Some pages have clipped/overlapping text when resized.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.4.1: Bypass Blocks
 Missing skip to main content link.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG 2.1 Success Criterion 2.4.7: Focus Visible
Missing visual indicator.
Some interactive elements are not keyboard focusable.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.

WCAG Success Criterion 2.4.3 (Focus Order)
Some elements within the page not having a logical tab order.
Some navigation menus cannot be expanded using the keyboard.
Planned to be fixed by December 2025.