Accessibility statement for the ancillary UK federation websites (*.ukfederation.org.uk)

Applicability

This statement applies to content published on

It does not apply to content on other subdomains (for example, https://wayf.ukfederation.org.uk) unless otherwise stated.

This website is run by Jisc. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand. You should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in up to 300% without problems
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • Use most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

How accessible is this website

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible:

  • We have issues with text colour contrast
  • We have issues with distinguishing links from plain text
  • We have some content issues

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille contact us:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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 service@ukfederation.org.uk.

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you're not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

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’).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Jisc is committed to making its websites 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 version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Not all images or components of forms have appropriate alt text or text labels. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).

Some text and background combinations don’t have enough contrast - especially section ‘tags’. They don’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast - minimum). We are working on these.

Some blocks of navigation text are not easily distinguished. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships - H48). Links within text should be distinguished by more than just colour. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.1 (use of colour). We are looking at ways to improve this

Our abbreviations aren’t fully accessible to screen readers. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.1.4 (abbreviations). We are investigating what can be done to improve our abbreviations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Whenever new features are released they must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. We’re also committed to working on the issues above - some of these issues can be dealt with by making changes to mark-up or by modifying the sites' CSS, but others may require redesign of the underlying templates.

This statement was prepared on 9 August 2023.

Content modified from the GOV.UK accessibility statement - used through the Open Government Licence v3.0.