Accessibility Statement

Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

This accessibility statement applies to:
pathways.is.ed.ac.uk.

This website is run by the Edinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
• using your browser settings, change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• navigate most of the website using the keyboard or via speech command technology (including Dragon NaturallySpeaking)
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of Job Access with Speech (JAWS), NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) and VoiceOver)
• use the website without encountering any time limits.

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 using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance.

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• reflow issues occur over 250% magnification
• keyboard navigation could be clearer in informing users where they have reached on a page
• pop-ups are a frequent feature of the site
• not all links indicate whether they open as a new pop-up or browser window
• portable document format (PDF) files are in use and not necessarily fully accessible
• colour contrasts do not necessarily meet the recommended Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA standard
• alternative text and tooltips are not present on all non-text content
• continuous capitals and italicisation is present in some places
• the site must be used in portrait mode for mobile devices

Feedback and contact information

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

• email the team at ltw-apps-dev@ed.ac.uk
• phone the team at +44 (0)131 651 1266.
• British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We shall consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements:

• email the team at ltw-apps-dev@ed.ac.uk
• phone the team at +44 (0)131 651 1266.
• British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

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

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 application / 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 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1

Non Accessible Content

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

Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria

• Not all non-text content presented to users has alternative text (1.1.1 - Non-text Content)
• The way the content is presented affects its meaning, and a correct reading sequence is not programmatically determined (1.3.2 - Meaningful Sequence)
• Users are unable to view in landscape mode on a mobile device (1.3.4 - Orientation)
• There may not be sufficient colour contrast between font and background colours, especially where the text size is small (1.4.3 - Contrast (Minimum))
• Content can not be presented without loss of information or functionality, and without requiring scrolling in two dimensions, above 250% (1.4.10 - Reflow)
• Visual information to identify user interface components, such as keyboard focus, do not always have a sufficient contrast ratio (1.4.11 - Non-text contrast)
• Tooltips are not present for all icons and images, and pop-ups are embedded into user activities (1.4.13 - Content on Hover or Focus)
• It is not always clear to tell where you have navigated to when you are using a keyboard (2.4.7 - Focus Visible)
• Users are not informed when taken to a new page beyond the Pathways domain, including external pages and documents (3.2.2 - On Input)

Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution, or significant improvement, will be in place for those items within our control by July 2022.

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

Preparation of this accessibility statement