This accessibility statement applies to: https://edin.ac/42HLl0K.
This course is run by the University of Edinburgh. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Customise most of the colours and fonts using browser settings
- Navigate most of the system using just a keyboard;
- Listen to most of the application using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver);
- Navigate most of the website with voice navigation software (including Dragon);
- Encounter no significant time limits.
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.
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:
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- Some pop-ups appear without notice.
- Keyboard navigation order is not always logical and continues behind pop-ups.
- Keyboard focus indicator could have a better contrast in some areas.
- There is no skip to main content option.
- Tooltips cannot be reached by keyboard or by assistive software.
- Some content starts overlapping or becomes hidden from magnification to 200% and above.
- Reflow may not be enabled up to 400%.
- Not all non-text content may have appropriate alternative text, especially on mobile devices.
- There is some text as an image
- The website is not fully compatible with assistive software.
- Pressing on some links automatically download content without warning the user.
- Not all videos have transcripts.
- Most videos are narrated and have captions, but not all content is narrated, so not all content has full audio descriptions.
- The language of the page is not specified.
- Not all links are underlined by default.
- Some heading levels are missed.
- Not all colour contrasts meet recommended standards
- There are PDF’s which are not fully accessible
- There is some limited movement which cannot be paused or stopped by the end user.
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: InformationSecurity@ed.ac.uk
- Postal address: Information Security Directorate, Information Services Group, University of Edinburgh, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page, or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:
- Email: InformationSecurity@ed.ac.uk
- Postal address: Information Security Directorate, Information Services Group, University of Edinburgh, 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 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
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.
Compliance Status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The full guidelines are available at:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 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 2.2 AA success criteria:
- Not all non-text content has appropriate alternative text
- Not all pre-recorded videos have transcripts
- 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Pre-recorded)
- Videos don’t have audio descriptions
- Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation cannot always be programmatically determined or are unavailable in text e.g. <ul> and <ol> do not only directly contain <li>, <script> or <template> elements
- Keyboard navigation does not always follow a logical order
- Some information is conveyed by colour only e.g. links
- 1.4.1. Use of Colour
- Not all colour contrasts meet the minimum standards
- 1.4.3 Contrast minimum
- It is not possible to magnify without loss of content up to and above 200%
- There is some text as an image
- 1.4.5 Images of Text
- Reflow is not enabled up to 400% without loss of content
- Not all tooltips can be reached by keyboard
- 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
- Some content moves on the site and this movement cannot be stopped or paused by the user
- There is not a skip to main content option
- 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
- Some heading levels are missed
- Keyboard focus indicator is not always clearly visible
- In some cases when the course, especially when the site is magnified, keyboard focus is obscured by other content on the site
- The <html> element does not have a language attribute
- Some links open as pop ups or download content without warning the user
- The site is not fully compatible with screen readers and speech-to-text technology, e.g., frames do not have accessible names, ARIA attributes do not conform to valid values
- There may be PDFs on the site that are not fully accessible
We will continue to address and make significant improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by February 2027 for the issues within our control.
Much of the system is outwith our control and we have been working closely with the supplier Metacompliance to rectify these issues. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') on how we are improving our site accessibility.
While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.
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 believe no content is outwith the scope of the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to address and make improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by February 2027. Some of the issues are not within our control and where this is the case, we will work with the supplier to resolve these issues, obtaining timeframes in which they expect these issues to be fixed.
While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.
Preparation of this Accessibility Statement
This statement was prepared on 6th March 2024. It was last reviewed 13th February 2026.
The website was last tested in February 2026. The testing was carried out by the Disability Information Service at the University of Edinburgh using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a PC, primarily using Google Chrome alongside Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey
The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.
We ran automated testing using AXE (Google Chrome extension) and then manual testing that included:
- Spell check functionality;
- Scaling using different resolutions and reflow;
- Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc);
- Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps;
- Data validation;
- Warning of links opening in new tab or window;
- Information conveyed in the colour or sound only;
- Flashing, moving or scrolling text;
- Use with screen reading software (for example JAWS);
- Assistive software (TextHelp Read and Write, Windows Magnifier, ZoomText, Dragon Naturally Speaking, TalkBack and VoiceOver);
- Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content;
- Time limits;
- Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS);
- Any drag functionality and alternatives;
- Consistent help function;
- No need to re-enter data already submitted;
- Any cognitive tests.
Change Log
February 2026
- There are no plain URLs and links have more meaningful text
July 2024
- It is possible to reach all the options in the quiz without having to tab twice
- Information conveyed only by colour only has been resolved
- 1.4.1 - Use of Color (we believe this issue to be fully resolved)
- Some pop ups do now not disappear without the user interacting with them, and they can be reached by keyboard navigation to close the pop ups
- 2.2.1 - Timing Adjustable (this issue is only partially resolved)
- Selection displays have been improved (apart from on the PDF)
- 2.4.7 - Focus Visible (this issue is only partially resolved)
March 2024
- Colour contrasts were amended by Metacompliance to meet the WCAG standard