Accessibility statement for University of Edinburgh Centre for Research in Digital Education

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

This accessibility statement applies to

The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research in Digital Education is run by Moray House School of Education and Sport on behalf of the University of Edinburgh. 聽The 天美视频 Schools in Education programme team are based within the Centre for Research in Education. The site is built using the central management system WordPress.

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
  • magnify the content to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Experience no time limits to content
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader such as JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver

We鈥檝e 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:

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website to make it easier to read and navigate.

If you are a member of the University staff or a student you can use the free Sensus Access accessible document conversion service.

How accessible this website is

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

  • PDF鈥檚 may not be fully accessible
  • Not all audio/visual items have captions
  • Not all colour contrasts meet the recommended WCAG 2.1 AA standards
  • Not all non text content has alt text provided
  • Not all links are clearly labelled with their destination

Feedback and Contact Information

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

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

  • Email: DEresearch@ed.ac.uk, subject line 鈥榃ebsite Accessibility鈥�
  • British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via聽, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We鈥檒l process your request and get back to you within 5 working days.

If you are a member of the University staff or a Student you can use the free Sensus Access accessible document conversion service

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We鈥檙e always looking to improve the accessibility of this service. If you find any problems that aren鈥檛 listed on this page or think we鈥檙e not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, contact:

  • Email: DEresearch@ed.ac.uk, subject line 鈥榃ebsite Accessibility鈥�
  • British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We will process your request and get back to you within 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 鈥榓ccessibility regulations鈥�). If you鈥檙e not happy with how we respond to your complaint please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly.

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

British Sign Language service.聽 contactSCOTLAND-BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland鈥檚 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.

Technical information about this website鈥檚 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.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The full guidelines are available at:

Non accessible content

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

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

  • As at December 2023, the following items do not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:
    • Not all our PDF鈥檚 and Word documents meet accessibility standards

Disproportionate burden

We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.

Content that鈥檚 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鈥檙e doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to monitor the websites鈥檚 accessibility annually and will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to or if a service user raises an issue. Until we are able to resolve an issue or if we are unable to resolve any issue, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged.

Information Services and accessibility

Information Services (IS) has further information on accessibility including assistive technology, creating accessible documents, and services IS provides for disabled users.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This website was initially tested during August 2020.

The test was carried out within the Centre for Research in Digital Education using a Chrome browser in combination with the web accessibility evaluation tool.聽 We expect further manual testing of this site by the University of Edinburgh Disability Service when capacity allows. Pages tested include indicative examples of all website page types – home, team, resources, case studies, posts.

Change record

December 2022

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, areas of work identified in 2020 that have yet to be completed will be reviewed in line with University of Edinburgh priority areas of improvement and addressed as soon as capacity allows.

Annual accessibility reviews will include indicative examples of all website page types – home, post, resource, event.

We continue to work with our website support provider (Cazinc) to make accessibility improvements to this website. In 2022, we have improved our H2 headings and changed our link colour (to #CB4E00) to improve our colour contrast.

Ongoing accessibility work will focus on聽聽and those identified through the LittleForest accessibility tool. Current issues will be shown in the section detailing non-accessible content.

December 2021

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, areas of work identified in 2020/21 that have yet to be completed will be reviewed in line with University of Edinburgh priority areas of improvement and addressed as soon as capacity allows.

We are aware some of the resources we have produced during 2021 are below the level expected.聽 These resources will be improved or replaced by 31 Mar 2022.

December 2020

This site is on a waiting list to be manually tested by the University of Edinburgh Disability Service. Progress made between September and December 2020 against known issues is documented below:

  • A sitemap will be included by the end of Dec 2020. [COMPLETED 11/12/20]
  • 补苍诲听 聽We have changed the way we produce PDFs to ensure that they are as accessible as we can make them. All downloadable elements (PDF, Word, PPT) acknowledge alternative options can be made available.
  • Work is ongoing in this area. We have produced a checklist for staff producing and publishing resources to ensure appropriate descriptions of complex images are included. Existing resources (published on or after 23 Sept 2020) will be checked by Dec 2021.
  • 补苍诲听 All videos (including those pre-recorded) presented now include captions.
  • 补苍诲听 We have altered colours to comply with the 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) requirement to meet WCAG 2.1 AA standards. Teal text was changed to a slightly darker version (#3A7F83) that passes AA. Hyperlink actions are now underlined in addition to the use of alternate colour. Yellow writing (Teal background) was changed to White in the footer of the website.
  • We have revised our publishing process to include appropriate checks for future publishing. Existing resources (published on or after 23 Sept 2020) will be checked by Dec 2021.
  • We have worked with our website provider to review a range of elements on our site (detailed below) and conclude they are compliant with Label in Name requirements.
  • a. Mag glass icon
  • b. Subscribe button for mailchimp form
  • c. Yellow buttons on home and throughout site
  • d. Hamburger icon
  • e. Filter tools on Resources page
  • f. Social network/share icons