Accessibility statement for the University of Stirling website
This accessibility statement applies to the www.deshca.co.uk website.
This website is run by the University of Stirling. 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
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader.
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- The site search bar form does not contain a submit button
- Some images do not have alt-text
- some pages have controls that don’t show when they have been selected by a keyboard
- some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
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, please email DesHCAresearch@stir.ac.uk. We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
If you find any problems which aren’t listed on this page, or think that we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations then please email DesHCAresearch@stir.ac.uk to let us know.
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, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
You can get in touch with us by calling +44 (0) 1786 473171. British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact the University of Stirling via contact SCOTLAND-BSL, the online British Sign Language video relay interpreting service. Find out more on the contactSCOTLAND website.
Find out how to contact us.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The University of Stirling is committed to making its websites 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 version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Issues with links
We are aware of issues with the links on our site. We plan to identify and fix these by the end of December 2022.
- Details to follow
Issues with images and visual appearance
- Details to follow
We plan to identify and fix these by the end of December 2022.
Issues with navigation and labelling
We are aware of issues with navigation and labelling on our site. We plan to identify and fix these by the end of December 2022.
- Details to follow
Issues with PDFs and other documents
- Details to follow
Disproportionate burden
The University of Stirling is not claiming disproportionate burden for any issues on www.deshca.co.uk.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Pre-recorded audio
We do not plan to add an alternative format for pre-recorded audio published before 23 September 2020, because this is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Third party content
Third party content displayed on our website that’s under someone else’s control and which we have not paid for or developed is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
How we test this website
We currently use automated testing to drive most of our improvements to accessibility on our site. Automated testing can’t find everything that could be improved, but is rarely wrong about what it does find.
There are a number of accessibility features which we test manually, which include:
- manual checks against the WAVE and AXE validators
- ensuring that page elements render correctly at all sizes, including when zoomed to 300%
- reviewing ARIA labelling to ensure it is descriptive
- checking the tab order on pages for keyboard navigation
- colour contrast, which is normally done at design stage by using tools.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 20th May 2022.
It was last reviewed on 20th May 2022.