Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for the Digital Skills Festival Website

This accessibility statement applies to www.digitalskillsfestival.ed.ac.uk.

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 500% 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 (Mac VoiceOver)
  • There is no flashing or scrolling or moving text
  • There are no time limits on the site

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

AbilityNet

How accessible this website is

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

  • There are some elements without sufficient contrast (e.g. some text overlapping featured images).
  • Most pages don’t have one main landmark
  • You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • Some elements have the same id name.

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 contact the Digital Skills and Training Team:

  • Emai: is.skills@ed.ac.uk
  • Phone: 0131 6 504959 (given the current COVID working from home restrictions, it is not possible to contact us via phone, however, we will update this statement when this option once again becomes available).

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

British Sign Language service

British Sign Language Scotland 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 from 8am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week.

British Sign Language Scotland service details

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, contact the Digital Skills and Training team:

  • Emai: is.skills@ed.ac.uk
  • Phone: 0131 6 504959 (given the current COVID working from home restrictions, it is not possible to contact us via phone, however, we will update this statement when this option once again becomes available).

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

British Sign Language service

British Sign Language Scotland 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 from 8am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week.

British Sign Language Scotland service details

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).

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

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

Technical information

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:

We aim to improve our website’s accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. We aim to resolve the majority of accessibility issues by December 2021.

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

We currently believe no content on this site is out-with the scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to address the accessibility issues highlighted, to deliver a solution or suitable workaround. We aim to resolve the majority of accessibility issues by December 2021.

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, or where we are unable, 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. 

  • In addition specifically:
  • Complete a manual accessibility test including testing with the main forms of assistive technology

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 4th May 2021. It was last reviewed on 5th May 2021

This website was last tested on 04/05/2021. The test was carried out by the Digital Skills and Training team.

This involved manual testing of a number of sample pages. We also ran Axe and Wave automated tests on a number of sample pages.

Manual testing:

  • Tested colour levels across all pages and one event post (all others are duplicates) using the Google Chrome High Contrast browser extension.
  • Contrast levels for each page of the website were checked and corrected using the Webaim contrast checking tool.
  • Font size changes were tested by changing the font size and customise fonts options within the Appearance menu of the Google Chrome browser.
  • Zoom was tested up to 500% without text spilling off of the screen. The site is fully optimised for mobile.
  • Keyboard navigation was tested on every page of the website using a MacBook Pro.
  • Speech recognition using the Handsfree for Web – Voice Control Chrome extension.
  • Listening to the website was tested using the in-built VoiceOver option within the Mac’s Accessibility tools menu.