ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This statement covers the website icot.ed.ac.uk

This website is run by ICoT 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:
• 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 (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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:
• Jackie Clark
• Jackie.clark@ed.ac.uk
• 0131 650 2745
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 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’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: jackie.clark@ed.ac.uk.

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

British Sign Language Scotland runs a service for BSL 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.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Informatics Ventures is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

A full audit and accessibility improvements were carried out using LittleForest in June 2020.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 18 May 2020. It was last reviewed on 26 June 2020.
This website was last tested on 18 May 2020. The test was carried out by jackie.clark@ed.ac.uk. We tested compliance using the following guidelines:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

This website is built using WordPress. WordPress aims to make the WordPress Admin and bundled themes fully WCAG 2.0 AA compliant where possible:
https://wordpress.org/about/accessibility/