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 https://dataschools.education

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.  The Data 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’ve 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:

AbilityNet – My Computer My Way

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

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance

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

SenusAccess Information

How accessible this website is

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

  • PDF’s 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 ‘Website Accessibility’
  • British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We’ll 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 Information on SensusAccess Conversion Service

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

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

  • Email: DEresearch@ed.ac.uk, subject line ‘Website Accessibility’
  • 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 ‘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

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

British Sign Language service.  contactSCOTLAND-BSL 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 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

contactSCOTLAND-BSL service details

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.

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:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard

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:

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 do not believe that any content is outside the scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to monitor the websites’s 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.

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 WAVE WebAIM web accessibility evaluation tool.  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 University of Edinburgh priority areas for improvement 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.  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:

  • 2.4.5 – Multiple Ways A sitemap will be included by the end of Dec 2020. [COMPLETED 11/12/20]
  • 1.3.2 – Meaningful Sequence and 2.4.3 – Focus Order  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.
  • 1.4.5 – Images of Text 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.
  • 1.2.2. Captions Prerecord and 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) All videos (including those pre-recorded) presented now include captions.
  • 1.4.1 Use of Color and 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) 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.
  • 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) 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.
  • 2.5.3 Label in Name 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