Accessibility statement for ‘Building a Modern Scotland: The New Towns, c. 1947-2017’
This accessibility statement covers the entirety of this website in its desktop, tablet and mobile forms.
This accessibility statement applies to https://newtownsscotland.eca.ac.uk
This website is run by the ‘Building a Modern Scotland’ team. 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.
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:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
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:
- email v1vwrigh@ed.ac.uk
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in as soon as possible
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, please contact Valerie Wright on v1vwrigh@ed.ac.uk who will be more than happy to discuss your requirements.
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
The ‘Building a Modern Scotland’ team are committed to making its website 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.
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
- It is not possible to use a keyboard to access all the content
- Information is conveyed as an image of text rather than as text itself so that it’s not compatible with screen readers and other assistive technology
- Most tooltips disappear as soon as the cursor moves. Also tooltips are not always present for all icons and images.
- Visual information to identify user interface components, such as keyboard focus, do not always have a sufficient contrast ratio
- Not all prerecorded audio-only or video-only media will have alternative media that presents equivalent information e.g. audio track with description of the action in a video with no sound
- Not all video will have subtitles or subtitles that identify all speakers as well as noting other significant sounds e.g. laughter
- It might not be possible for all form fields to be programmatically determined. This means that when using auto-fill functionality for forms not all fields will identify the meaning for input data accurately
- While we have a ‘Skip to content’ link on every page when new users access the website they will receive our cookie consent banner at the top of the page. This can’t be skipped over as it’s important to get consent for cookies to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations. We do not believe this to be an accessibility issue but it does mean that the site will fail some automated accessibility tests. Once a user has chosen their level of consent they will then be able to access the ‘Skip to content’ link.
We aim to improve our websites accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below (‘What we’re doing to improve accessibility’)on how we are improving our site accessibility.
Disproportionate burden
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
- The ‘Building a Modern Scotland’ team will regularly audit the website using an automated service as well as manually prioritising key accessibility issues as outlined above.
- We have used a ‘WordPress’ Theme designed for accessibility and installed plugins which support user accessibility. This does not totally remove the risk of the introduction of design elements which are not accessible but we will regularly review the content of this website as stated.
- We will follow the guidance provided in the University of Edinburgh web strategy and governance approach.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 7 September 2021. It was last reviewed on 7 September 2021.
This website was last tested on 3 September 2021. The test was carried out by SiteImprove.com.