Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
Edinburgh Innovations (https://edinburgh-innovations.ed.ac.uk/) is a website hosted by Edinburgh Innovations on behalf of 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
- magnify up to 200% without text spilling off the screen
- navigate to most of the website using just a keyboard
- use the system without timeout
We’ve included the WAH PRO Web Accessibility Helper plugin, to make the site more accessible. 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 using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:
Additional information on how to customise our website appearance
If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- all colour contrasts may not meet recommended levels
- some parts may not be fully compatible with screen readers
- it is not possible to navigate to all content by keyboard only
- alternative text is not present for all non-text content
- some text may not reflow in a single column at high levels of magnification (above 300%)
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille please contact the Edinburgh Innovations Marketing team:
- Email: marketing@ei.ed.ac.uk
- telephone +44 (0)131 650 9090
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in five working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We are 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:
- Email: marketing@ei.ed.ac.uk
- telephone +44 (0)131 650 9090
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 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, seven 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
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:
- 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
- There may not be sufficient colour contrast between font and background colours, especially where the text size is very small
- Information is conveyed as an image of text rather than as text itself, meaning it is likely to be incompatible with screen readers and other assistive technology
- Visual information to identify user interface components, such as keyboard focus, do not always have a sufficient contrast ratio
- Most tooltips disappear as soon as the cursor moves. Also tooltips are not always present for all icons and images
- It is not possible to use a keyboard to access all the content
- Not all page content is structured to be read by a screen reader
Unless specified otherwise a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by January 2021 for the issues within our control.
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 are not claiming any material is out of scope.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to work to address these issues and deliver a solution or suitable workaround. Where issues are under our control we will work to rectify to correct issues. We plan to resolve the issues that are within our control by June 2021. We plan to conduct further more extensive manual testing by December 2021.
Updates implemented in January 2021
- Not all non-text content presented to users has alternative text 1.1 – Non-text Content
Update: All non-text content has alternative text with an exclusion of a few cases where text is decorative or companies’ logos are present.
- All media has been automatically caption by YouTube but the process of human correction is still ongoing to eliminate all inaccuracies. 2.2 – Captions (Prerecorded)
Update: All automatic captions have been manually updated.
We will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to the user interface or if a service user raises an issue.
While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, or where we are unable to, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 10 June 2020. It was last reviewed on 17 September 2020
This website was tested by the Marketing and IT team at Edinburgh Innovations and by the Little Forest automated testing tool. We tested most pages throughout the site to ensure all the features of the website received review. We plan to conduct further, more extensive manual testing by December 2021.
We tested:
- Spellcheck functionality
- Scaling using different resolutions
- Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour et. cetera)
- Keyboard navigation
- Data validation
- Warning of links opening in a new tab or window
- Information conveyed in colour or sound only
- Flashing or scrolling text
- Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content
- Time limits
Little Forrest claims it tests the following WCAG criteria either partially or wholly
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.1.1 | Non-text Content |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.4.1 | Use of Color |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.4.2 | Audio Control |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.1.1 | Keyboard |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.2 | Page Titled |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.3 | Focus Order |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.1.1 | Language of Page |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.2.1 | On Focus |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.2.2 | On Input |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.3.1 | Error Identification |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 4.4.1 | Parsing |
| WCAG 2.0 | A | 4.4.2 | Name, Role, Value |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.4 | Resize Text |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.5 | Images of Text |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 2.4.7 | Focus Visible |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 3.1.2 | Language of Parts |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 3.2.3 | Consistent Navigation |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 3.2.4 | Consistent Identification |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 3.3.3 | Error Suggestion |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 3.3.4 | Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.2.6 | Sign Language (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.2.7 | Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.2.8 | Media Alternative (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.2.9 | Audio-only (Live) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.4.6 | Contrast (Enhanced) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.4.7 | Low or No Background Audio |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.4.8 | Visual Presentation |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 1.4.9 | Images of Text (No Exception) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.1.3 | Keyboard (No Exception) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.2.3 | No Timing |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.2.4 | Interruptions |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.2.5 | Re-authenticating |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.3.2 | Three Flashes |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.4.8 | Location |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.4.9 | Link Purpose (Link Only) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 2.4.10 | Section Headings |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.1.3 | Unusual Words |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.1.4 | Abbreviations |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.1.5 | Reading |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.1.6 | Pronunciation |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.2.5 | Change on Request |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.3.5 | Help |
| WCAG 2.1 | AAA | 3.3.6 | Error Prevention (All) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.3.4 | Orientation |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.3.5 | Identify Input Purpose |