Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for Design For Change
This accessibility statement applies to the Design For Change Standalone Site.
This website is run by Design For Change [MA], 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.
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
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Content date filter may not be fully usable by keyboard
- live video streams do not have captions
- There may be some layout issues at higher zoom levels
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 the Programme on designforchange@ed.ac.uk or the Design School Administration on design.ug.pgt@ed.ac.uk
- call the Edinburgh College of Art on +44 (0)131 651 5800 or ECA’s Web and Communications Manager on +44 (0)131 651 5750
We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us on the above telephone numbers and addresses for directions.
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: the Programme on designforchange@ed.ac.uk or the Design School Administration on design.ug.pgt@ed.ac.uk; the Edinburgh College of Art on +44 (0)131 651 5800 or ECA’s Web and Communications Manager on +44 (0)131 651 5750
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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.
Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
Find out how to contact us.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
[Name of organisation] 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
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
We are in the process of training to ensure our code content meets the specified regulations, and as such do wish to claim otherwise till that expertise is in full effect. We hope to review this site for potential issues by August 2022.
Disproportionate burden
Navigation and accessing information
It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.
It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.
Interactive tools and transactions
Some of our interactive forms are difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, because some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix the students’ uploaded works on this site.
Any essential new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
The University has an accessibility roadmap that shows how and when it plans to improve accessibility on this website. The content makers will attempt to do this on a rolling basis, year to year. If you have any suggestions of how we can improve it, please do get in touch with us at Design for Change.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 23.08.21. It was last reviewed on 23.08.21.
This website was last tested on 23.08.21. The test was carried out by More Yum Studio (the designer-developers of the site). We tested a sample of pages.
You can read the full accessibility test report [here] when it has been created in 2022.