This website is run by The University of Huddersfield’s Strategic Teaching and Learning Team using WordPress.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.
The text within this site should be clear and easy to understand. For example, the user 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 speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).
- To access some of these tools click on the icon on left-hand side (visible on every page) where you can increase/decrease text, set grayscale, high contrast, negative or light background and set readable font.
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 aim to make this website as accessible as possible. However, we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible.
Some of the older existing content is inaccessible as videos do not have captions as these are identified below:
- Assessment in Brightspace page 2 videos under The Assignment setup wizard: An Overview of Assessments in Brightspace and How-to Create Summative Assessments in Brightspace videos
- All of our other videos provide Open Captioning, but we are working towards all of our videos having Closed Captioning.
- Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software – we are working to bring more accessible documents in updated versions. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
What to do if you cannot access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
email ipark@hud.ac.uk
We’ll consider your request and get back to you 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, contact the iPark team on ipark@hud.ac.uk
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
University of Huddersfield is committed to making its website 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 version 2.1 AAA standard due to the non-compliances listed below:
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
We are not aware of any content on the website which fails to meet the minimum required accessibility guidelines documented in the WCAG2.1 specification.
Disproportionate burden
We are not claiming ‘disproportionate burden’ on any problems that have been found so far.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 29th July 2022. It was last reviewed on 29th July 2022.