Accessibility on the Graduation Celebration Website

This statement applies to content published on the Graduation Celebration website – graduation.imperial.ac.uk.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).
  • Resize to the size of your window, and display a readable text size whichever device you are using
  • Zoom in up to 175% without the text spilling off the screen

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible the website is

 

Parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

  • some pages and document attachments are not clearly written
  • some pages have poor colour contrast
  • some heading elements are not consistent
  • some images do not have good alternative text
  • some buttons are not correctly identified
  • some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls

What we do about known issues

We work to achieve and maintain WCAG 2.1 AA standards, but it is not always possible for all our content to be accessible. Where content is not accessible, we will state a reason, warn users and offer alternatives.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Imperial College London 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 AA standard, due to the known issues listed below.

Non accessible content

The content that is not accessible is outlined below with details of:

  • where it fails the success criteria
  • planned dates for when issues will be fixed

Some documents and content are exempt from the regulations (such as live video content and PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services), so we do not currently have any plans to make them accessible. But if you need to access information in one of these document types, you can contact us and ask for an alternative format.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • Some images do not have a text alternative, including the main logo and logo on videos, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).
  • Some videos do not have captions, this fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.2 (video elements must have captions).
  • Captions are not displaying on Apple iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.2 (video elements must have captions).
  • Some landmark elements are not unique - role="navigation" has been added twice in the footer. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and relationships).
  • Some headings are not in sequentially-descending order. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.2 (meaningful sequence).
  • Some menus can not be escaped using a keyboard. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.13 (Content on hover or focus).
  • There is no way to stop or adjust the sound on videos. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.2 (audio control).
  • Autoplaying videos cannot be paused or stopped. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.2  (audio control).
  • The heading 1 and select menu for departments on pages do not have sufficient colour contrast. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast).
  • Some elements such as video volume controls, livestream menu, social media links and the ISSUU iFrame are not fully accessible by keyboard control alone such as tabbing. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 (keyboard)
  • There's no "skip to content" link on pages. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.1 (bypass blocks).
  • Some iFrame elements have a tab index greater than zero. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.3 (focus order).
  • Some iFrame elements are skipped over when tabbing. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.3 (focus order).
  • The purpose of the logo link cannot be determined by the link text alone. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).
  • Some video navigation elements do not have a unique ID. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.1 (parsing).
  • The chat and ISSUU iFrames do not have a title attribute. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value).
  • The progress bar does not have a valid ARIA attribute. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value)
  • Some elements including are not accessible by keyboard alone such as tabbing. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 (keyboard).
  •  The progress bar does not have a valid ARIA attribute. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1.1 (keyboard).
  • The second drop down menu is partially obscured by the <video> embed below it.

Disproportionate burden

There are no aspects that we consider to be a disproportionate burden.

Reporting accessibility issues

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille or if you find any accessibility issues not listed on this page then please contact accessibility@imperial.ac.uk.

We’ll consider 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, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

How we test this website

This website was last tested for accessibility compliance on 24 November 2020 and these tests have been carried out internally.

We used Lighthouse and AXE audit using Chrome as well as a manual check against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines to check a representative sample of pages.

Last updated

This statement was prepared on 25 November 2020. It was last updated on 7 December 2020.