This website uses HTML 5 (HyperText Mark-up Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to render content. We have also used other technologies including JavaScript on certain areas of the website.
We commit to ensuring this website is as accessible as possible and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This means that you should be able to:
- access the website regardless of the device and browser you are using
- 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 have also tried to make the website text as easy to understand as possible although we recognise we have more work to do on this.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible is this website?
We know that some parts of the website are not fully accessible:
- You should be able to navigate most of the site using a keyboard.
- Most images are decorative and may not have alternative text descriptions.
- Most headings should be semantic. Some may not be.
- Some links need more descriptive accessible names.
- Some of the text on the website is not written in Plain English.
- Videos may be of students’ work & do not have subtitles or closed captions.
- Some of our downloadable documents are not accessible to screen readers users.
This website aims to as compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard as reasonably possible. However, this site includes work created by and uploaded by over 30 students and may not meet the standards.