Accessibility on ESESIS

This statement applies to content published on ESESIS

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

  • use a responsive design (meaning the display of all content is optimised for all screen sizes)
  • mostly uses a clear layout that allows for text resizing
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • for most pages be able to 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 tables do not have row headers
  • some pages or areas of pages have poor colour contrast
  • some heading elements are not consistent
  • some images do not have good alternative text
  • some form elements are not correctly identified
  • some buttons are not correctly identified
  • some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls
  • some pages do not work well with screen readers (e.g. JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).

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

We are currently carrying out accessibility testing on different aspects of the website. Once this is complete, we will update this section with any areas of the website which do not meet accessibility standards.

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

  • part of this site use older javascript generated html which screen reader may find hard to parse
  • some pages or areas of pages have poor colour contrast
  • some heading elements are not consistent
  • some images do not have good alternative text
  • some form elements are not correctly identified the associated fields
  • some buttons are not correctly identified
  • some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls

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

For areas of the site that fail WCAG 2.1 success criterion, we plan to fix these in the near future. No date has been set for completion this remediation work.

Disproportionate burden

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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 esesis@ic.ac.uk.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible; we aim to reply within 14 days of receipt of your communication.

Reporting accessibility issues

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 is currently being tested for accessibility compliance, these tests are been carried out internally.

We aim to test new ESESIS features for accessibility before release. The main ESESIS content is procedurally generated, if one or more issues within a generated page is detected then fixing it will propagate throughout the site's similar pages.

Last updated

This statement was prepared on 2020-10-02. It was last updated on 2020-10-02.