This website is run by the Accessibility and Disability Resource Centre. 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 200% 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.
Get advice from AbilityNet about 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.
This includes:
- some older PDF files do not have an accessible structure
- some content may be lost off screen at 200% zoom
- some content may disappear or be lost off screen at 400% zoom
- users may need to scroll in 2 directions to access all content at 400% zoom
Getting information in a different format
If you need information on this website in a different format, email disability@admin.cam.ac.uk.
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the accessibility requirements, email disability@admin.cam.ac.uk.
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.
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
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’) do not apply to the University of Cambridge. However, the University of Cambridge is committed to making its websites and mobile applications accessible and in this regard to complying voluntarily with the accessibility regulations. This accessibility statement is published in that context.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed.
There are no plans to fix these issues at present.
Non-accessible content
The content listed here is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Not all IDs are unique. This fails WCAG 2.1A criterion 4.1.1 (Parsing).
There are some HTML validation errors. This fails WCAG 2.1A criterion 4.1.1 (Parsing).
On search results pages, when navigating with a keyboard, one element is out of order. This fails WCAG 2.1A criterion 2.4.3 (Focus Order).
Some content may be lost off screen at 200% zoom. This fails WCAG 2.1AA criterion 1.4.4 (Resize Text).
Some content may disappear or be lost off screen at 400% zoom. This fails WCAG 2.1AA criterion 1.4.10 (Reflow).
Users may need to scroll in 2 directions to access all content at 400% zoom. This fails WCAG 2.1AA criterion 1.4.10 (Reflow).
Some decorative icons are not hidden from assistive technology. This fails WCAG 2.1A criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content)
Disproportionate burden
It is not considered that any aspect of this website will fall into this category. Areas of non-compliance with the guidelines are detailed in other sections of this statement.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Not applicable.
How we tested this website
We had an external accessibility audit completed by independent organisation AbilityNet on 24 November 2023. They tested a sample of pages against WCAG 2.1, level AA.
We have also tested our site using Accessibility Insights, which conducts automated and manual tests, and WAVE.
We tested our main website at www.disability.admin.cam.ac.uk.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
If we add or change any page, we'll retest it and update this statement.
This statement was prepared on 26 September 2023 and updated on 26 February 2024.