Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to content published on digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk and the discovery tool.

These websites are run by Jisc. They are designed to be used by as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand. You should be able to:

Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
Zoom in up to 400% without problems
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
Use most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

How accessible are the websites

We know some parts of the websites aren't fully accessible:

Some older PDF documents aren't fully accessible to screen reader software
Not all videos are completely accessible
Graphs are not completely accessible

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 please, contact help@jisc.ac.uk.

Enforcement procedure

If you contact us with a complaint and you're not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

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').

Technical information about this website's accessibility

Jisc is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

digitalcapability.jisc.ac.uk content

Embedded YouTube videos do not have title attributes. This is a limitation of the YouTube platform. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

Discovery tool content

Graphs within reports do not have text descriptions. Graph results are included elsewhere on the page in text format. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content)

The BDC discovery tool content is hosted on a third party platform, provided by Potential.ly. Potential.ly carry out manual and automated accessibility testing, and the platform meets WCAG 2.1 AA requirements. Jisc works with Potential.ly to ensure that the platform continues to meet accessibility standards, and we conduct our own automated and manual accessibility tests to confirm compliance. Potential.ly has published an accessibility statement.

Content that's not within scope of the accessibility regulations

Older pdfs and other documents

The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix pdfs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Links to archived sites

Where services have closed we sometimes point to archived copies of old websites. There are likely to be issues with these copies. As snapshots taken by a third-party we wouldn't be able to update these. As archived sites however, they are exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

How we tested this website

The accessibility of this website was tested in May 2022 using several automated tools, including Site Improve, AQA, and Lighthouse, and where possible issues raised were addressed.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

Whenever new features are released they go through our internal quality assurance checks and must meet WCAG 2.1 AA.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 15 September 2020 and updated on 22 July 2022

Content modified from the GOV.UK accessibility statement used through the Open Government Licence v3.0.