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Accessibility

Accessibility statement for UK Data Archive website

Accessibility statement for the UK Data Archive

This website is run by the UK Data Archive. 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 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’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website aren’t fully accessible:

  • some of our older PDF and word documents aren’t fully accessible to screen reader software

What to do if you can’t access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in seven days.

If you can’t view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

This website is currently undergoing a major update and this will rectify some of the identified accessibility issues during this process. We will also be reviewing some of the older documents that currently have accessibility issues with the intention of moving these to a more accessible format. Staff who provide content for the website are being made aware of accessibility requirements and will consider these when adding new content to the site.

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: Fiona Lemon or Annette Pasotti, Senior Communication & Impact Officers, on 01206 872009 or by email: comms@ukdataservice.ac.uk.

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).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

If you contact us before your visit we can arrange liaison with local agencies to provide sign language interpreters or lip speakers through Essex University's Disability Service, subject to cost and availability. We hope to provide audio induction loops in the future, once we have the required technology to host this service.

Find out how to contact us.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The UK Data Archive 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 non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

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

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents don’t meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

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. However, by September 2020, we plan to fix many of these PDFs or other documents or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 11 December 2019. The test was carried out by the UK Data Archive technical team and communications team using a combination of Total Validator checks and manual checks on a sample of representative pages following the Government accessibility checklist.

We tested pages based on the templates that drive them, essentially testing each template that is in use across the website. We tested our main website platform, available at: www.data-archive.ac.uk and a single sample of each content template that links from this page (landing page, article page, search page and sitemap).

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will be running regular accessibility checks and ensure that new content added to the website meets accessibility requirements. We will be publishing a roadmap shortly, which will provide detail on how we plan to improve accessibility for this website.

This statement was prepared on 11 December 2019. It was last updated on 11 December 2019.
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