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- Website
- Accessibility
- Accessibility statement
Accessibility statement
The University’s website accessibility statement is part of a formal policy that addresses disability in the broadest sense.
The University of Edinburgh is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all.
Our committment to accessibility
We aim to create an environment that enables anyone to participate fully in the mainstream of university life.
We have a formal policy that addresses disability, as defined by the Equality Act 2010, and includes:
- mobility and sensory impairments
- mental health issues
- specific learning difficulties (SpLD), including the autistic spectrum and Aspergers Syndrome
- medical conditions which may have an impact on day-to-day activities
Legislation and policy concerning disability is available from the Disability Office website.
Website standards compliance
Our website is built using Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), according to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards.
It is designed to comply with our own accessibility standards, in line with recognised best practice.
For example, our website follows the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and the British Standards Institute guidance on website accessibility, the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78.
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
- Download Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78
This article was published on Mar 16, 2011