Accessibility Statement

Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to https://showcase.falmouth.ac.uk/, the final degree show website for Falmouth University graduating students showcasing their work. 

This statement does not cover other brands or organisations or domains associated with Falmouth University. 

This website (https://showcase.falmouth.ac.uk/) is managed by Falmouth University. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to: 

  • Navigate the website using the keyboard 
  • Navigate the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) 
  • Navigate the website using speech recognition software 
  • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen 
  • 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. 

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, you can contact us using our online form. 

Go to online form 

This form is monitored by the Falmouth University. We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days with an acknowledgement and 20 working days with a full response. 

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, contact us using our online form. 

Go to online form 

This form is monitored by Falmouth University. We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days with an acknowledgement and 20 working days with a full response. 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). 

If you wish to contact us by phone or visit in person then we encourage you to use our online enquiry form to let us know of any needs you may have. We will then do our best to answer these needs. 

Go to online form 

This form is monitored by Falmouth University. We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days with an acknowledgement and 20 working days with a full response. 

Our campus accessibility guide 

We have partnered with AccessAble, one of the UK’s largest disability information providers, to produce an Access Guide for visiting, studying and working at Falmouth University. The online guide gives detailed information on the accessibility of buildings and services across our two campuses. 

See the Access Guide 

Falmouth University is committed to making its https://showcase.falmouth.ac.uk/ 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:

 

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations 

 

Issue: Content has empty headings 

Criteria affected: WCAG 1.3.1, WCAG 2.4.1 & WCAG 2.4.6 

How we’ll deal with the issue: we’ll fix this in the CMS via the content editor in monthly accessibility work from May – July 2022. 

 

Issue: Content has empty headings 

Criteria affected: WCAG 1.3.1, WCAG 2.4.1 & WCAG 2.4.6 

How we’ll deal with the issue: we’ll fix this in the CMS via the content editor in monthly accessibility work from May – July 2022. 

 

Issue: Content does not have an appropriate heading structure 

Criteria affected: WCAG 1.3.1, WCAG 2.4.1 & WCAG 2.4.6 

How we’ll deal with the issue: we’ll fix this in the CMS via the content editor in monthly accessibility work from May – July 2022. 

 

Issue: Content contains broken links 

Criteria affected: WCAG 2.4.9 

How we’ll deal with the issue: we’ll fix this in the CMS via the content editor in monthly accessibility work from May – July 2022. 

 

Issue: Aria and landmarking is incorrect 

Criteria affected: WCAG 4.1.2 

How we’ll deal with the issue: report to 3rd party developers and fixed by July 2022. 

 

Issue: Content contains links without discernible text 

Criteria affected: WCAG 2.4.4 & WCAG 2.4.9 

How we’ll deal with the issue: we’ll fix this in the CMS via the content editor in monthly accessibility work from May – July 2022. 

 

Disproportionate burden 

We do not consider any content on the website to fall under disproportionate burden. 

 

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

We do not consider any content on this website to fall outside of the accessibility regulations. 

Our accessibility roadmap above [section 7. Non accessible content] shows how and when we plan to improve known accessibility issues on this website. 

 

We recognise that ensuring accessibility compliance to WCAG 2.1 AA standards is an ongoing process. We have incorporated content and development WCAG 2.1 AA compliance into our management of https://showcase.falmouth.ac.uk/.  

 

We use the following tools to test our accessibility: 

  • Sitewide auditing tool Ally 
  • Individual page testing with aXe 

 

No single accessibility tool is 100% accurate. The Ally audits run regularly sitewide. We then use aXe to identify the location of the individual issues. These are divided into content-based issues which can be fixed by our Web Editors, and development-based issues which require development changes from our third-party development agency. 

This statement was first prepared on 10 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 20 May 2022. 

 

The website was last tested on 15 May 2022. The test was carried out by Falmouth University. 

 

Our testing does not focus on particular sections of the website. Instead, we carry out sitewide testing by our third-party accessibility tool Ally. You can read about our testing in section 8, and how we fix or manage any errors in section 7.