Web Accessibility Policy
At the University of the West of England (UWE) we aspire to high levels of accessibility for all our web resources. If you encounter problems with the accessibility of what we provide we want to know.
Our approach to accessibility
We aim to make our services accessible to all users. Our web accessibility policy is designed to ensure that everyone can benefit from the information we publish. We aim to meet and exceed the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) and subsequent amendments.
As guiding principles, we will:
- Seek to identify and follow best practice for web accessibility.
- Aim to promote an awareness of web accessibility issues.
- Set standards and targets for web resources produced and hosted by us.
- Offer guidance on how to maximise accessibility.
Our accessibility targets
Where web pages are intended for use by the general public and we are unable to offer other forms of assistance to improve accessibility, we aim to make our resources meet a specific standard. That standard is level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) 1.
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Our standards and targets for public web resources
How to tell us about an accessibility issue
Please use the "Contact UWE" or feedback links on our web pages to tell us if you encounter an issue with accessing one of our web resources. If you are a student unable to access learning resources in Blackboard please inform your tutor of the nature of the difficulties you encounter.
