Accessibility

This accessibility statement applies to content published on https://irus.jisc.ac.uk/r5/uk/.

This website is run by the IRUS team at Jisc. It is 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 300% 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)

We have 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 are not fully accessible:

  • some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • we have issues with text colour contrast
  • we have some content issues

How to request content in an accessible format

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille then contact us:

We will consider your request and get back to you.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact help@jisc.ac.uk with IRUS in the subject.

Enforcement procedure

If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, 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 its websites 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

Content

Some text and background combinations don't have enough contrast - especially section 'tags'. They don't meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 (contrast - minimum). We are working on these.

Heading order doesn't clearly reflect the structure of the page in some sections. This does not meet WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships). We are working on these.

Some of our form fields are marked up incorrectly. For example, because some form fields are missing a 'form' label. This doesn't meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.6 (headings and labels). We are working on these.

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.

Older recordings

The accessibility regulations don't require us to provide transcripts for recordings published before 23 September 2020. Though we will provide them for new podcasts, we won't provide them for podcasts published before September 2019.

How we tested this website

An internal accessibility check was conducted in the middle of 2020. We are currently working through the recommendations.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

Whenever new features are released they must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. We're also committed to working on the issues above.

This statement was prepared on 11 September 2020. It was last updated on 11 September 2020.