Accessibility statement for City of Portsmouth College (COPC)

Introduction

• This accessibility statement applies to the City of Portsmouth College website. This website is run by City of Portsmouth College, and we want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, this means you should be able to:
• Change colours, contrast levels, and fonts using browser or device settings.
• Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen.
• Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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 advised on making your device easier to use if you have a disability, click here to find out more.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
• Some images do not have text alternatives. The text alternative (or “alt tag”) provides a concise description of the image, helping users understand its content even if they cannot see it.
• The course-search filter dropdowns are enhanced for most users but can be difficult to use for keyboard-only users.
• Some videos do not have captions.
• You cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader.
• Keyboard support for some 3rd party components on the site is degraded.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

• Email: accessibility@copc.ac.uk . We’ll consider your request and reply within 10 term time working days.

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, click here to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical Information About This Website’s Accessibility

City of Portsmouth College is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-Accessible Content

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

Non-Compliance with the Accessibility Regulations:

• Some elements have a role=listbox, but do not contain a elements with role=option. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1.
• Some controls are not keyboard accessible. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2.
• Some clickable controls do not have an ARIA role. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.1.1.
• Some elements have a role of listbox but do not own or contain elements with role option. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1.
• Some pages have links on a page that share the same link text and surrounding context, but go to different destinations. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4 & 2.4.9.
• Some pages contain links where the visual label does not appear in the accessible name of link or control. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.5.3.
• Some pages contain elements with insufficient contrast in colours between foreground and background. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.3.
• Some pages contain elements with outlines or border styles which are difficult to see. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.7.
• Some figures and images do not have a text alternative (alt tags), so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).
• Some document titles are blank. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.2.
• Some PDFs do not contain XMP metadata stream. This fails Matterhorn 1.02.
• Some PDFs are not tagged to be accessible by screen readers. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1.
• Some PDFs do not include the PDF/UA identifier within the metadata stream in the Catalog dictionary. This fails Matterhorn 1.02.
• Some PDFs do not utilise lane attribute to identify language. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 3.1.1.
• At 400% zoom or on a small screen (320x256) the top of the cookie banner is cut off. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.4.10.

Content That’s Not Within the Scope of the Accessibility Regulations:

• PDFs and other documents: The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
• Live video: We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What We’re Doing to Improve Accessibility

We are internally working alongside our website team and with support from a third-party agency to fix content which fails to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Preparation of This Accessibility Statement

This statement was prepared on the 21 October 2024. This website was last tested on 21 October 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out internally by our website team, with support from third-party accessibility experts. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools, and a further audit was conducted to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.