Accessibility Statement

The University of Dundee is committed to providing accessible information on its website. This web page summarises accessibility enhancements made to the site and known accessibility problems.

Accessibility Enhancements

Access Keys

Access keys have been implemented on most central websites. Access keys enable quick access to important information. Find out more about the access keys used at the University of Dundee.

Compliance with Accessibility Standards

We always try to ensure that our web pages comply with at least Priority One Checkpoints as issued by the Web Accessibility Initiative. We run free web accessibility workshops periodically for our web authors and produce weekly accessibility reports identifying potential problems on the various websites.

We are investigating how to further improve the accessibility of websites and have commissioned a series of web accessibility reports from the Digital Media Access Group.

Text Only Version

A text-only version of the site is provided using the Betsie text-only parser from the BBC. To use this facility, please follow the 'text only' link from the top right of each page or use Access Key 6.

Consistent Navigation

Most central web pages use similar navigation and page structure. Site specific navigation may be found on the left-hand side of pages, with University-wide navigation at the top of pages. Every page should have a link to the department homepage, from where a link to the University homepage should be available.

Known Problems with the Website

Text is not always resizable: Text may not be resizeable using Internet Explorer's "increase text size" option. It is however resizeable in Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari and Camino.
Proximity of links: Due to the font and line spacing used on the site, links may be close together causing problems for users, especially those with motor impairments.
Navigation: The University-wide navigation at the top of pages (labelled Departments, Courses, Facilities, Research, Services) has been known to cause confusion. These links are for central University information, and are not department specific.
A to Z Indexes: If a screen reader only reads the links on the page, some entries may appear not to be alphabetical, due to cross-references. For example, under the letter "A" we might have "Academic Standards - see Quality Assurance Unit", with "Quality Assurance Unit" as the clickable link. The screen reader may read the link in isolation making it appear that "Quality Assurance Unit" is appearing incorrectly under the letter "A". See our main A to Z Index for more information.

Problems?

If you have problems when accessing the University website, please contact Web Development for help and advice. Our contact details are:

Web Development
Planning and Information
University of Dundee
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4HN

Contact: ICS Service Desk

If you are a University web author and would like information about the accessibility workshops, accessibility reports or advice and guidance on the accessibility of your website, please contact us.