Website Accessibility
Accessibility Statement for the University of Edinburgh Gift Shop
Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This accessibility statement applies to University Of Edinburgh Giftshop website (www.giftshop.ed.ac.uk). This website is run by the University of Edinburgh and is on the www.giftshop.ed.ac.uk domain.We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- Zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
- Users will not be timed out of the system
- Use the site using assistive software such as TextHelp Read and Write and Zoomtext.
- Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of Job Access with Speech (JAWS), NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) and VoiceOver)
Customising the website
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:AbilityNet - My Computer My Way
With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:
Additional information on how to customise our website appearance
If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:
Information on SensusAccess
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:- Not all non-text images have alternative text descriptions
- not all colour contrasts meet recommended guidance
- it is not possible to use a keyboard to navigate to all content and it is sometimes difficult to tell where you have navigated too using a keyboard only
- It may be difficult to access some of the content using a screen reader as some of our forms do not contain corresponding labels and pages do not always have headers
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille please contact the Information Services Helpline:- Email: giftshop@ed.ac.uk
- Call +44 131 6502252
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
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’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:- Email: giftshop@ed.ac.uk
- Call +44 131 6502252
- British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via contactSCOTLAND-BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.
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 please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)
The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:
Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website
Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language
British Sign Language service contactSCOTLAND-BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.contactSCOTLAND-BSL service details
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications 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 (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below. The full guidelines are available at:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard
Non accessible content
Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations
The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria:
- Not all non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative
- There may not be sufficient colour contrast between font and background colours, especially where the text size is very small
- Visual information to identify user interface components, such as keyboard focus, do not always have a sufficient contrast ratio
- 4.11 - Non-text contrast
- 4.7 Focus Visible
- Tooltips are not present for all icons and images
- It is not possible to use a keyboard to access all the content
- The pages do not always have headings and labels
- 4.6 Headings and Labels
- There is movement produced by interactions that cannot be turned off
- 2.2 - On Input2.3.3. Animation from Interactions
- Not all pages may be suitably marked up to be fully compatible with screen readers
- 1.1 Parsing
- 1.2 Name Role Value
Disproportionate burden
We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
At present we do not believe the site contains any content that is not within the scope if the regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to work to address these issues and deliver a solution or suitable workaround. Where issues are under our control we will work to rectify to correct issues. We plan to resolve the issues that are within our control by March 2021.We will carry out further accessibility testing if significant changes are made to the user interface or if a service user raises an issue.
While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, or where we are unable to, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 7th September 2020 It was last reviewed on the 11th of September 2020
This website was last tested on 10th September 2020. The test was carried out by using the automated LittleForest tool and WAVE WebAim tool. The website is scheduled for manual testing by December 2021.
We did not use sample pages for testing - all pages were run through LittleForest and a random selection where run through Wave WebAim.
Little Forrest claims it tests the following WCAG criteria either partially or wholly.
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.1.1 | Non-text Content |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.1 | Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.2 | Captions (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.2.3 | Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.1 | Info and Relationships |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.2 | Meaningful Sequence |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.3.3 | Sensory Characteristics |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.4.1 | Use of Color |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 1.4.2 | Audio Control |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.1.1 | Keyboard |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.1.2 | No Keyboard Trap |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.2.1 | Timing Adjustable |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.2.2 | Pause, Stop, Hide |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.3.1 | Three Flashes or Below Threshold |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.1 | Bypass Blocks |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.2 | Page Titled |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.3 | Focus Order |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 2.4.4 | Link Purpose (In Context) |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.1.1 | Language of Page |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.2.1 | On Focus |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.2.2 | On Input |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.3.1 | Error Identification |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 3.3.2 | Labels or Instructions |
| WCAG 2.1 | A | 4.4.1 | Parsing |
| WCAG 2.0 | A | 4.4.2 | Name, Role, Value |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.2.4 | Captions (Live) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.2.5 | Audio Description (Prerecorded) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.3 | Contrast (Minimum) |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.4 | Resize Text |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 1.4.5 | Images of Text |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 2.4.5 | Multiple Ways |
| WCAG 2.1 | AA | 2.4.6 | Headings and Labels |