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ÌÇÐÄVlog has a huge web estate with a variety of websites spanning across many different platforms and services. We try to make our websites and services as accessible as possible.

After an accessibility maturity audit by in the summer of 2023, we have developed our roadmap to enhance accessibility by addressing the identified areas for improvement.

Ongoing activities

• Complete the mapping of digital estate
• Clarify ownership, responsibility, and governance processes
• Update job descriptions for new jobs involving digital content creation or digital communication to include knowledge of digital accessibility
• Create accessible exemplars and templates

Future activities

• Make effective use of Blackboard dataÌý– Deferred until the new Blackboard Ultra is rolled out
• Identifying "ÌÇÐÄVlog Accessible Practices"
• Identify student journey issues by sampling typical student journeys and checking for friction points
• Explore prospectusÌý
• Clarify lecture recording and video expectations

Completed activities

• Digital Accessibility Service DocumentationÌý– October 2025
• Updating the University Procurement IT Standard T&C to include explicit reference to WCAG 2.2 AA complianceÌý– August 2025
• D&I Funding Initiative 2024/25 Project - Digital Inclusion: Sampling key user journeys with a pan-disability lensÌý– June 2025
• Create an introductory digital accessibility module for staff – March 2024Ìý
• Appoint a formal champions network –ÌýJanuary 2024
• Create a module for writing for webÌý– February 2023
• Disabled students forumÌý– completed through the ongoing Inclusion Consultants programme.

Website improvements

2025

• Fixing invalid ARIA state or property issues
• Including accessibility in component design and development (unit level)
• Removing infinite scrolling by adding "load more" buttons to help navigation

2024

• Accessible tiles for storiesÌý– July 2024
• OCR iD link compliance for WCAG 2.2 Target Minimum – March 2024
• PhD Opportunities pages accessibility improvementsÌý– January 2024
• Tab focus improvement on Teal template – January 2024
• Breadcrumbs menu and tables colour contrast improvement – January 2024

2023

• OCR ID Link alternative text improvement – December 2023
• Cookie Banner keyboard accessibility improvementÌý– December 2023
• Screen reader and keyboard accessibiltiy of Tab componentÌý– December 2023
• Enabling captions on embedded YouTube videosÌý– November 2023
• Enable text zooming without clipping on main siteÌý– November 2023
• Colour contrast improvement on course pagesÌý– November 2023
• Screen reader accessibility improvement for accordion componentÌý– November 2023
• Improve accessibility of embedded YouTube video compoentÌý– September 2023
• Page language issue fixed across the web estateÌý– August 2023
• Increasing line height for textÌý– July 2023
• Table component accessibility improvement – July 2023
• Improve assistive technology access to menu listsÌý– July 2023
• Improving assistive technology access to the search form fieldÌý– March 2023

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