Accessibility helps us to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. It is a cross-institutional responsibility. By making your content more accessible for disabled students and staff, you will be improving the experience for everyone.
This guidance supports creating accessible digital content and embedding inclusive practices. The resource is under development with new materials continuously added.
Find out more about what we're doing to promote Digital Accessibility at City, University of London.
The Equality Act (2010) protects disabled staff and students from discrimination. The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 makes explicit the need for digital materials from public bodies to be accessible. In addition to the public-facing and internal websites, University online teaching, learning, research and staff platforms are included as part of the directive. These regulations came into force in the UK on 23rd September 2018 and originate from the EU Web Accessibility Directive (2016/2102)
As an owner of a website or an application, you may be required to include an Accessibility Statement to let users know how accessible the site is and what you are doing to improve accessibility, having an Accessibility Statement on your site shows that you respect users with disabilities and helps you comply with the law. Add it to a section that will be easy for users to find such as the footer, header, or sidebar.
The government has guidance on making your website or app accessible and publishing an accessibility statement.
You can review City’s accessibility statement and other educational technologies and services on our Accessibility statements blog.
You can request support from our Digital Accessibility section on the IT Self Service Portal.
We can help with: