Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to www.hopwood.ac.uk

This website is run by Hopwood Hall College & University Centre. We want as many people as possible to be able to navigate our website with ease and we are taking steps to ensure that it is as accessible as it can be. For example, that means you should be able to:

change colours, contrast levels and font
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is:

We implemented ReciteMe in April 2023 which is accessed by clicking the ‘Accessibility’ toolbar at the top of the homepage. It provides assistive technologies which allow visitors to:

Have our website text and documents read aloud
Change the background colour of the website and the colour of the text
Change font sizes
Change font
Zoom in on any part of a web page
Translate our website into over 100 languages

Lookup any word in the dictionary

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible and fall below the standard of compliance we aim to achieve. A short review carried out in April 2024 (https://app.silktide.com/5735/reports/234/snapshot-overview-screen?token=180eb64b52c33248d6efbf55d68f786c) has identified a number of issues which we are addressing and which will be completed by 31^st July 2024. For example, we are working towards:

Changing some of our colour palettes, contrast levels and fonts
Labelling all of our images and PDF documents with alt tags to make them readable
Being able to navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
Having the ability to listen to most of the website using a screen reader
Some older PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen reader software
Ensuring that videos have captions

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

Email: marketing@hopwood.ac.uk · Call: 0161 655 6974

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7days.

If you cannot view the map on our Travelling to Campuses – Hopwood Hall College and University Centre page then please call or email us at enquiries@hopwood.ac.uk for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think that we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, then please contact marketing@hopwood.ac.uk

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

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

We have audio induction loops to assist people who have a hearing impairment or, if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Find out how to contact us at Our Campuses – Hopwood Hall College and University Centre

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Hopwood Hall College and University Centre 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

As at 26 April 2024: This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to ‘the non-compliances’ listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations:

Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). We plan to add text alternatives for all images by 31^st July 2024. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
Some pages scroll in two dimensions
Some links cannot be used by screen readers
Text contrast is not high enough
Some headings do not contain machine readable text.
Some fields do not identify their purpose
Some links cannot be used by screen readers

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents: Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word 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.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.