Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to De Montfort University’s CELT web test site (https://celtwebtest.dmu.ac.uk)

This website is run by The Digital Learning and Teaching team at De Montfort University. 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
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • zoom in without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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:

This site is built using WordPress. This third-party product was designed and developed in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility (WCAG) Guidelines 2.1 Level AA.

WordPress provide information about the basic accessibility and compliance of the WordPress site development tool.

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 please email disability@dmu.ac.uk

We will consider your request and get back to you in 2 working days.

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 are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:.

Neil Stokes – neil.stokes@dmu.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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

De Montfort University 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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

  • Some aria attributes do not have valid values
  • Some definition list items are not wrapped in elements
  • Cells in a element that use the [headers] attribute refer to an element ID not found within the same table

Non-accessible content

WordPress is an Open Source website builder software and is reliant upon the community of users to develop its content and functionality.  As such, there are no regular audits of the software to ensure quality expectations are met and maintained.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We tested the website using an automated website content testing tool to test compliance with WCAG 2.0 Level AA. We conducted further manual tests to assess to WCAG 2.1 AA.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 18/02/2022. It was last reviewed on 18/02/2022.

This website was last tested on 18/02/2022. The test was carried out by De Montfort University staff.