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Chest is a Jisc enterprise. Jisc is a registered charity (number 1149740) and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under Company No. 5747339, VAT No. GB 197 0632 86.
If you have any questions about this accessibility statement, then please call 0300 121 0878 or email help@chest.ac.uk.
This accessibility statement applies to content published on https://www.chest.ac.uk
This website is run by Jisc. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
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We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:
Please contact us if you have an accessibility query relating to this site:
We’ll consider your request and get back to you.
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If you need information on this website in a different format, then please contact Chest Help with details.
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: help@chest.ac.uk.
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 contact us with a complaint and you're not happy with our response, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Chest (an Enterprise of Jisc) is committed to making its website 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 version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:
Content
Some text and background combinations don’t have enough contrast. These don’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum). We are working on correcting these.
Headings on some pages are not in a logical nested order. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships). We are addressing this as pages are identified.
Some tables do not have row headers. This doesn’t mee WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and relationships). We are working on correcting these.
Some of the links are not labelled clearly. This means that they do not make sense when taken out of context, and for some links it is not possible to know what the purpose of the link is. On some pages there are repeat links to the same resource. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 (link purpose). We will correct links over time as we review each page.
Focused links and buttons sometimes do not have enough contrast. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.11 (Non-text Contrast). We are working on correcting this.
Some images are missing or have unhelpful alt text. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). We are working to correct these.
Buttons on some pages do not have appropriate alternate text to indicate the function of the button. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.1.1 Non-text Content or 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context). We plan to identify and fix this during 2020.
Forms
Error messages on some forms are unclear or lack clear association with particular form controls. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.3.1 (Error identification)
Our footnotes aren’t fully accessible using a keyboard. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.2.2 (keyboard).
Issues with PDFs and other documents
Some PDFs and Word documents published on the site don’t meet accessibility standards – for example they may not be marked-up, so they are inaccessible to a screen reader. They don’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value). Where they are essential to providing our services we aim to provide accessible HTML pages as an alternative.
Navigation and accessing information
Issues with interactive tools and transactions
Some of our interactive forms may be difficult to navigate using a keyboard. For example, some form controls are missing a ‘label’ tag. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.1 (Keyboard Accessible). We are working on correcting these issues.
There is inadequate context with some interfaces – especially around listing pages and pagination controls. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content). We are working on correcting these issues.
Some interactive elements don’t have the required descriptive tags and labels. This means that some, such as carousels, don’t inform screen reader users of their current state. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criteria 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value) and 4.1.3 (Status messages). We are working on correcting these issues.
It is not always apparent which page element has the current keyboard focus so that the user knows where they are. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.7 (FOcus Visible). We are working on correcting these issues.
Issues with video and audio
Some videos and audio on our website, often provided to us by 3rd parties, do not have to have the caption or transcriptions available. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.1 (audio only and video only – prerecorded). The regulations don’t require us to publish fully accessible video and audio content produced before September 2020. (The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 – Regulation 4). We will endeavour to add caption controls and transcriptions on new content where it is within our control.
Third party content
Our website contains some third-party content. We do not have control over and are not responsible for the accessibility of this content. We make best endeavours to work with third parties to improve its accessibility. This may include:
Third party tools
Slide Share
We occasionally use Slide Share on the site. We know there are some accessibility issues with these embedded players. You can click through to the Slide Share site where you can download a PDF of the presentation - but there are also accessibility issues with these auto-generated PDFs. We don't have a suitable alternative and, as we don't control the platform, are unable to make the changes required to improve it. Please let us know if you would like an accessible version of any of our presentations and we will send one through to you.
YouTube and Google Maps
We occasionally embed YouTube videos and Google Maps on the site. We know there are accessibility issues with these features. We don't have accessible alternatives and, as we don't control the platform, are unable to make the changes required to improve them. Let us know if you would like an accessible version of any video we put live, or need accessible directions or location details and we will send them through to you.
Older PDFs and other documents
The accessibility regulations don’t require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.
An in-depth accessibility audit was completed in August 2020 by Wattle Solutions Ltd. It will be tested regularly by the same company. We are currently working through their recommendations.
Whenever new features are released, they must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. We’re also committed to working on the issues above.
This statement was prepared on 9 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 9 September 2020.
Content modified from the GOV.UK accessibility statement - used through the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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