Accessibility statement

Hartpury University and Hartpury College

Hartpury University and Hartpury College are committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We're continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

We are committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This statement was prepared on 3 October 2023. It was last reviewed on 3 October 2023.

This website was last tested on 3 October 2023. The test was carried out by Cantarus Ltd.

Feedback and contact information

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Hartpury University and Hartpury College website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers or if you require information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille. We aim to provide accessible alternatives within a reasonable time where content doesn’t meet the standards and reasonable adjustment has not been made.

University accessibility:

• email: beth.leo@hartpury.ac.uk

College accessibility:

• email: Aspire@hartpury.ac.uk

General website related accessibility:

• email: webeditor@hartpury.ac.uk

Address: Hartpury University and Hartpury College, Gloucester, GL19 3BE

We’ll consider your feedback/request and get back to you.

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).

Measures to support accessibility

We take the following measures to ensure accessibility:

• assign clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
• investment in implementation of accessibility technology.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.

It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Hartpury University and Hartpury College are partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to ‘the non-compliances and exemptions’ listed below.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Hartpury University and Hartpury College website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions.

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Hartpury University and Hartpury College website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions.

Disproportionate burden

1. Page titles and non-text content: PDF documents not containing a document title or the document title is empty, which helps users understand the topic without having to read the entire document or containing images without alt text, which allows screen readers to share the alternative text with the user. We're in the process of updating this functionality in order to comply. (criterion 2.4.2 and 1.1.1)
2. Link Purpose (In Context) and Name, Role, Value: This refers to a link in an embedded form where the link doesn’t have discernible text. This is a third part app. We have contacted the app’s developer and are awaiting a response. Once the solution has been identified, we will update this functionality in order to comply. (criterion 2.4.4 and 4.1.2)

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

PDFs/Word documents

We've identified a number of on-site PDFs/Word documents for user reference.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2020 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

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

When publishing new content or developing new functionality, we’ll make ensure content/development meets accessibility standards.

Assessment approach

We assessed the accessibility of the Hartpury University and Hartpury College website by the following approaches:

• self-evaluation
• 3rd party evaluation (Cantarus Ltd)​

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