Accessibility

Accessibility statement for the SGC website

The Structural Genomics Consortium is committed to providing an accessible web presence. 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
  • 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 (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

We are aware that some parts of our website are not fully accessible. These include:

  • Some images missing alternative text
  • Links and text in highlighted boxes do not have enough contrast against the background colour
  • Carousel auto rotates and does not have the ability for users to stop it
  • Some links are not visually evident without colour vision
  • Some images include text as part of the image
  • Some link text isn’t meaningful out of context
  • When CSS styling is removed from some pages, the content may not be in logical order
  • When CSS styling is removed from some pages, dynamic content may lose some of the functionality
  • Some documents do not meet accessibility standards

We are working to address areas where our accessibility needs improvement. Please see our ‘Known issues’ page for more details.

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 we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Structural Genomics Consortium 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-compliance and exemptions listed on our ‘Known Issues section’.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We want to provide the best possible experience for all our website visitors. To achieve this we will:

  • Fix known issues
  • Check all new features in the Drupal Content Management System (CMS), which is used to create this website, for accessibility before they are made available
  • Train all content editors on accessibility
  • Carry out periodic accessibility checks

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 3 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 21 September 2020.

This website was last tested on 15 September 2020. The test was carried out by the Structural Genomics Consortium Research Informatics Web Team using a carefully chosen sample of pages and content types.

The pages were checked manually using a combination of the following methods: