Website Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement applies to stronger-together.uk
This website is run by Loughborough College & SMB College Group. 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 know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- Some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
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 contact enquiries@loucoll.ac.uk. We'll 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 we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact websupport@loucoll.ac.uk. We'll review, address and seek to resolve any issues you may be facing accessing our services.
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 email
If you would like to get in touch via email websupport@loucoll.ac.uk or phone 01509 215831.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Loughborough College & SMB College Group 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.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations:
- Some PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations:
PDFs and 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.
Some of our PDFs and Documents are essential to providing our services don't fully meet accessibility requirements. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents.
We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML and are working to address this issue by February 2025.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Video Captions
- Some embedded videos are not captioned or use automatically generated captions which may be inaccurate. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 1.2.2: Captions (Prerecorded) (A).
The regulations do not apply to recorded videos published before 23 September 2020.
Any new videos we publish will have edited captions and transcripts.
Live Video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
| Issue | Description / Action | Planed Resolution Date |
|---|---|---|
| PDF & Documents | PDFs and documents linked from the website, updated to remove non-compliant items. |
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 14th November 2024. It was last reviewed on 14th November 2024 and last updated on 14th November 2024.
This website was last tested on 14th November 2024. The test was carried out by Loughborough College Web Team using both automated and manual testing