City is starting to produce statements for some of its websites as required by the UK Government regulations. You can find these here on this site, and also in some cases, linked from the actual website itself. The Moodle site has a link to the statement on this blog site for example. The main City… Continue reading →

The UK Government accessibility requirements say that services must achieve WCAG 2.1 level AA or higher to be compliant with the law. WCAG, or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, are a set of internationally recognised set of recommendations for improving web accessibility. More on understanding WCAG There are three layers of conformance – A, AA and… Continue reading →

New regulations came into force for public sector bodies on 23 September 2018. They say that websites and mobile apps must be made more accessible by making them ‘perceivable, operable, understandable and robust’. The full name of the regulations is the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. The regulations… Continue reading →