Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour website (http://www.cncb.ox.ac.uk/)

The University of Oxford is committed to providing an accessible web presence that gives members of the public and members of the University community full access to University information, courses and activities offered publicly through the web. Our Equality Policy outlines our commitment to a culture which ‘maintains a working, learning and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its staff and students are respected’.

This accessibility statement applies to University of Oxford, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour website –  http://www.cncb.ox.ac.uk/

Our Aims

This website is run by the Centre for Neural Circuits at the University of Oxford. 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:

  • No alternate text for on images.
  • The site search isn’t cleary labelled for screen readers.
  • Certain text styles do not have sufficient color contrast.
  • Links must be discernible text.
  • Keyboard tab through order incorrect.
  • The tab order of the second level of navigation is incorrect.
  • Text appears and functions like a section heading but is not marked up as such.
  • The page meta titles are duplicated.
  • The font styles in the footer are too small.

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

Feedback and Contact Information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please contact the Fiona Woods at the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour Email: Fiona.woods@cncb.ox.ac.uk

Post:
Fiona Woods
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
University of Oxford
Tinsley Building
Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3SR

We will consider your request and get back to you within 14 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, contact:

Fiona Woods
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
University of Oxford
Tinsley Building
Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3SR
fiona.woods@cncb.ox.ac.uk

Other accessibility resources

If you’d like more information about accessibility and resources for students, staff and visitors in Oxford more generally, please visit our Equality and Diversity pages.

If you’re looking for information on building accessibility, please try the Access Guide or the University’s interactive map.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford 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 page’.

Known Issues page

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

Issues with contrast, use of colour and visual characteristics

Contrast and colour use are vital to accessibility. Users, including users with visual disabilities must be able to perceive content on the page.

  • Required: change the white text and light blue background to either darker blue or change white text to black.
  • Working with developers to fix this by September 2021.

The font styles in the footer are too small.

  • Required: Make font at least 16px.
  • Working with the developers to correct this by September 2021.

Issue with navigation, structure, links and keyboard operability

The site isn’t clearly labelled for screen readers.

  • Required: Aria labels will be added so it is visible to screen readers, giving information on what this field is for.
  • Working with developers to correct this by September 2021.

Links must be discernible by a screen reader, must not have a duplicate label and must be focusable.

  • Required: Aria labels will be added to it is visible to screen readers, giving information on what the link is.
  • Working with developer to correct this by September 2021

Keyboard tab through order incorrect. Users should be able to tab through interactive items in logical order, usually from left to right and top to bottom.

  • Required: Reorder so its navigation is first followed by search, then page content, then footer, skip Facebook and twitter in header.
  • Working with developers to correct this by September 2021.

The tab order of the second level of navigation is incorrect.

  • Required: Reorder so that these are in correct sequential order.
  • Working with developer to correct this by September 2021.

Titles and Text

Text appears and functions like a section heading but is not marked up as such. Headings communicate the organisation of the content of the page.  Web browsers, plug-ins and assistive technologies can use them to provide in page navigation.

  • Required: Ensure that pages contain at least one level-one heading, for example on the home page, Optogenetics, Events, News etc.
  • Working with the developers to correct this by September 2021.

Meta titles are used by bookmarking web pages, for SEO and screen readers.

  • Required: Change Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
  • Working with the developers to correct this by September 2021.

Issues with video, audio and images

Video

All new video/content from 23rd September 2020 will have transcript/actions.  Any content before this date is exempt.

Not all video content has a transcript, making the content inaccessible to users who cannot see. This fails the WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.2

  • All new video content will have a transcript by September 2021.

Not all video content has captions that are synchronised to the audio content of the video, making them inaccessible to people who cannot hear. This fails the WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.2.

  • All new video and audio content will have captions by September 2021.

Not all video content has audio descriptions of important visual information that doesn’t have audio, making this inaccessible to people who can’t see. This fails the WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.5.

  • All new video content will have audio description by September 2021.

Some video or animation content may contain content that flashes more than three times a second. This fails the WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.3.1.

  • All video and animation content containing content that flashes more than three times a second will be removed or replaced with compliant content by September 2021.

No alternate text for on images

ALT text refers to invisible description of images which are read aloud to blind users on a screen reader. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1.

  • Required: ALT text will be added to allow authors to include images but still provide the content in an alternative text based format.
  • Working with the developers to correct this by September 2021.

Issues with documents, including Word files, PowerPoints, PDFs

Many of the documents (Word and PDF) on this site do not meet accessibility standards, which could result in them not being fully accessible to users of screen readers.

  • Documents that are essential to the service we provide will be either converted to HTML pages or replaced with accessible versions by September 2021.

Disproportionate burden

We do not consider any of the accessibility issues to be a disproportionate burden and aim to make the site fully compliant by September 2021.

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

Third-party content

Our site includes third party content and functionality. This may direct you to a related service, link to another site or supporting documentation. We are not responsible for the accessibility of third-party content or to other sites we link to.

This includes:

  • YouTube videos
  • Sound Cloud audio files
  • Google maps

We will provide an accessible alternative to any third-party content that isn’t compliant.

Third party platforms

We often create content which is hosted on third party platforms. This includes:

  • content we create for social media
  • video which we host on YouTube, SoundCloud or Vimeo
  • data we supply to national databases

We are responsible for ensuring the content we supply meets accessibility requirements; however, we are not responsible for the accessibility of the platform itself.

Documents (Word & PDF)

This site has a number of Word and PDF documents which were published before September 2018. These aren’t essential to the service we provide and won’t be replaced. If you experience any difficulties accessing these documents, please email Fiona.woods@cncb.ox.ac.uk

Video and audio content

This site has pre-recorded audio and video content that was published before 23 September 2020, which is exempt from the accessibility regulations.

Archived content

This site contains archived content, which is exempt from the accessibility regulations. The archived content is seminar announcements, some of which were published prior to 23 September 2018, but which have not since been updated.

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 Word Press Management System (CMS), which is used to create this website, for accessibility before they are made available.
  • Check all new content for accessibility
  • Train all content editors on accessibility
  • Carry out periodic accessibility checks

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 16th September 2020.

This website was tested on 15th September 2020. The test was carried out by One Ltd using Google Lighthouse.  The accessibility score was 59% and we aim to get a score of 100% once the work has been carried out.

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

  • Checked against WCAG 2.1 guidelines, with a focus on the items in the uk’s WCAG 2.1 Primer Checklist.
  • Checked using the Google Lighthouse.