Website accessibility statement
This accessibility statement applies to the Faraday Institution website.
This website is run by the Faraday Institution. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means we are taking steps towards ensuring users can:
- 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’re also continuing to make 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. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the non-accessible content section of this statement.
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:
- email [email protected]
- call 01235 425300
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact’ page, call or email us for directions.
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 us using the methods above. The Head of Communications will be responsible with dealing with reported issues.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The Faraday Institution is committed to making its website accessible and although not a Public Sector Body, has chosen to follow the principles of 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 and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
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 and exemptions listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some carousel content has ARIA input fields that require accessible names and may contain nested interactive focusable elements with an interactive control. This fails WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (A).
Search filters do not have accessible names. This fails WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (A).
Carousel content (for example the Our Team carousel and the Social Media carousel) present issues with focus order as there is no focus indication to show which element is under focus or when selecting controls (e.g. previous and next). Links need to be more descriptive. This fails WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (A) and 2.4.7 Focus visible (AA).
When a form is successfully completed the status update is not clearly communicated to screen reader users. This fails WCAG 4.1.3 Status Messages (AA).
There are various auto-play videos across the website that cannot be pause or stopped. This fails WCAG 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (A).
Some carousel content does not have correct aria labelling. This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A) and 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (A).
Across the website in places such as carousels, a variety of event promotion images, staff images and technical graphics, images do not have appropriate alt text descriptions. This fails WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content (A) and 1.4.5 Images of Text (AA).
Focus indication is inconsistent across the website. This fails WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible (AA).
Across the website there are various text and image links which do not describe their purposes clearly such as social media icons or text links which do not include clear link text. This fails WCAG 2.4.4 Link Purpose (A).
Across the website there are a number of text contrast failures. This fails WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast Minimum (AA).
On some pages the language of the page is not set. This fails WCAG 3.1.1 Language of Page (A).
Some pages do not contain a correct or any heading structure. This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A).
There are various validation issues across the website. This fails WCAG 4.1.1 Parsing (A).
We are doing the following to fix the issues listed above:
We are working with our accessibility consultants and the web designer to continue to address accessibility issues identified within the limitations of the legacy website.
Members of the Faraday Institution that generate website content have been trained in good digital accessibility practices and will apply their learnings to new content. New images uploaded will have alt text applied and we will add alt text to legacy content as pages are reviewed.
If you find an issue that we have yet to identify, please contact us using one of the routes described in the ‘Reporting accessibility problems with this website’ section of this statement.
Disproportionate burden
At this time, we have made no claims of disproportionate burden.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can respond to calls for new research projects, and forms published as Word documents.
Website content generators, three other members of staff, and an external designer of our reports, have been trained in the production of accessible digital documents and will be applying their learnings to new documents published. An audit of pdf documents on the website has been completed and accessibility issues will be rectified when they are next updated.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Video content
We have some existing pre-recorded video content that was published before and some after the 23rd September 2020. Content from before September 2020 is exempt from the regulations. All new video content we produce will have appropriate captions and audio descriptions. If you require captions on any archived video on the website where captions are not currently provided, please contact [email protected].
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 3 March 2023.
This website was last tested in February 2023. The test was carried out by All Able Ltd.
A representative sample of pages of the website were tested along with a sample of the documents from each area of the website.
