Advocate (Student Interface) Accessibility Statement

Advocate (Student Interface) is Partially Compliant

The University of Cumbria takes accessibility very seriously and want to achieve maximum accessibility levels. We are actively working to make the web pages more accessible to all people and compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WAI’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2.

View our accessibility tools page to find accessibility tools and plugins to help improve your online experience.

You should be able to:

understand the website text
navigate all Menu headings using just a keyboard
line-height and spacing can be modified using browser extensions
hyperlink destinations are clear from the text description
colours and contrast levels can be changed using High Contrast Browser Extension
zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
text to speech tools can interact with all text
complete all inputs using the keyboard only

How accessible is the web application?

For the most up to date information visit the supplier's Advocate (student use) accessibility page.

What to do if you can’t access parts of this application

If you are unable to access content or interact with the interface and would like an alternative accessible format, please contact us to discuss the most suitable options, please contact:

We will review your request and communicate with you in 7 days.

Reporting Accessibility Problems with this application

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this application. You can help us by reporting any barriers you encounter and contribute to our Accessibility Improvement plan. However, if you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact itservicedesk@cumbria.ac.uk.

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 application-based system’s accessibility levels

The University of Cumbria is committed to making its applications accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This application is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances issues listed on the supplier's Advocate (student use) accessibility page.

Non-accessible content

Non-accessible content is listed on the supplier's Advocate (student use) accessibility page.

2. Disproportionate Burden

None

3. Content that’s not within the Scope of the Accessibility Regulations

None

How we tested this Website

We tested 100% of the 2 pages using software such as Wave, a web accessibility evaluation tool WAVE and Accessibility Insights as well as using the PowerApps built-in Accessibility Check.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are continuously working to improve the accessibility levels of our online systems. A Basic Accessibility Check is carried out each year followed by a more detailed accessibility check, both assessments highlight the areas needing improvement. The identified issues are added to the system improvement action plan with a timescale for improvement or 3^rd party communications on improvement.