Accessibility Statement for the MA Graphic Media Design website
This website is run by the MA Graphic Media Design course team at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UAL). This accessibility statement applies to www.magmd.uk. Other UAL websites have their own accessibility statements.
This website uses HTML 5 (HyperText Mark-up Language) and, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript to render content.
We commit to ensuring this website is as accessible as possible and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This means that you should be able to:
- access the website regardless of the device and browser you are using
- 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
We have also tried to make the website text as easy to understand as possible although we recognise we have more work to do on this.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know that some parts of the website are not fully accessible:
- we are updating all images with alt-text
- old video content is missing captions and sub-titles
- we are updating animations on the site that currently play automatically and loop with controls to pause them
- Some of our downloadable documents are not accessible to screen readers users.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in an alternative, more accessible format please contact Tony Credland (t.credland@lcc.arts.ac.uk) or Paul Bailey (p.bailey@lcc.arts.ac.uk).
Please include details of the content you need and the required format or the service you are trying to access. We will then work with the team who own the content or the service to get you what you need.
We aim to provide you with an initial response within two working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your request.
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: Tony Credland (t.credland@lcc.arts.ac.uk) or Paul Bailey (p.bailey@lcc.arts.ac.uk).
We aim to provide you with an initial response within two working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your enquiry or complaint.
If you feel we have not answered your enquiry or complaint satisfactorily, please contact us again. We will escalate your enquiry or complaint to Tobias Revell, Programme Director, Design School who will work with the team who provides the content or the service to get you a response.
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 visiting us in person
For information about contacting us by phone or to arrange a visit to our offices please visit the Contact Us page on the main UAL website.
Address
London College of Communication
University of The Arts London
Elephant and Castle
London SE1 6SB
More information about accessing our buildings is available from AccessAble.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
UAL 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 images may not have alternative (alt) text descriptions while other decorative and spacer images may not have null alternative text. This fails WCAG Success Criterion 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A). We plan to add alt text to all of our images before September 2021.
Content that’s not within scope of the accessibility regulations
None of the documents published on our website before 23 September 2018 are accessible. We are not required to make these documents accessible as they are not needed for active administrative processes. Please contact us if you need an accessible version of any of these documents.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 13.05.21.
This website was last tested on 11.05.21. The test was carried out by employees of UAL and an external organisation working on behalf of UAL.
We used the following automated accessibility tools, assistive technology and manual testing methods to test a sample of pages of our website. These included:
- WAVE from WebAIM
- Manually auditing the alt text of all images
- Manually checking colour contrast of text
All pages on the website were tested.
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