Accessibility Statement

The Dynamic Optics and Photonics Group at the University of Oxford is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The 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.

Compliance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

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

We are aware that some parts of our website are not fully accessible. The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons:

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • Some of our images do not have Alt text specified
  • Some linked images do not have Alt text specified
  • Some form labels are missing
  • Some colour contrast of text is not sufficient
  • Links in the main navigation do not have focus visible on keyboard focus
  • When using the filter search on the main page, an error message is not displayed if there are no results relevant to the keyword entered
  • On many pages, some heading levels are skipped
  • Some links are empty

We are working to address these known issues. In addition, we will continue to review and re-assess the site and address areas where our accessibility needs improvement.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of aomicroscopy.org. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on aomicroscopy.org, or have any feedback or concerns, please contact us using the contact form below:

Contact form

Feedback and contact information

If you have any further questions about content or wish to discuss provision of an alternative format, please contact us using the contact form below:

Contact form

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 5th October 2020.

We assessed the accessibility of aomicroscopy.org by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation

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).