Accessibility statement for NUA Graduate Showcase

This accessibility statement applies to gradfestshowcase.com. This website is run by Norwich University of the Arts and will be live until May 2023. 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 know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• The site introduction section (homepage) uses animation effects. This section of the website can be navigated using a keyboard with the ‘Tab’ and ‘arrow’ keys, and the intermittent scrolling animation can be stopped by pressing ‘Escape’.
• The site showcases work as submitted by the individual students (i.e. third parties). Although students have added alt descriptions to their images, most captions or subtitles for video content are automatically generated so may not provide a completely accurate transcription.
• PDF documents are supplied by individual students (i.e. third parties) and may not be fully accessible to screen reader software. See the Feedback and contact information below for information on requesting content in a different format.

Feedback and contact information

You can email marketing@nua.ac.uk for information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, or audio recording. You can also call us on 01603 610561.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in three working 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, submit an accessibility support request.

You can also contact us directly to report accessibility problems with this website by email, or call 01603 610561.

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).

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the exemptions listed below.

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

PDFs and other documents

PDF documents are supplied by individual students (i.e. third parties) and may not be fully accessible to screen reader software. See the Feedback and contact information section for information on requesting content in a different format.

Video captions

Most student-supplied videos don’t have captions or transcripts. All video content on the NUA Graduate Showcase is hosted on Vimeo, which provides automatic subtitles. Captions or subtitles for video content are automatically generated so may not provide a completely accurate transcription. This doesn’t meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.1 (audio-only and video-only pre-recorded), 1.2.2 (captions pre-recorded), 1.2.3 (audio description or media alternative pre-recorded) and 1.2.5 (audio description pre-recorded).

Images of Text (1.4.5)

Many pieces of student artwork contain text as part of their design, by nature of showcasing a portfolio of creative work. None of this text is essential to using or navigating the site, and where possible will be described in the images’ alt text. 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 14 July 2022. The website was last tested on 14 July 2022. The test was carried out by Norwich University of the Arts, using the Silktide Ltd website governance platform and manual testing against the checklist of WCAG 2.1 A and AA criteria.