Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://ce0091li.webitrent.com/ce0091li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC105GF.open?WVID=4597166Rdv

This website is run by Midland HR (MHR), the supplier of the University of South Wales Group's Web Recruitment system and administered by the USW HR Systems Team. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• 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.

How accessible this website is.

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• some of the pages contain layout tables, which can introduce reading and navigation order issues.
• some of the pages contain redundant or adjacent links, which may result in additional and unwanted navigation.
• some of the pages contain device dependent event handlers, which do not appear to be accessible to both mouse and keyboard users.
• some pages have missing pages titles or are not descriptive, which may be an issue for some screen readers
• some pages do not have a language attribute to them, which may affect how screen readers read the page content

The University of South Wales Group's Web Recruitment system has the following issues

We know some parts of the 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.

Alternative formats

We've designed our content to be as accessible as possible. However, if you experience barriers, you can request alternate formats. For more information, please email [email protected] or contact us.

Feedback and contact information

Please contact us if you have an accessibility query, including:

• If you are experiencing issues with accessing information or using the website
• If you find an accessibility problem not listed on this statement
• If you have positive feedback on the accessibility considerations made.

When contacting us, please provide:    

• The web address of the page where you found the problem.    
• A description of the problem (and whether this was mobile or desktop).  
• The name and, if possible, version of the web browser being used.    
• Details of any assistive technology being used (for example, a screen reader).    

Email [email protected].

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 email [email protected].

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 website’s accessibility

The University of South Wales is committed to making this 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 (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

We formally test the accessibility of our website on a regular basis against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. 

Some parts of the website may not work for everyone. Below are known issues that we either need to fix, cannot fix, or do not need to fix right now. If you find something that does not work that we missed, remember to contact us.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

This section covers issues that we need to fix and are working to do so.

We may need to work with 3rd party suppliers to fix some issues.

University of South Wales Group's Web Recruitment system

https://ce0091li.webitrent.com/ce0091li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC105GF.open?WVID=4597166Rdv

Search Results Page ARIA Roles: The ARIA roles on the search results page are not correctly nested within their parent elements. This fails to meet WCAG 2.0 Guideline 1.3.1: Info and Relationships (Level AA). 

Issue will be fixed by: 30.09.2024 

PDF Document Contrast Issues: Some job description PDF documents use colors that do not meet the minimum contrast requirements. This fails to comply with WCAG 2.0 Guideline 1.4.3: Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA).

Issue will be fixed by: 30.09.2024

PDF Document Page Titles: Some job description PDF documents have incorrect or missing page titles, to clearly describe the document's content. This does not meet WCAG 2.0 Guideline 2.4.2: Page Title (Level A).

Issue will be fixed by: 30.09.2024

Missing ALT Tags in PDF Documents: Some job description PDF documents include figures without proper ALT text. This fails to meet WCAG 2.0 Guideline 1.1.1: Non-text Content (Level A).

Issue will be fixed by: 30.09.2024

Any new PDF documents that we publish will meet accessibility standards.

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.

Ongoing improvements are made dynamically throughout the year following feedback from our ongoing audit processes and users.

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming a disproportionate burden for our website.

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

At this time, we have not identified any content that is not within scope of the accessibility regulations.

Our testing processes

A representative sample of pages of the website were tested along with a sample of the documents from each area of the website against the WCAG 2.2 AA guidelines using automated tools axe DevTools Pro v4.10.0 on Google Chrome.

For third-party applications, we have sourced accessibility statements from suppliers directly (wherever possible).

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

The University of South Wales is doing the following to improve accessibility:

• We are developing a Digital Accessibility Policy
• We have a Digital Accessibility Working Group to monitor and coordinate Digital Accessibility of our Services and Systems
• We are engaging suppliers to assist in Accessibility training

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This website was last tested on 20/08/2024. 

This statement was prepared on 20/08/2024. 

It was last reviewed on 20/08/2024.

This accessibility statement is reviewed annually.