Accessibility audit
The NIHR SPCR website pages were audited manually against WCAG 2.1 guidelines, with a focus on the items in the Gov.uk’s WCAG 2.1 Primer Checklist.
USEFUL DOCUMENTS
The following documents were used as guidance, and for testing methods
- The NIHR's accessibility statement: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/accessibility-statement/22196
- NIHR requirements and guidance: http://www.comms.nihr.ac.uk/website/subdomains.htm
- Government guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-requirements-for-public-sector-websites-and-apps
- https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/helping-people-to-use-your-service/understanding-wcag
- The University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division resources provided to department provided invaluable support
- Jisc Meeting accessibility regulations https://www.jisc.ac.uk/accessibility
- Accessibility testing and training: WebAIM https://webaim.org/intro/
- Understanding WCAG 2.1
- Understanding legal requirements
- Accessibility evaluation for web writers
- Accessibility cheatsheet
- 18F Accessibility Guide
- Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility
- Accessible color combinations
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
SAMPLES USED IN AUDIT
Homepage: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/
With screen reader: https://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/#site-content
Text based content pages: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/about-us
https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news
https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/trainees
https://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/
Images, video and audio content pages: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/trainees