A report investigating the levels of accessibility in UK higher and further education institution web sites. Published in October 2004, this report examines the level of accessibility found in a sample of higher and further education web site home pages as recorded by the Bobby automated accessibility testing tool.

Higher Education web site accessibility report

Compiled by Headscape
Published October 2004

Introduction

More than 39% of UK University home pages fail to meet basic accessibility guidelines

More than 54% of UK College home pages fail to meet basic accessibility guidelines

Web site accessibility has become a high profile issue in the Higher and Further Education sector. Educational institutions are obliged, under both the Disability Discrimination Act and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act, to ensure that they do not discriminate against a disabled person in relation to the services they provide, either to students or the public at large.

It is with this in mind that Headscape has undertaken a review of over 400 web sites of Universities and Colleges throughout the UK.

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For more information on any aspect of this report please contact Paul Boag from Headscape on 0870 7607284 or email him at paul.boag@headscape.co.uk