The TEC Partnership is committed to ensuring all our websites are as accessible as possible, however you access web content. If you encounter any barriers or have suggestions about how we can improve the accessibility of our websites, please contact [email protected]
We have begun implementing a web policy across the Partnership to improve the accessibility and usability of all our websites, with the aim of ensuring they conform to WAI (World Accessibility Initiative) standards, as well as W3C ( Worldwide Web Consortium ) web standards for CSS 3 (Cascading Style Sheets) and HTML5. This is an ongoing process and will be completed in phases. We also aim to make navigation and information architecture consistent throughout the website by utilising a Content Management System.
Our text is concise and written in plain English. We aim to use layout to make the text easy for you to read and scan read on screen.
All text is resizable. If it is too small or large for easy reading, you can use your browser settings to display it at the size you prefer.
If you’ve already selected a non-standard text size in your browser settings, the size you prefer will be visible from the moment you enter the website. You won’t need to reset it for each page.
We use images for several purposes. For each, a text alternative is provided:
We choose colours that provide a good contrast between the text and its background. We avoid combinations that are known to cause difficulties for people with colour blindness.
We use colour styling that ensures no parts of the page are unreadable if you choose non-standard colours in your browser colour settings.
A change of colour won’t be used as the only way to identify any information. So, for instance, you won’t see phrases such as ‘new courses are shown in red text’.
We are committed to ensuring you can reach all parts of the website by following keyboard navigable links. This means you can use your keyboard tab key or switch device to move from link to link. Our aim is for no parts of the site to be ‘hidden’ behind links that can only be displayed by mouse action.
We aim to choose the wording for text links to ensure the link is:
Titles are different on each unique page, and give a good indication of their content. This will help you keep track of where you are in the website. It also makes it possible to distinguish between pages when you have more than one window or tab open.
Headings are relevant and provided in a logical order so that you can use them to get an overview of the page.
If you’re a screen reader user, this means you can:
Our aim is for information that is presented in video, audio or multimedia to have alternatives that make the same information available to people who are unable to see or hear. This means that captioning or transcripts are used to complement audible or visible information.
Where possible, we ensure it is easy to complete forms by presenting the information you need to complete each box clearly and well positioned. We also ensure that you can complete our forms without the use of a mouse and using a screen reader. Our forms have a logical and clear structure, with instructions at each stage.
Our websites are designed to be compatible with recent versions of the following screen readers:
They are also designed to be compatible with basic operating system screen magnifiers such as ZoomText magnifier.