Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the website Writers Make Worlds

This website is run by the Writers Make Worlds team, which is part of the English Faculty at the University of Oxford. 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:

  • some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • video and audio recordings do not have captions

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 contact us using our contact form.

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

Writers Make Worlds is committed to making its 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 version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 – Non text content.

We plan to ensure all image elements (in theme files or otherwise) include alt text by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 1.1.1 – Non text content.

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.5.3 – Label in name.

We plan to ensure accessible names reflect the visible label text by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 2.5.3 – Label in name.

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 – Name role value.

We plan to ensure that our scroll-to-top icon includes link content, and that all lightbox-style image viewer button elements have a name available to an accessibility API, by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 4.1.2 – Name role value.

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 – Info and relationships.

We plan to ensure that the heading structure throughout the site is logically nested by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 1.3.1 – Info and relationships.

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.1 – Bypass blocks.

We plan to ensure that all iframe elements include a non-empty title attribute that identifies the frame by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 2.4.1 Bypass blocks.

There exists a failure for WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.6 – Contrast enhanced.

We plan to ensure a contrast ratio of at least 7:1 by December 2020. We will make sure that we meet the accessibility standards for the WCAG guideline 1.4.6 – Contrast enhanced.

Disproportionate burden

n/a

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

n/a

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We want our website to offer the best experience possible for all of our users. In addition to auditing the site for accessibility issues, we’ve embarked on a wholesale review and revision of the website in order to bring it into compliance with WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards, and revised our publication and curation practices to ensure that all future content, including video material, will be as accessible as possible.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 12 October 2020. It was last reviewed on that date.

This website was last tested on 12 October 2020. The test was carried out by the Writers Make Worlds team.

We used this approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test: we selected all unique pages and a representative featured author profile page (Anthony Joseph) that was created using our author template..

You can read the full accessibility test report at: https://checker.web2access.org/review/ed97f4315a8422575a537ed3f734145f8ee62c61b8a995f662

We tested:

Automated Testing Statistics

  • Conformance level A guideline pass rate: 53.85%
  • Conformance level AA guideline pass rate: 53.85%
  • Conformance level AAA guideline pass rate: 46.15%

This accessibility statement was automatically generated and was created using the sample format defined by the UK Government (2 April 2020 edition). The user of this system should ensure that the statement is accurate and fill in the required sections. We are not responsible for the accuracy of the accessibility statement.