Accessibility Statement for Introduction to Sustainability Course | Sustainability

Website accessibility statement inline with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

This website is run by the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh. It uses the third party piece of software, Articulate. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this application. For example, that means you should be able to:

Change most colours and contrast levels
Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
Experience no time limits when using the website

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. However, some of our content is technical, and we use technical terms where there is no easier wording we could use without changing what the text means.

Customising the website

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. This is an external site with suggestions to make your computer more accessible:

AbilityNet - My Computer My Way

With a few simple steps you can customise the appearance of our website using your browser settings to make it easier to read and navigate:

Additional information on how to customise our website appearance

If you are a member of University staff or a student, you can use the free SensusAccess accessible document conversion service:

Information on SensusAccess

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print, audio recording or braille:

Email: srs.training@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: 0131 651 3000
British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via Contact Scotland BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are 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:

Email: srs.training@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: 0131 651 3000
British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us via Contact Scotland BSL, the on-line BSL interpreting service.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

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 please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) directly:

Contact details for the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS)

The government has produced information on how to report accessibility issues:

Reporting an accessibility problem on a public sector website

Contacting us by phone using British Sign Language

British Sign Language service

Contact Scotland BSL runs a service for British Sign Language users and all of Scotland’s public bodies using video relay. This enables sign language users to contact public bodies and vice versa. The service operates from 8.00am to 12.00am, 7 days a week.

Contact Scotland BSL service details .

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The University of Edinburgh is committed to making its websites and applications 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.

The full guidelines are available at:

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard

Non accessible content

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

Noncompliance with the accessibility regulations

The following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:

Not all images have meaningful alternative text
- 1.1.1 – Non-text Content
Videos do not provide a corresponding human-corrected transcript
- 1.2.1 – Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)
Videos do not have human-corrected captions
- 1.2.2 Captions Prerecorded
Videos do not have audio descriptions
- 1.2.5 – Audio Description (Prerecorded)
Keyboard tab order does not always follow a meaningful sequence
- 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence
- 2.4.3 Focus Order
There is information conveyed by colour only
- 1.4.1 Use of colour
Content cannot be magnified without issue to a minimum of 200%
- 1.4.4 – Resize Text
Images of text are used in place of actual text
- 1.4.5 – Images of Text
Reflow does not operate correctly to 400%
- 1.4.10 – Reflow
There is movement that cannot be paused or stopped by the end user
- 2.2.2 Pause Stop Hide
The skip to content option is obscured by other content
- 2.4.1 – Bypass Blocks
Links do not have meaningful hypertext
- 2.4.4 – Link Purpose (In Context)
A correct heading structure is not used, and heading levels are skipped
- 2.4.6 – Headings and Labels
It is not always clear where you have navigated to by keyboard
- 2.4.7 Focus Visible
The skip to main content option is obscured by other content
- 2.4.11 Focus not obscured Minimum
Users are not alerted in text to some errors and not given suggestions on how to resolve these
- 3.3.1 Error Identification
- 3.3.3 Error Suggestion
New browser tabs and pop-ups appear without the user being alerted in advance
- 3.2.2 On Input
The site is not fully compatible with assistive software e.g. Frames do not have an accessible name
- 4.1.2 – Name, Role, Value
There are PDF’s that are not fully accessible
- 1.1.1 – Non-text Content
- 4.1.2 – Name, Role, Value

We aim to improve our website's accessibility on a regular and continuous basis. See the section below ('What we're doing to improve accessibility') for how we are improving our site accessibility.

We are working towards solving these problems and expect significant improvements by September 2027 for those items under our control. The system uses the third-party platform Articulate, and where issues are not within our control, we will liaise with them and seek improvements.

Disproportionate burden

We are not currently claiming that any accessibility problems would be a disproportionate burden to fix.

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

At this time, we believe no content is outside the scope of the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We will continue to address and make significant improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by September 2027 for those items under our control. The system uses the third-party platform Articulate, and where issues are not within our control, we will liaise with them and seek improvements.

While we are in the process of resolving these accessibility issues, we will ensure reasonable adjustments are in place to make sure no user is disadvantaged. As changes are made, we will continue to review accessibility and retest the accessibility of this website.

This article was published on Friday 2 October 2026