Accessibility

Our aim is to be compatible with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Level 3 accessibility standards. If you find any errors or have suggestions as to how we could improve our site, please let us know.

Features For Vision Impaired Users

Screen Readers

This site is designed to appear in a screen reader more or less the same as it does in a visual browser. The page appears in this order:

• The page title in this format: Page title - Group title - Site Title.
• Main site-wide navigation.
• Page content.
• Secondary navigation (In This Section) to related pages.
• Page footer (copyright, etc).

At the end of each page, a link is available to take you back to the navigation at the beginning of the page.

Changing This Site's Appearance

While this site has been structured to maximise access by screen readers, you can also override most of the design features of the site to change the font, font size, font colour, or background colours to suit your visual preferences. For instructions on how to do this, please refer to the "Help" function of your browser.

Click here for instructions on how to change the font size of this site.

Keyboard Access

The site is also designed to be easily used by those who prefer to use a keyboard instead of a mouse. The pages on this site all offer a consistent tab order through the links on the pages, and it permits keyboard users rapid access to areas of the site through the use of access keys. Navigating by keyboard.

How To Find Information On This Site

Every page of this site is laid out so a screen reader can read each page from left to right and top to bottom.

The site is divided into sections. The main sections are listed in the main site wide navigation, at the left of every page. Clicking on one of these main site-wide navigation links, takes you to the top page of the relevant section.

Again, you will see the main site-wide navigation, followed by the page heading.