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Accessibility Statement for Exhibiting Fashion online archive
This website is run by the Centre for Fashion Curation, School of Media Communications, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (UAL). This accessibility statement applies to Exhibiting Fashion. Other websites and browser based systems on the arts.ac.uk domain have their own accessibility statements.
This website uses HTML 5 (HyperText Mark-up Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to render content. We have also used other technologies including JavaScript on certain areas of the website.
We commit to ensuring this website is as accessible as possible and we want as many people as possible to be able to use it. This means that you should be able to:
  • access the website regardless of the device and browser you are using
  • 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)
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
This website was tested by the Digital Accessibility Centre on 07 May 2024

Audit Summary 

An Audit was carried out by the Digital Accessibility Centre in May 2024.  The website is measured against the Web Accessibility Initiative’s (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG 2.2) to give accurate feedback on any non-compliant issues.  

Issues impacting Accessibility were found in the following areas: 

A 

  • Moving Content 
  • Incorrect Use of ARIA 
  • Non-text Content 
  • Bleed Through 
  • Information & Relationships 
  • Name, Role, Value 

AA 

  • Headings and Labels 

 

For the website to be eligible for a Digital Accessibility Centre AA certification, and fall in line  

with WCAG 2.2 requirements, all A and AA issues must be resolved. 

Priority A issues will be resolved by July 2025 

Priority AA issue will be resolved by July 2026 

We commit to reviewing any new content, functionality or technology we add to the website to ensure it is accessible.
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in an alternative, more accessible format please contact Centre for Fashion Curation, cffc@arts.ac.uk. Please include details of the content you need and the required format. We will then work to get you what you need.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
To report an issue with the website or to make a complaint, please contact Centre for Fashion Curation, cffc@arts.ac.uk. We aim to provide you with an initial response within 2 working days and will provide clear information about how we will deal with your enquiry.
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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
For information about contacting us by phone or to arrange a visit to our offices please visit the Contact Us page.  More information about accessing our buildings is available from AccessAble.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
This website aims to be fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was updated on 27 June 2024.
Systems testing was carried out by Developers at Michael Bell Ltd. and user testing was carried out by the Centre for Fashion Curation team.
Accessibility testing was carried out by the Digital Accessibility Centre. They used the following automated accessibility tools, assistive technology and manual testing methods to test a sample of pages of our website. These included:

Desktop

  • JAWS 2019 or above
  • Chrome (Latest version)
  • Dragon Voice Activation v15 or above
  • Screen Magnification Reflow
  • ZoomText
  • System inverted colours

 

Mobile

  • VoiceOver
  • Android
  • TalkBack/ Voice Assistant
  • Mobility
  • iOS
  • Safari(V12 or later)
  • Chrome (Latest version)
The selection of pages we tested were:
  1. Landing page https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/
  2. Archive page https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/archive/
  3. Responses https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/category/in-response/
  4. Response page
  5. An exhibition page
  6. Contact https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/contact/
  7. Accessibility statement https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/accessibility-statement/