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 is accessible and we commit to reviewing any new content, functionality or technology we add it 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.

If you feel we have not answered your complaint satisfactorily, please contact us again. Bre Stitt, Research Centre Administrator on cffc@arts.ac.uk.

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).

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 is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version2.1 AA standard.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 09 September 2020.

This website was last tested on 09 September 2020. Systems testing was carried out by Developers at Michael Bell Ltd. and user testing was carried out by the Centre for Fashion Curation team.

The Centre for Fashion Curation team used the following automated accessibility tools, assistive technology and manual testing methods to test a sample of pages of our website. These included:

• WAVE from WebAIM browser extension

• Siteimprove Accessibility Checker browser extension

• Manually auditing the alternative text of all images

• Manually checking colour contrast of text against the background

The selection of pages we tested were:

• The Landing page

• The Archive Page

• An Exhibition page

• The Exhibition search page

• The Index Page

• The year scroll bar

• Contact Us

• About Us

• Footer Links: Privacy Information

• Footer Links: GDPR

• Footer Links: Cookies

• Footer Links: Contact Us