Accessibility statement

Worcester College, Oxford is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all its website users. We are continually improving the user experience and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

The Worcester College website was built in 2023 and endeavours to conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1. This standard is internationally recognised as the benchmark for web accessibility. Our website has been designed with attention to accessibility best practices and has been validated against these standards.

Accessibility Features

We have implemented several measures to ensure an accessible web experience, such as:

Text alternatives for non-text content
Content structure and presentation separation
Keyboard navigable content
Accessible forms and controls

Known Limitations

We are aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility:

Some PDFs and word documents are not fully accessible to screen readers
Not all multimedia content has captions, text or audio description

Efforts for Improvement

Our team is actively working to identify and fix potential accessibility issues. As part of this effort, we conduct regular accessibility reviews to ensure continued compliance with WCAG standards and adjust this accessibility statement accordingly.

Feedback

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of the Worcester College website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact:

Email: communications@worc.ox.ac.uk

Phone: 01865 278381