Website accessibility statement in line with Public Sector Body (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This accessibility statement applies to:
The Responsible AI UK (RAi) website hosted at the University of Southampton. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Change fonts and font size
- Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- Avoid any moving, flashing or scrolling text
- Use the site without experiencing any time limits
- Change colours and contrast
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 the University of Southampton Community (staff, student, faculty of alumni) you can use the free SensusAccess service: Information on SensusAccess.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- Not all images have alt text
- Not all links have meaningful hypertext
- Some links are only indicated by colour
- It can be difficult to see where you have keyboard navigated too
- Keyboard navigation does not always follow a logical order
- Some new tabs open without alerting the user
- Not all audio/video content has human corrected captions
- Not all audio/visual content has audio description
- The site is not fully compatible with screen readers
- The site is not fully compatible with voice recognition software
- There are inaccessible PDFs
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format, including accessible PDF, large print or audio recording:
- Email: info@rai.ac.uk
- Address: University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 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: info@rai.ac.uk
- Address: University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 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
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
We are committed to making our website 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 following items to not comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria:
- Not all non-text items have alternative text
- 1.1. Non Text Content
- Not all audio/visual content has human corrected captions
- Not all audio/visual content has audio descriptions
- Keyboard navigation does not always follow a logical order
- Colour alone is used to indicate links
- Not all colour contrasts meet required standards
- Not all content can be reached by keyboard
- Links are not always meaningful hypertext
- It is not clear where a keyboard user has navigated to
- When the pages are magnified the cookie button completely obscures some items
- New browser tab windows open when links are clicked without alerting the user
- The site is not fully compatible with screen readers and other assistive software
- The site has PDF’s which are not fully accessible
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’) on how we are improving our site accessibility.
We are working towards solving these problems and expect significant improvements by December 2025.
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 out with the scope of the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We will continue to address and make adequate improvements to the accessibility issues highlighted. Unless specified otherwise, a complete solution or significant improvement will be in place by December 2025.
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.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared, and the website was last tested, on 7 April 2025.
The testing was carried out by RAi at the University of Southampton using both automated and manual methods. The site was tested on a laptop, primarily using Google Chrome.
Recent world-wide usage levels survey for different screen readers and browsers shows that Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are increasing in popularity, and Google Chrome is now the favoured browser for screen readers:
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey
The aforementioned three browsers have been used in certain questions for reasons of breadth and variety.
We ran automated testing using WAVE WebAIM and then manual testing that included:
- Spell check functionality;
- Scaling using different resolutions and reflow;
- Options to customise the interface (magnification, font, background colour, etc);
- Keyboard navigation and keyboard traps;
- Data validation;
- Warning of links opening in new tab or window;
- Information conveyed in the colour or sound only;
- Flashing, moving or scrolling text;
- Assistive software;
- Tooltips and text alternatives for any non-text content;
- Time limits;
- Compatibility with mobile accessibility functionality (Android and iOS);
- Any drag functionality and alternatives;
- Consistent help function;
- Any cognitive tests.