Accessibility
General Statement
We have made every effort to make this site accessible and easy to use for everyone. Below are some of the measures we have taken to ensure accessibility throughout this website.
Standards compliance
We aim to comply with Level-AA of the W3C Web content accessibility guidelines (external link) meeting all Priority 1 and 2 guidelines.
All pages on this website validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Visual design
All pages on this website uses CSS for layout.
Only relative font sizes are used in this website. This means that you can resize the text in visual browsers to suit your personal preference.
If CSS is not supported by your browser, the content of this site is still readable.
Images
Where images are used to display information on this website, a text alternative is supplied using the "alt" attribute. This provides users of non-visual browsers with an explanation of the significance of each image.
For more information about accessibility, visit the W3C website (external link)
Browser Issues
You can specify the font sizes, styles, foreground and background colours of web pages displayed on your computer screen, even if the author of the web page has already specified these. You can also specify the colour used to indicate links in Web pages, or a special colour for links that are used only when the mouse passes over the link. This is useful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colours.
Browser Text & Colours
Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC
Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
Select ´Tools´ from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select ´Internet options…´
Click on the ´General´ tab
Click on the button marked ´Accessibility´
To change your font size, select the checkbox marked ´Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages´
To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked ´Ignore colours specified on web pages´
Click OK (and again if necessary)
Select ´View´ from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select ´Text size´
Select your desired text size
Microsoft Internet Explorer for Apple Mac
Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
Select the ´edit´ menu at the top of your window
From the options menu which appear, select ´preferences´
Click on ´web content´
Deselect the button marked ´show style sheets´
Return to the list of preferences
Click on ´web browser´
Select ´language/fonts´
Select the font size you require
Adobe PDF Documents
There are a number of large documents and reports on this website that have been stored as Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF file formats are used for the publication of large and complex documents. To view and print PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. Please cick on the Get Adobe Reader image to install the freely available Adobe Reader.
Accessibility Queries
If you have any difficulties using this site that you believe we could address, please let us know. It would be helpful if your e-mail contained the following:
- the URL(s) (web-address) of the page(s) that you are having difficulties with
- the nature of your disability
- a description of the problem area
Please email us through the Contact Us section of this website.