Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to West London Institute of Technology's website: www.westlondoniot.ac.uk

This website is run by West London Institute of Technology, part of HRUC. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website and aim to meet a minimum of WCAG 2.2 AA compliance in line with the Web Accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.2) standards.

We have built our website to be accessible with common assistive technologies and different ways of using websites. This means that you can:

• Navigate the menus and all interactive functionality without a mouse and using assistive technology such as a screen reader.
• Increase the font size or zoom in on content.
• Navigate a page using headings throughout our written content.
• Navigate our websites with assistive technology via embedded landmarks and ARIA functionality.

To provide additional support to aid a more inclusive user experience we provide the Recite Me assistive technology tool. This Toolbar enables all website visitors to customise their experience through a range of options to suit their online accessibility and language needs. The Recite Me toolbar provides text-to-speech functionality, fully customisable styling features, reading aids and a translation tool with over 100 languages, including 65 text-to-speech voices and many other features.

How accessible is this website?

Whilst we have endeavoured to ensure the accessibility of our site, there are some known limitations. These are documented below, along with suggested workarounds, and/or our long-term strategy for addressing these limitations.

The following are some potential problems that we are working to improve:

• Embedded video and audio players can sometimes be difficult to use with assistive technology.
• PDFs and documents are not always accessible.
• We aim to provide captions and/or transcripts with all our videos but that might not be available for older videos.
• We do not provide audio descriptions for videos but aim to provide visual content in alternative formats where possible.
• If you encounter any content that you cannot access, then please contact us and we will endeavour to provide you with an accessible alternative.

We make use of third-party resources such as audio and video players to embed content in our website. Wherever possible we will ensure these are conformant.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: marketing@uxbridgecollege.ac.uk

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille: marketing@uxbridgecollege.ac.uk or contact 01895 853333. We will consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.

If you require a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter please contact us before your visit so we can arrange this.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking for ways to improve the accessibility of this website. We are open to ideas about how we can improve our site to provide a better service to our customers and to help people who have not been able to find what they need from our site.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements contact the Marketing Department by email at: marketing@uxbridgecollege.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).

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

West London Institute of Technology is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The following feature have been incorporated into the design and development of this website to make it more accessible.

Keyboard features

• Users can navigate interactive elements of the website using the tab key
• Non-interactive elements are not reached using the tab key including those that are hidden or off screen
• Users can move in reverse order using shift + tab key
• Users can access interactive elements using the enter key.

Focus feature

• Focus indicators are included on interactive elements including links, buttons, form controls, input fields, radio buttons and checkboxes
• The focus indicator is visible and meets contrast requirements
• The focus indicators move in a logical order from top to the bottom and left to the right of the page.

Element interaction

• Buttons can be clicked with Spacebar
• Buttons can be clicked with Enter
• Links can be opened with Enter
• Radio button navigation can be performed with arrow keys
• Checkboxes can be checked with Space
• Checkboxes can be unchecked with Space
• Select can be opened with Enter key
• Select can be opened with Down arrow key
• Option navigation can be performed with up/down arrow keys
• Choose option can be performed with Enter
• Close option dropdown can be performed with Esc.

Display and Orientation

• 200% zoom – no information or functionality loss
• 300% zoom – no information or functionality loss and no horizontal scrolling
• Landscape orientation on device works as expected
• There’s no information or functionality loss when changing orientation.

Screen Readers JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver

• 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)
• Keyboard operability works as expected
• Content order works as expected using down arrow key
• Each interactive element has role, name (according to the site’s main language) and state
• Visually hidden content is not read by a screen reader
• Any information that appears dynamically on the screen is conveyed to the user. (e.g. “Thank you” message after submitting the form)
• Meaningful images have an appropriate alt text in the site’s language
• Decorative images have an empty alt text (so screen readers would ignore them).

Brand Colours

• Check the contrast between each text element and its background
• The contrast for “Regular Size Text” should be at least 4.5:1
• The contrast for “Large Text” should be at least 3:1
• Large text is defined as either greater than 24px or than 18.5px bold”
• Not textual elements (e.g. icons / graphs / buttons) should have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 to their background

Accessible Theme

This site uses a bespoke custom Joomla theme developed with accessibility ‘baked in to it’. This includes correct coding standards of HTML5 semantics used to build each custom component.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• WCAG 1.1.1 - Not all images have alternative text available. We have been working on adding alternative text to any new images published on the website.
• WCAG 1.1.1. Non-text content - some PDFs and word documents are essential to providing our services, however some may not fully meet accessibility standards. We will continue to review existing PDFs and update content by January 2026 or publish new content as html web pages where possible. 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

• PDF content supplied by external parties that does not fully meet accessibility criteria. We will look to add website links where possible to ensure we can link to relevant and helpful information for our website users.
• Invalid Aria Attributes: The embedded Google map and YouTube videos used on the website contain invalid aria attributes on some of their elements. This cannot be fixed without removing the map and YouTube videos.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We aim to audit our website every six months (using both automated and manual methods), via our third-party website agency (the last audit was completed on 30 September 2025) or the Recite Me Accessibility Checker, and resolve any conflicts that may arise from that.

We can conclude based on the testing that the website is partially accessible to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Audio and video

When videos are hosted on YouTube then automatic captions are available and we aim to improve these where possible. If you encounter a video without captions and need assistance accessing the content, then please get in contact and we will provide a transcript.

Documents

Downloadable documents and PDFs may not be fully accessible. We are working to ensure those in use are available in an accessible format.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 30 September 2025. It was last reviewed on 30 September 2025.

The method for testing this website was by both automated and manual methods, via our third-party website agency or the Recite Me Accessibility Checker.