Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://brand.birmingham.ac.uk. This statement does not apply to marketing and communications material produced in line with the guidance provided on this website.

This website is run by University of Birmingham Marketing and Communications dept.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts (as permitted by your browser and extensions)
• 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)

We’ve also made the website content as simple as possible to understand.

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

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• Some PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen reader software

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email: brand@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

In your message please include the following:

• the web address (URL) of the content
• your email address and name
• the format you need

We’ll consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website and are continuing to audit our content. If you find something that you are unable to access, or we have failed to identify a barrier, please let us know.

If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please email: brand@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

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).

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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

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

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents published before 23 September 2018 do not meet accessibility standards – for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This doesn’t meet WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A).

Disproportionate burden

At this time, we have not made any disproportionate burden claims.

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

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. We are currently working on fixing these essential documents or replacing them with accessible html web pages.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

We are in the process of developing an accessibility roadmap. Once complete this will be published here. We will:

• Continue to deliver training and support for all members of staff who publish/edit digital content.
• Explore setting up a community to support colleagues leading in the accessibility area.
• Continue to provide tools to all content editors which help them to identify and fix any accessibility issues.
• Implement a central reporting mechanism to flag any areas of concern and direct resources to address identified issues.

This statement was prepared on 1 September 2023.

It was last reviewed on 6 March 2026.

This website was last tested on 6 March 2026.

The test was carried out by our team using both automated and manual tests on a sample of the most visited pages.