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University of York

How this website ranks against other UK Universities websites

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Great

Accessibility

27th place in UK Universities

Level A - 86.7%

Level AA - 80.4%

Level AAA - 64.2%

These measure compliance against the WCAG 2.1 standard. What does this mean?

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125 web pages and 54 PDFs were tested.

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Accessibility recommendations

Priority Description
Ensure pages don't require zooming and 2D scrolling on small screens
Ensure controls change appearance when they are selected
Ensure pages don't scroll in two dimensions on small screens
Allow users to quickly skip to content
Specify alternative text for images inside links
Ensure text has sufficient contrast
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