Executive Leadership - Bishop's University

Human Resources - Bishop's University

The Writing Centre / English Writing Proficiency - Bishop's University

Events - Bishop's University

Cookie Policy - Bishop's University

Page not found - Bishop's University

Chairs and Deans - Bishop's University

Library Learning Commons - Bishop's University

Bishop's International - Bishop's University

Future Students - Bishop's University

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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December 2025

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Title / URL	Issues
Executive Leadership - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/about-bu/executive-leadership/	20
Human Resources - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/human-resources/	20
The Writing Centre / English Writing Proficiency - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/writing-centre/	20
Events - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/events/	20
Cookie Policy - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/cookie-policy/	20
Page not found - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/invented-url-for-404-page	20
Chairs and Deans - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/bu-directory/chairs-and-deans/	20
Library Learning Commons - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/library/	20
Bishop's International - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/bishops-international/	20
Future Students - Bishop's Universitywww.ubishops.ca/future-students/	20

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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