Research | Dublin City University | Research Office

DCU Campus Store | Dublin City University

Student Health Service | Dublin City University | Student Health Service

Age Friendly University | Dublin City University | Age Friendly University

CAO Hub with DCU | Dublin City University

Student Advice & Learning Skills Centre | Dublin City University | sal

Student Support & Development | Dublin City University | Student Support & Development

DCU Sport | Dublin City University | DCU Sport

DCU Placement | Dublin City University

Courses at DCU | Dublin City University |

Every page should have a clearly defined heading, known as a "H1" (Heading 1).

A `H1` is the main heading of the page. It helps accessibility by allowing uses to
skip to the main content of the page. It helps all users identify what the page is about. 
It helps SEO by giving special emphasis to the topic of the page.

It is not enough to simply include large text. Headings must be coded 
[semantically](https://html.com/semantic-markup/) as `<h1>` tags, like so:

```html
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
```

Note that headings must contain some machine readable text to be considered valid. 
For example, this heading is not valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png">
</h1>
``` 

But with the addition of `alt` text, this heading is valid:

```html
<h1>
    <img src="company-logo.png" alt="About Company Inc.">
</h1>
``` 

Generally we recommend you just use plain text for your headings.
See [Technique H42](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H42) for more details.

missing-h1

June 2025

May 2025

Dublin City University

Title / URL	Issues
Research \| Dublin City University \| Research Officewww.dcu.ie/research	1
DCU Campus Store \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/campusstore	1
Student Health Service \| Dublin City University \| Student Health Servicewww.dcu.ie/health	1
Age Friendly University \| Dublin City University \| Age Friendly Universitywww.dcu.ie/agefriendly	1
CAO Hub with DCU \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/cao	1
Student Advice & Learning Skills Centre \| Dublin City University \| salwww.dcu.ie/sal	1
Student Support & Development \| Dublin City University \| Student Support & Developmentwww.dcu.ie/students	1
DCU Sport \| Dublin City University \| DCU Sportwww.dcu.ie/dcusport	1
DCU Placement \| Dublin City Universitywww.dcu.ie/placement	1
Courses at DCU \| Dublin City University \|www.dcu.ie/courses	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

Dublin City University

Where this issue has occurred