Data Protection | About us | Higher Education Authority

Policy | Higher Education Authority

Vacancies | Higher Education Authority

Internationalisation | Policy | Higher Education Authority

Programme for Access to Higher Education | Policy | Higher Education Authority

Policy Development | Policy | Higher Education Authority

Research Policy | Policy | Higher Education Authority

Freedom of Information | Higher Education Authority

Key acts impacting the HEA | About us | Higher Education Authority

Access Policy | Policy | Higher Education Authority

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.

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August 2025

July 2025

Higher Education Authority (HEA)

Title / URL	Issues
Data Protection \| About us \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/about-us/data_protection/	1
Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/	1
Vacancies \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/vacancies/	1
Internationalisation \| Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/internationalisation/	1
Programme for Access to Higher Education \| Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/access-policy/path/	1
Policy Development \| Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/policy-development/	1
Research Policy \| Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/research-policy/	1
Freedom of Information \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/freedom-of-information/	1
Key acts impacting the HEA \| About us \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/about-us/overview/key-acts/	1
Access Policy \| Policy \| Higher Education Authorityhea.ie/policy/access-policy/	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

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