The Real London - London Metropolitan University

Undergraduate courses - London Metropolitan University

Social media - London Metropolitan University

Aaron Patel - London Metropolitan University

Angela Airlie - London Metropolitan University

Graduate privileges - London Metropolitan University

Staff trade unions - London Metropolitan University

FAQs - London Metropolitan University

Greg Dyke - London Metropolitan University

Schools - London Metropolitan 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.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2025

December 2024

London Metropolitan University

Title / URL	Issues
The Real London - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/the-real-london/	1
Undergraduate courses - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/	1
Social media - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/social-media/	1
Aaron Patel - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/students/aaron-patel/	1
Angela Airlie - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/students/angela-airlie/	1
Graduate privileges - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/alumni/graduate-privileges-/	1
Staff trade unions - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/about/staff-trade-unions/	1
FAQs - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/events/faqs/	1
Greg Dyke - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/students/greg-dyke/	1
Schools - London Metropolitan Universitywww.londonmet.ac.uk/schools/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

London Metropolitan University

Where this issue has occurred