Current students | Teesside University

Events | Current students | Teesside University

Undergraduate study | Teesside University

Postgraduate study | Teesside University

International students | Teesside University

Courses starting in January | Postgraduate study | Teesside University

January start courses | Undergraduate study | Teesside 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

February 2026

January 2026

Teesside University

Title / URL	Issues
Current students \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/stud/	51
Current students \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/currentstudents/	51
Events \| Current students \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/stud/events.cfm	15
Undergraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/fulltime/index.cfm	9
Undergraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/fulltime/	9
Postgraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/postgrad/	7
Postgraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/postgrad/index.cfm	7
International students \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/international/	7
Courses starting in January \| Postgraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/postgrad/jan_start.cfm	3
January start courses \| Undergraduate study \| Teesside Universitywww.tees.ac.uk/sections/fulltime/jan_start.cfm	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Teesside University

Where this issue has occurred