OU News | Open University

Study for a Career in the Environment | The Open University

Build a Career in Engineering | Study with The Open University

Build a Career in Mental Health | Study with The Open University

Build a Career in Teaching | Study with The Open University

Enhance your employability with career skills from The Open University

Undergraduate Accessibility Statement | The Open University

Build a Career in Law | Study with The Open University

Build a Career in Social Work | Study with The Open University

Build a Career in Management | Study with The Open 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.

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	Title / URL	Issues
	OU News \| Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/blogs/news/page/233/	1
	Study for a Career in the Environment \| The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/environment	1
	Build a Career in Engineering \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/engineering	1
	Build a Career in Mental Health \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/mental-health	1
	Build a Career in Teaching \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/teaching	1
	Enhance your employability with career skills from The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/employability	1
	Undergraduate Accessibility Statement \| The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/accessibility-statement	1
	Build a Career in Law \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/law	1
	Build a Career in Social Work \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/social-work	1
	Build a Career in Management \| Study with The Open Universitywww.open.ac.uk/courses/careers/management	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

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