Support for your business

Research - High Quality & World-Leading

Study Chemistry at the University of Central Lancashire

Study in the UK as an International Student

Mature Students - Studying at University

Professional development and short courses

International Multi Campus University – Our Ethos

Study Biosciences at the University of Central Lancashire

Cost of living at 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.

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University of Central Lancashire

Title / URL	Issues
Support for your businesswww.uclan.ac.uk/business	2
Research - High Quality & World-Leadingwww.uclan.ac.uk/research	2
Study Chemistry at the University of Central Lancashirewww.uclan.ac.uk/subjects/chemistry	2
Study in the UK as an International Studentwww.uclan.ac.uk/international-students	2
Mature Students - Studying at Universitywww.uclan.ac.uk/support/mature-student	1
Professional development and short courseswww.uclan.ac.uk/cpd	1
International Multi Campus University – Our Ethoswww.uclan.ac.uk/about-us/international	1
Study Biosciences at the University of Central Lancashirewww.uclan.ac.uk/subjects/biosciences	1
Cost of living at universitywww.uclan.ac.uk/student-life/cost	1
Cost of living at universitywww.uclan.ac.uk/support/cost-of-living	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

University of Central Lancashire

Where this issue has occurred