Research - High Quality & World-Leading

Graduate careers support

Meet our alumni

Visit us - Getting to the University of Lancashire

Information for partner students

The University of Lancashire Alumni Network

Mature Students - Studying at University

Study Astronomy at the University of Lancashire

Student Life - Costs, Entertainment, Support & More

Study Dentistry at the University of Lancashire

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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February 2026

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University of Lancashire

	Title / URL	Issues
	Research - High Quality & World-Leadingwww.lancashire.ac.uk/research	1
	Graduate careers supportwww.lancashire.ac.uk/alumni/graduate-support	1
	Meet our alumniwww.lancashire.ac.uk/alumni/meet-our-alumni	1
	Visit us - Getting to the University of Lancashirewww.lancashire.ac.uk/visit	1
	Information for partner studentswww.lancashire.ac.uk/welcome/partners	1
	The University of Lancashire Alumni Networkwww.lancashire.ac.uk/alumni	1
	Mature Students - Studying at Universitywww.lancashire.ac.uk/support/mature-student	1
	Study Astronomy at the University of Lancashirewww.lancashire.ac.uk/subjects/astronomy	1
	Student Life - Costs, Entertainment, Support & Morewww.lancashire.ac.uk/student-life	1
	Study Dentistry at the University of Lancashirewww.lancashire.ac.uk/subjects/dentistry	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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