Clearing - University of Chichester

LLB (Hons) Law with Business - University of Chichester

Research Excellence Framework - University of Chichester

Social Work - University of Chichester

Sport at Chichester - University of Chichester

Student Contract - University of Chichester

Fees and Finance – Undergraduate - University of Chichester

News - University of Chichester

MA Music Performance Degree - University of Chichester

Sociology - University of Chichester

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

November 2025

October 2025

University of Chichester

	Title / URL	Issues
	Clearing - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/clearing/	1
	LLB (Hons) Law with Business - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/law/course/llb-law-with-business/	1
	Research Excellence Framework - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/research/research-excellence-framework/	1
	Social Work - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/social-work/	1
	Sport at Chichester - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/student-life/sport-at-chichester/	1
	Student Contract - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/student-contract/	1
	Fees and Finance – Undergraduate - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-finance/	1
	News - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/about-us/news/	1
	MA Music Performance Degree - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/music/course/ma-music-performance/	1
	Sociology - University of Chichesterwww.chi.ac.uk/sociology/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred