Current staff | Current staff | University of Exeter

Site map | University of Exeter

Library | Library | University of Exeter

Research and Innovation | University of Exeter

Benefits, rewards and recognition | Benefits, rewards and recognition | University of Exeter

New Students Guide | New Students Guide | University of Exeter

Success for All | Success for All | University of Exeter

Cornwall campuses | University of Exeter

Teachers and Advisers | Teachers and advisers | University of Exeter

Alumni and supporters | Alumni and supporters | University of Exeter

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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University of Exeter

Title / URL	Issues
Current staff \| Current staff \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/staff/	1
Site map \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/about/sitemap/	1
Library \| Library \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/departments/library/	1
Research and Innovation \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/research/	1
Benefits, rewards and recognition \| Benefits, rewards and recognition \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/staff/benefits/	1
New Students Guide \| New Students Guide \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/students/newstudents/	1
Success for All \| Success for All \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/about/vision/successforall/	1
Cornwall campuses \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/about/cornwall/	1
Teachers and Advisers \| Teachers and advisers \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/study/teachers/	1
Alumni and supporters \| Alumni and supporters \| University of Exeterwww.exeter.ac.uk/alumnisupporters/	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

University of Exeter

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