BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance | Uni of Herts

BA (Hons) Marketing | Uni of Herts

BSc (Hons) Economics | Uni of Herts

BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) | Uni of Herts

BSc (Hons) Computer Science | Uni of Herts

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | Uni of Herts

Guide to Clearing | Clearing | Uni of Herts

Apprenticeships | Courses | Uni of Herts

Short courses and CPD | Courses | Uni of Herts

Clearing at Herts | Clearing | Uni of Herts

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

November 2025

October 2025

University of Hertfordshire

	Title / URL	Issues
	BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/accounting-and-finance	10
	BA (Hons) Marketing \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/marketing	10
	BSc (Hons) Economics \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-hons-economics	10
	BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult) \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/adult-nursing	9
	BSc (Hons) Computer Science \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/computer-science	9
	Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/mbbs-medicine	9
	Guide to Clearing \| Clearing \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/clearing/guide-to-clearing	6
	Apprenticeships \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/apprenticeship-study	4
	Short courses and CPD \| Courses \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/courses/short-courses-and-cpd	4
	Clearing at Herts \| Clearing \| Uni of Hertswww.herts.ac.uk/clearing	4

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

University of Hertfordshire

Where this issue has occurred