Undergraduate courses - University of Kent

Postgraduate courses - University of Kent

Paris - Maps - University of Kent

Medway Campus - Maps - University of Kent

Countries - University of Kent

Press Centre - University of Kent

News Centre - More stories - News Centre - University of Kent

Belonging at Kent - University of Kent

Right to food - University of Kent

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

March 2026

February 2026

University of Kent

Title / URL	Issues
Undergraduate courses - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate	100
Postgraduate courses - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate	100
Paris - Maps - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/paris	100
Medway Campus - Maps - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/medway/medway-campus	100
Countries - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/international/countries	10
Press Centre - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/press	8
Press Centre - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/press?page=2	8
News Centre - More stories - News Centre - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/news/more-stories	6
Belonging at Kent - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/belonging	4
Right to food - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/right-to-food	4

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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