Undergraduate courses - University of Kent

Postgraduate courses - University of Kent

Student Support and Wellbeing - University of Kent

What's on - University of Kent

Events - University of Kent

Schools and Colleges - University of Kent

Medway Campus - Maps - University of Kent

Paris - Maps - University of Kent

Kent alumni events - Kent Alumni - University of Kent

Visit Kent - 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.

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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
Student Support and Wellbeing - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/student-support	54
What's on - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/whats-on	47
Events - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/events	43
Schools and Colleges - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/schools-and-colleges	43
Medway Campus - Maps - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/medway/medway-campus	42
Paris - Maps - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/maps/paris	40
Kent alumni events - Kent Alumni - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/alumni/events	25
Visit Kent - University of Kentwww.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit	13

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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