Apply | The University of Virginia

Clubs & Activities | The University of Virginia

UVA Parents | The University of Virginia

Faculty & Staff | The University of Virginia

The University of Virginia

Current Students | The University of Virginia

Charlottesville & Beyond | The University of Virginia

Admission | The University of Virginia

Affording UVA | The University of Virginia

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 Virginia

Title / URL	Issues
Apply \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/apply	1
Clubs & Activities \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/life/activities	1
UVA Parents \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/parents	1
Faculty & Staff \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/facultystaff	1
The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/	1
Current Students \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/uvastudents	1
Charlottesville & Beyond \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville	1
Current Students \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/uvastudents	1
Admission \| The University of Virginiavirginia.edu/life	1
Affording UVA \| The University of Virginiawww.virginia.edu/life/affordinguva	1

Ensure every page contains a top-level heading

University of Virginia

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