The Making of Charlemagne's Europe website is the result of a research project carried out at King's College London by the Department of History and the Department of Digital Humanities and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The website is designed, developed and maintained by King's Digital Lab and we have made an effort to make the content accessible and/or offer accessible alternatives to all audiences.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
change colours, contrast levels and fonts;
zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen;
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard;
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software;
skip to the main content when using a screen reader;
browse the main content without any readability issues (contrast complies with the AA standards);
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).
We've also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
certain tags used to highlight words or phrases may not be semantically detected by screen readers;
Images on map do not have alternative text;
Some links are lacking descriptions;
Some headings are not nested properly which may be hard to understand hierarchically.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
email kdl-info@kcl.ac.uk
We will consider your request and get back to you in 15 days.
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our websites. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us using the email listed above. Please include as many details as you can, such as a link to every page where the issue is occurring and screenshots or other supporting media, whenever possible.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the 'accessibility regulations'). If you're not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
KDL is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Incorrect semantic markup
Bold <b> and italic <i> tags used instead of strong <strong> and emphasis <em> tags so screen readers will not be able to detect. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships). These are added when using a third party application CMS editor, Wagtail, which we have no control of and cannot change. We have brought this issue up with the Wagtail team and they are looking at solutions to this issue.
Lack of description and labels
Images on map viewer on some pages (for example: ‘browse places’ page) do not have alternative text to describe. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. It cannot be easily fixed because it is embedded via javascript and requires changes to legacy backend code. To fix this would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
Links lack descriptions
Links on some pages (for example: ‘browse agents’ page) are lacking descriptions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. It cannot be easily fixed as it requires changes to legacy backend code. To fix this would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
Improper heading structure
Headings on some pages (for example: homepage, ‘help and guide’ page) are not nested properly which may be hard to understand content hierarchically. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.10 Section Headings. It cannot be easily fixed because it is embedded via javascript and requires changes to legacy backend code. To fix this would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
This website was last tested on the 15th of July, 2020. The test was carried out by King's Digital Lab.
We used SiteImprove Accessibility Checker plugin to assess compliance with WCAG and tested the pages below with built-in assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision.
The ‘homepage’ at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/
The ‘about’ page at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/about/
The ‘browse’ page at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/browse/ and its child pages
The ‘help and user guides’ page at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/help/
The ‘blog’ page at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/blog/
The ‘useful links’ page at http://www.charlemagneseurope.ac.uk/useful-links/
This statement was prepared on the 15th of July, 2020. It was last reviewed on 9 November 2020.
This page is based on the sample template provided by gov.uk.
