Accessibility statement for Women in HPC website

This accessibility statement applies to https://whpctransfer.wpenginepowered.com/

This website is run by Women in HPC. 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, fonts and font sizes
  • 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
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet (link is external) has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
  • some page elements have insufficient contrast
  • many images do not have “alt” text
  • some form elements are missing form label
  • Our website embeds a small amount of content from third-party providers; notably, map information and interactive forms. Women in HPC has less control over the accessibility of this content, though we aim to monitor compliance of third-party elements and use third-party elements that are accessible.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF or large print:

Email us using the information on the Contact Us page

We will consider your request and get back to you within 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, Email us using the information on the Contact Us page

Enforcement procedure

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 are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Contacting us by email or phone

You can contact us by Email using the information on the Contact Us page

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Women in HPC is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

  • some page elements have insufficient contrast
  • some form elements lack labels
  • some images lack alt text

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

If you require assistance with any part of the site please Email us using the information on the Contact Us page.

We will consider your request and if possible, provide support or make amendments to the site for you.

Navigation and accessing information

We believe our site navigation is compliant.

Interactive tools and transactions

We believe our site tools are compliant.

Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

We do not believe any content is not within scope.

PDFs and other documents

PDFs and other documents can be provided in alternative formats on request by Emailing us using the information on the Contact Us page

What we are doing to improve accessibility

This site was developed with accessibility in mind and we will continue to review the accessibility of the site as it develops.

We are working with our website developer to fix the issues already identified.

We welcome any feedback and comments on the site via Email us using the information on the Contact Us page

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 27th August 2020. It was last reviewed on 27th August 2020.

This website was last tested on 27th August 2020. The test was carried out by us using WAVE (link is external) and LittleForest (link is external).

We sampled pages that included the greatest range of the content type.