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Accessibility Statement for Lincoln Bishop University

This accessibility statement applies to www.lincolnbishop.co.uk, which is run by Lincoln Bishop University.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. You should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Zoom in up to 300% without text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate most of the website using a keyboard, speech recognition software, or a screen reader (including recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

Feedback and Contact Information

If you need content in an alternative format (accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille), please get in touch:

We'll respond within 5 working days. If you cannot view the map on our Contact Us page, contact us for directions using the details above.

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

Reporting Accessibility Problems

We're always looking to improve. If you find a problem not listed here or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us using the details above.

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

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Lincoln Bishop University is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Colour and contrast:

  • Some form placeholder text does not have sufficient colour contrast — WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (AA)
  • Some form validation error messages do not have sufficient colour contrast — WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (AA)

Forms and navigation:

  • Keyboard focus is not visible when tabbing onto some custom-styled form checkboxes — WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible (AA)

PDF documents:

  • Some PDF documents do not have a title set in their metadata, making it harder for screen reader users to identify their purpose — WCAG 2.4.2 Page Titled (A)
  • Some PDF documents do not have a language set in their metadata, meaning screen readers may use incorrect pronunciation — WCAG 3.1.1 Language of Page (A)
  • Some PDF documents contain images without alternative text — WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content (A)
  • Some PDF documents contain content that is not correctly tagged for assistive technologies — WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A)

Resize text:

  • The link "Apply for September 2026" is no longer visible at 200% zoom — WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text (AA)

Reflow:

  • At 400% zoom and in mobile view (320 x 256 pixels), once "Click to read our cookie notice" is expanded within the cookie banner, content overflows the visible part of the screen and cannot be scrolled — WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow (AA)
  • At 400% zoom, the text "Teaching, Assessment & Feedback..." does not reflow correctly and overlaps onto the text "National Student Survey 2025" — WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow (AA)
  • The link "Apply for September 2026" is no longer visible at 400% zoom — WCAG 1.4.10 Reflow (AA)

Keyboard focus:

  • At 200% zoom and above, once "Click to read our cookie notice" is expanded within the cookie banner, keyboard focus can move to the page content behind it when tabbing away, resulting in the focused element being completely hidden from view — WCAG 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA)
  • Once the magnifying glass icon at the top of the webpage is expanded, keyboard focus can move to the page content behind it when tabbing away. For example, this results in the link "Apply for September 2026" being hidden from view when it receives keyboard focus. This is also an issue at 400% zoom — WCAG 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA)
  • At 200% and 400% zoom, when the hamburger menu is open, keyboard focus can move to the page content behind it when tabbing away from the menu, resulting in the focused element being completely hidden from view — WCAG 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA)

Disproportionate Burden

We do not consider any issues on this website to represent a disproportionate burden.

Content Outside the Scope of the Accessibility Regulations

PDFs and documents: Some PDFs and Word documents are essential to our services. We plan to fix or replace these with accessible HTML pages. Documents published before 23 September 2018 that are not essential to our services are exempt under the regulations.

Live video: Live video streams do not have captions, which fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.4 (Captions – Live). Live video is exempt from the accessibility regulations, and we do not plan to add live captions.

What We're Doing to Improve

Our accessibility roadmap (to follow) will outline how and when we plan to address the issues above.

Preparation of This Statement

This statement was prepared on 18 July 2022. It was last reviewed on 1 July 2026.

The test was carried out by Cursor. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.