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Digital accessibility guidance

Explaining our legal duty to provide accessible web content and how you need to make accessible digital content, including web pages, emails, and documents.

Understanding accessibility

What digital accessibility means, why you need to create accessible content, and where to find out more about the regulations we all need to follow.


Website accessibility statement

The following statement explains how bath.ac.uk meets The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Apps) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations.

The government regulations for website accessibility, which we're required to meet as a public sector organisation.

The internationally recognised standards, set by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), for making websites perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust.

Writing and reviewing accessible web content

How to write digital content that's accessible for everyone and review your team's web pages to make sure they comply with the accessibility regulations.


Reviewing web content

Why you must review other people's changes to web pages and what to look for before you or a colleague publishes them on the University website. 

Formatting accessible content in Typecase

How to use Markdown in Typecase (our website publishing platform) to make sure your pages are accessible for everyone.


Creating accessible digital media

What you need to do to make images, videos, and audio content accessible for everyone, on the website and in other places online.


Making documents and emails accessible

How to make your digital documents and emails accessible so you don't exclude colleagues, students, or other people with learning difficulties and disabilities.


Making digital documents accessible

How to make sure the documents you create are accessible and easy to navigate, whether you share them internally, to other organisations, or on the website.

Creating accessible teaching materials

Resources to help you create accessible teaching materials for all students, including the Technology Enhanced Learning Community of Practice on Teams.


How to create accessible teaching materials for students to use online. Part of the Learning and Teaching website, teachinghub.bath.ac.uk.

What you should do before and after your lectures to make sure all students can engage with the information you're teaching.

Join the TEL Community of Practice Teams group for the latest discussions and updates about making teaching materials accessible.

Adding accessible documents to É«ÖÐÉ« Portal (Pure)

Guidance about creating accessible documents for the É«ÖÐÉ« Portal, as well as information on the accessibility of legacy documents in the Portal.


How to make sure your documents on the É«ÖÐÉ« Portal are accessible to everyone.

The web accessibility statement for the University's research repository.

Contact us

If you have questions, please contact:

  • the Digital Content team about creating content for the website, emails, and digital documents
  • the Assistive Technology team about IT equipment and software to help improve your access to digital content