Accessibility

Oaklands is committed to making the information and resources provided via its website accessible to the widest possible audience. To enable this, we follow widely accepted 'best practice' principles for design and usability.

We have designed this website to be as accessible as possible. You can easily adjust the site in a number of ways to fit your needs. Oaklands College is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all. We aim to create an environment that enables anyone, regardless of disability, to participate fully in the mainstream of college life.

Customise the site to fit your needs

In order to make this website easier to read and navigate, you can change display settings such as:

Text size
Colour and contrast
Screen magnification
Style sheets

The BBC's website "My Web My Way" offers help on adjusting these and other features in your specific operating system and browser.

Customise the site to fit your needs

The website is built using XHTML and CSS, according to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards. It is designed to be in line with recognised best practice, such as the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

We have endeavoured to follow current Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI) guidelines and look to ensure that Conformance Level "AA": all Priority 2 checkpoints are satisfied. WCAG 1.0 has 14 guidelines that are general principles of accessible design. Each guideline has one or more checkpoints that explain how the guideline applies in a specific area. Further information is available on how the guidelines are organized.

Feedback

We continue to make further improvements and enhancements to our accessibility features according to feedback. Please let us know of any problems you may have encountered, or of any features that you have found particularly useful. You can contact us info@oaklands.ac.uk

Any questions call us on 01727 737080.