Accessibility Statement
Our commitment and approach to maintaining an accessible website
Killester College is committed to maintaining an accessible website. Our commitment to this is stated in our Customer Service Charter.
Killester College is committed to ensuring that this website achieves "Double-A" conformance with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. This means that every page will comply with all checkpoints in the top 2 priorities of WCAG 1.0, to comply with the National Disability Authority's Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information Provided by Public Bodies. The National Disability Authority's Centre for Excellence in Universal Design has an introduction to policy and legislation relevant to Universal Design in Ireland.
Killester College is committed to ensuring that any new additions to the website will achieve "Level AA" conformance to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.
Killester College is committed to ensuring that accessibility will feature in any future procurement requests for 3rd-party systems or upgrades to existing systems.
Statement of the website's conformance with official accessibility guidelines
As part of our commitment to continually improving the accessibility of our website we are working towards our goal of achieving Level "Double A" conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. The next accessibility audit of this website is planned for later in 2010.
Areas for improvement and time-lines
We are aware of some areas on the website where accessibility can be improved. We are currently working to achieve this. We hope that this website will achieve "Double-A" conformance with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 by December 2010.
| Section of website | Need for improvement | Time-line for improvement | Alternative access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section of website | Need for improvement | Time-line for improvement | Alternative access |
| Full Time Application Form | This form is not returning an error message if an incorrect email address is entered. | We hope to have improved the accessibility of the Full time Application Form section of the website by August 2010. | If you have problems using the Full time Application Form section of the website, call us on 01 833 7686 and ask to speak to Aisling. You can also write to us at Killester College, Collins Avenue East, Killester, Dublin 5. |
| Evening Classes | Incorrect use of headers for table | We hope to have improved the accessibility by the 5th June 2010 | If you have problems using the Evening Clasess section of the website, call us on ... and ask to speak to Aisling. You can also write to us at Killester College, Collins Avenue East, Killester, Dublin 5. |
How to send feedback on this website's accessibility
We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.
- E-mail us at info@kcfe.cdvec.ie or
Write to us at Killester College, Collins Avenue East, Dublin 5, Ireland. - Phone us on 01 8337686
- Fax us on 01 833 0348
Accessibility features of this website
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Resizeable text
Users can increase size of text
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Compatability with screen-readers
Users may use screen readers which are used by people who are blind to read textual information through synthesized speech or braille
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