RaYDaR accessibility statement

York St John University is committed to making RaYDaR accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This accessibility statement applies to RaYDaR, a website hosted by Figshare and run for York St John University. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. For example, you should be able to:

• Zoom in up to 300% without problems
• Navigate most of the public website using just a keyboard
• Navigate most of the public website using speech recognition software
• Use most of the public website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Compliance status

RaYDaR is hosted by the Figshare platform which assesses accessibility against the WCAG 2.2 AA, European Accessibility standard (EN 301 549) and Section 508.

At the date of this statement's publication, RaYDaR meets a majority of WCAG 2.2 criteria as 'supported' or 'partially supported'. The partially supported criteria are listed below:

• Audio description or media alternative (Level A and Level AA): RaYDaR does not offer automated transcriptions, captioning or alternative representations of uploaded multimedia content.
• Info and relationships (Level A): Pages with older designs are not fully compatible with screen readers. This includes programme labels for page navigation and tooltip content, available through hover.
• Focus order and keyboard (Level A and AA): Pages using older technologies may not fully align with interactive elements, keyboard focus and keyboard navigation.
• Page titled and link purpose (Level A): Some pages and link text require updates to ensure they are descriptive in purpose.
• Language of page (Level A): RaYDaR does not offer default changes to the language of uploaded content.
• Error identification (Level A): A small number of pages do not provide text descriptions for screen readers when page errors are identified.
• Labels or instructions and name, role, value (Level A): Older pages are missing WAI-ARIA labels and user set labels.
• Contrast (Level AA): Older pages may have a lower contrast ratio than the standard 4.5:1 ratio.
• Resize text (Level AA): Most, but not all pages can be resized up to 200%.
• Reflow (Level AA): Most, but not all pages meet the 400% zoom navigation standard.
• Text spacing (Level AA): Text spacing can align with some custom stylesheets, but it may result in the loss of some content in places.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s):

• Timing adjustable (Level A): RaYDaR does not provide a timeout warning to users.
• Non-text contrast (Level AA): The outline border of the website does not align with the 3:1 contrast ratio requirement.
• Content on hover or focus (Level AA): Tooltips can be dismissed by an escape command but do not automatically close when moving the cursor away from the tooltip.
• Target size (Level AA): The target point does not meet the minimum size of 24 x 24 CSS pixels.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 2 June 2025 using the most recent VPAT provided by Figshare.

This statement was last reviewed on 2 June 2025.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording, please email ray@yorksj.ac.uk or support@figshare.com. We'll consider your request and get back to you as soon as we can.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, please email ray@yorksj.ac.uk or support@figshare.com.

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).

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We are working towards full accessibility on privately accessible pages, and a major revision of this area is the key development focus. For further details, please email ray@yorksj.ac.uk or support@figshare.com.