This accessibility statement applies to the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) website.

This website is run by the marketing department. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

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

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

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • Some of our newer PDFs are not fully accessible to screen readers
  • There is content displayed in frames with no title attribute

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email the marketing team.

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

If you cannot view the map on our contact us page, call or email us for directions.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The AMRC 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

Non-text content (WCAG 1.1.1)
  • Some alternative text is the same as nearby text
  • Images may have been incorrectly defined as decorative
  • There are adjacent links that go to the same destination
  • There is alternative text that is not accurate
  • Some images incorrectly have empty alternative text whilst having descriptive titles
  • Images may have alternative text inside links that do not correctly describe the link or image
Info and relationships (WCAG 1.3.1)
  • Headers are missing on some tables
  • Some text is not correctly defined as a heading
  • There are some form controls missing labels
  • Ensure labels in the document fragment point to valid IDs
  • There are missing ARIA description IDs
  • PDFs are missing headings and tags
Meaningful sequence (WCAG 1.3.2)
  • HTML may not be in a meaningful sequence
  • PDF content may not be in a meaningful sequence
Use of colour (WCAG 1.4.1)
  • A few links cannot be distinguished by more than just colour
Contrast minimum(WCAG 1.4.3)
  • Some PDFs do not have sufficient text contrast
Images of text (WCAG 1.4.5)
  • There are a few images of text
Bypass blocks (WCAG 2.4.1)
  • There are frames that have an inaccurate title
  • There are frames without a title
Page titled (WCAG 2.4.2)
  • Some PDFs are missing a title
Focus order (WCAG 2.4.3)
  • There are elements on the website where the tabbing order is not optimal
Link purpose (WCAG 2.4.4)
  • There are pages that have the same link text for different destinations
  • There are links that do not clearly explain their purpose
Language of page (WCAG 3.1.1)
  • Some PDFs do not specify a default language
Labels or instructions (WCAG 3.3.2)
  • Some labels or instructions are missing when content requires user input
Parsing (WCAG 4.1.1)
  • There are duplicate IDs on some pages
Name, role, value (WCAG 4.1.2)
  • Some links cannot be used by screen readers
Multiple ways (WCAG 2.4.5)
  • We have some long PDFs that do not use bookmarks to aid navigation
  • There are pages where there isn't multiple ways to access a page
Headings and labels (WCAG 2.4.6)
  • Some headings and labels are not descriptive
Focus visible (WCAG 2.4.7)
  • There are controls that do not change appearance when they are selected
Dragging movements (WCAG 2.5.7)
  • Components on our website have drag and drop movements without an accessible alternative
Target size minimum (WCAG 2.5.8)
  • There are some interactive components that are not far enough apart
Consistent navigation (WCAG 3.2.3)
  • Some of our navigation is inconsistent
Consistent identification (WCAG 3.2.4)
  • There are components that are not identified consistently

Disproportionate burden

Not applicable

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix the factory 2050 2015 programme PDF.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

As well as running regular accessibility audits, we are working with staff members to raise awareness around good accessibility practice.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 22/11/2024. It was last reviewed on 22/11/2024.

This website was last tested on 8/11/2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

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