Our commitment to website accessibility
Our aim is that everyone should be able to use our website, no matter what your impairments and which technologies you use. To that end, the website has been designed and coded taking best practice web accessibility guidelines into account.
How accessible is our website?
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- not all media will have a transcript or be subtitled
- some text may not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window and at certain levels of magnification
- some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Browsers we support
The Science Council website supports the latest versions of the following browsers:
• Windows: Chrome, Firefox and Edge
• Mac OS X: Chrome, Firefox and Safari
• iOS: Safari and Chrome
• Android: Chrome
The following browsers are now out of date:
• Internet Explorer 11
• Safari 9
• Opera 34
If you are using the Science Council website on an out of date browser, we recommend that you upgrade to the latest version or switch to a different browser like Chrome for a better experience.
Video content
All of the videos on the website are hosted on Youtube and embedded in the web page. By clicking on the video link you can add captions to the video natively in YouTube.
Links
When links are added in text, we make sure that the link text clearly describes the destination of that link, so that you end up exactly where you expected.
Colour contrast
The website has been designed to meet the WCAG 2.2 recommended colour contrast ratios, making the website easier to use and the text easier to read.
Fonts
The font used in this website is a sans-serif font, which the WAI recommend for reading on computer screens.
Zoom
Most modern web browsers allow you to zoom in to enlarge the text and images on the screen.
To change zoom level using your mouse wheel
Press and hold a CTRL key with one hand.
Move you mouse wheel up (to increase) or down (to decrease) text size.
Let go of the CTRL key.
To change Font size using your keyboard:
Select Increase Text Size or Decrease Text Size from the View menu. Alternatively hold down the CTRL key and + key or hold down the CTRL key and – key.
Using your browser settings – Internet Explorer (PC)
Click on the cog icon in the top left corner. Select zoom from the menu.
Using your browser settings – Firefox
Click on the menu icon in the top left corner (Three lines). Use the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to change the zoom level.
Using your browser settings – Chrome
Click on the menu icon in the top left corner (Three lines). Use the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to change the zoom level.
External accessibility help
- Help with using your computer, tablet or phone
- Apple accessibility support
- Google accessibility support
- Microsoft accessibility support
Contact us if you have problems using our website
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our website, so if you find anything on the site difficult to use please contact us.