Web accessibility
These pages provide you with an introduction to what web accessibility is and why it is important for the University’s websites and web-based systems to be accessible to everyone. You will also find support for creating accessible content.
Lund University’s websites are covered by the European Union Directive on Accessibility of the Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies, which requires both the technology and the content to be accessible.
Statistics
According to the Funka organisation, about 10–20 per cent of the population in the Western world is estimated to have some form of disability. In addition to this group, there are many people with temporary or situational disabilities.
Information and services are to be usable by everyone regardless of circumstances such as disability.
Simulate the experiences of different user groups
To get a picture of how visitors with various disabilities experience your website, you can use a simulator. One example of a simulator is Funkify, which is an extension you can install in your Chrome web browser. Using Funkify, you can experience your website as a colour-blind person would, for example, or a person with dyslexia.
Funkify extension in Chrome web browser - funkify.org
Support in your web accessibility work
Who is responsible for web accessibility at Lund University?
Lund University has an estimated 1000 different websites. The head of each organisational unit is ultimately responsible for that unit’s website and for ensuring that its content complies with current laws and regulations such as the the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), copyright law and accessibility. Thus the head of each organisational unit is responsible for ensuring that an accessibility statement is published on the unit’s website.
The requirement for web accessibility affects many different roles within the University, such as:
- Managers
- Teaching staff who produce teaching material for the web
- Developers coding websites
- Managers of online systems
- Communications officers who publish web pages
- Administrators who produce documents for the web
Contact
Contact Lund University's accessibility expert via our
contact form.
You can also join the team "Nätverket för webbpublicister vid Lunds universitet" that has a channel for discussing web accessibility. Join the team and go directly to "Webbtillgänglighetskanalen" (in Swedish) on Microsoft Teams