Accessibility Statement

We have endeavoured to make this site usable and accessible, and would like all visitors to be able to find the information they require quickly and easily. However, if you encounter any difficulties, please let us know by e-mailing support@rsc-wm.ac.uk.

Usability and accessibility features of the RSC West Midlands site

When using this site, you will find the following features that will help you to find the information you are looking for:

Finding your place in the site

The navigation menus on the left and top of all pages shows each section of the site. If a section has more than one page you will find these links via the section index page. Breadcrumbs are used to assist you in finding your place within each section. We feel it is unnecessary to use Access Keys in view of the navigation design. In most cases, external links will open in a new browser window.

NB. Non mouse users can use tabbing to navigate around the page in a logical order.

Returning to the homepage

When you want to return to the home page, you can click or tab onto the ‘Home’ link (in the breadcrumb trail at the top left hand side of every page, positioned above the ‘menu’). Alternatively, you can click or tab onto the RSC West Midlands logo at the top left hand side of each page.

Downloads - Adobe Acrobat Reader

Whilst we have kept the use of downloads to a minimum, you will need Adobe Acrobat to open pdf files that appear on this website. If you do not have this software on your system, you can download and install it free from Adobe's website

Users with specific accessibility requirements can read more about accessing pdf files on Access Adobe website

Changing the size of the text

When viewing this site, you will be able to increase or decrease the font size using your browser settings. Here are a few examples using popular browsers as follows:

Internet Explorer - Select View > Text Size, and select your preferred size. Or, press and hold the ‘Alt’ key, then type ‘V’ and ‘X’ and release the ‘alt’ key and select the size you require from the list. The font size you select will remain in effect until you select a different size. Additionally, if you have a wheel on your mouse you can also increase and decrease the size of the text by pressing and holding the ‘CTRL’ key and moving the wheel up and down to change the text size
Mozilla - Select View > Text size, and then select increase or decrease accordingly. Or, hold down the ‘CTRL’ key and press the plus ‘ ’ key to increase the font size. Repeat the procedure to increase further. To decrease the text size hold down the ‘CTRL’ key and press the minus ‘-‘ key
Netscape - Select View > Text Zoom, and your preferred percentage size. Alternatively, to increase the font size, press and hold down the ‘CTRL’ key and press the ‘]’. To increase the font size further, continue to press the ‘]’ key whilst holding down the ’CTRL’ key. To decrease the font size, press down the CTRL key and press the ‘[‘ key. To decrease the font size further continue to press the ‘[’ key whilst holding down the ’CTRL’ key. NB your selected font size will remain in effect until you close Netscape.

Changing colours in your browser

The BBC website has a useful section on how to change the text and background colours in your browser. ‘My Web, My Way’ covers changing colours in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera and Netscape.

Follow this linkto view the article.

Additional resources

The following resources may also provide some assistance:

Jaws – a screen reader for Windows that uses synthesised speech

Window Eyes– a screen reader with supported Braille displays

Lynx – a text only web browser for the blind

The JISC TechDis website features links to a comprehensive range of resources to help facilitate accessibility.

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