Aimhigher Greater Merseyside is passionate about the accessibility of its website. Our website has been designed with a number of accessibility features. The key features include:

Access options

• Alternative text
• Readable and resizable fonts
• Font and Background Colours
• Minimising the use of images
• Access keys
• Making content more accessible

You can use the access options page to easily change this site to meet your needs. You can change the text size; change the website's colour scheme; switch drop-down navigation menus on or off; use access keys to navigate the site; and use a choice of text-to-speech systems.

Alternative text

Images on our website have alternative text attributes, often known as alt text. This means that when an image is used on a web page to convey information its content is also described in the alt text. This means that the image can be understood by text browsers and assistive technologies such as screen readers. If an image is used for simply decorative purposes, the text attribute for the image is left empty in line with accepted best practice.

Readable and resizable fonts

The Aimhigher Greater Merseyside website uses font sizes that you can control using your web browser.

You can change the text size in Microsoft Internet Explorer by selecting View > Text size followed by your preferred text size from 'Smallest' to 'Largest'. The default setting is 'Medium'.

You can change the text size in Mozilla Firefox by selecting View > Text size followed by 'Increase' or 'Decrease'. To return the text size to its default setting, select 'Normal'.

The website's fonts have been chosen for their legibility on computer screens.

Font and Background Colours

You can control the website colours using your web browser.

You can change the colours in Mozilla Firefox by selecting Tools > Options > Content > Fonts and Colours. Choose the background and font colours that you prefer.

You can change the colours in Internet Explorer by selecting Tools > Internet Options and then using the 'Colors' and 'Fonts' buttons towards the bottom of the 'General' tab.

Minimising the use of images

Live text is used rather than graphics wherever possible to reduce page download time and to increase your control over text size.

Access keys

Access keys are a useful navigation device enabling you to get around the Aimhigher Greater Merseyside main website using your keyboard. They can be used to jump to different sections of content across the main Aimhigher Greater Merseyside website. View access keys on the Aimhigher Greater Merseyside website.

• Access key H - Home
• Access key A - Help & Advice
• Access key W - Why Aimhigher
• Access key N - News & Events
• Access key D - Calendar
• Access key P - Projects
• Access key F - Foundation Degree
• Access key R - Practitioners
• Access key G - Graduate Mentors
• Access key L - Links
• Access key C - Contact Us
• Access key S - Site Map
• Access key 0 - Accessibility

Help us to help you

We seek to meet the Priority A, AA, and selected AAA guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Our website is tested on a regular basis using a combination of automated tools to identify potential problem areas and manual testing to ensure we meet the spirit as well as the letter of the W3C's accessibility guidelines.

Inevitably, we won't always get it right, and with over 1,000 pages of content we are bound to miss some problems, but we are committed to addressing any access issues promptly. And that's where we'd like your help. If you experience any difficulties in accessing our website, or have trouble using any aspect of the website, we'd like you to let us know. Contact us and let us know your experience.