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Accessibility Statement

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Commitment to Accessibility

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The University of Sussex Online Microsite is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for all users, including people with disabilities. We aim to go beyond minimum compliance by enhancing both technical conformance and user experience wherever possible. Our website is designed and maintained in accordance with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA.
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Conformance Status

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Following our July 2026 accessibility retest, this website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA due to ongoing palette consolidation and the known accessibility issues listed below.

Partial conformance means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

We are working to complete the approved remediation roadmap by 30 September 2026.
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Accessibility Testing

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The website was last tested in July 2026.

Testing included automated scans using axe-core 4.10.2, together with a manual keyboard and focus review.

The automated scans identified 0 violations across the following templates:

  • Homepage
  • Program Page
  • Find Courses / Blog

Manual review identified the palette and contrast remediation items described below.

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Known Accessibility Issues

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The July 2026 retest identified the following issues requiring manual remediation:

  • Manual-review contrast items: text displayed over hero imagery or gradients may not always provide sufficient contrast.
  • Latent colour defects: some colour tokens currently pass contrast requirements in their present use but are not safe for reuse as text colours in other contexts.
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Remediation Status

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Remediation work is underway to consolidate the USX colour palette and resolve pseudo-element and text contrast issues identified during manual review.

We plan to complete this remediation work by 30 September 2026 (Q3 2026).
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Accessibility Features

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We have implemented the following measures:

  • Keyboard navigability for interactive components
  • Text alternatives for non-text content
  • Colour and contrast are considered in the design and development process, with the remaining manual-review contrast items being addressed as part of the remediation roadmap
  • Responsive design for use with screen readers and assistive technologies
  • Logical and consistent navigation structure
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Disproportionate burden

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At this time, we have not made any disproportionate burden claims.
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Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

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PDFs and other documents.

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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.

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

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Live video

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

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If you experience any accessibility barriers on our website or would like to request information in an alternative format, please contact us: accessibility@mco.com

We aim to respond to accessibility feedback within 7 business days.

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How We’re Improving Accessibility

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Our development team incorporates accessibility best practices into all updates, ensuring ongoing compliance and a high-quality experience for all users.
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Enforcement Procedure

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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).
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Last Updated

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This statement was last reviewed on 30 July 2026.