Accessibility report
This is the accessibility report for https://www.laurea.fi, the 2,031-page website of Laurea University of Applied Sciences published in 2018. The statement describes how our web service meets the accessibility requirements laid down in the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019).
The accessibility of Laurea’s website was assessed by a third party in December 2018. Some of the accessibility issues specified in the report have been remedied. The website was also assessed as part of an international student project in May 2019. We received good proposals and the development of our website continues.
The accessibility statement was updated on 3 August 2020.
The latest update on 28 January 2021 was based on Laurea's internal accessibility monitoring, in which an automated accessibility checker tool was used.
Accessibility of the digital service
Laurea’s website partly meets the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Recommendations (WCAG 2.1) levels A and AA.
The website does not yet fully meet the accessibility requirements under the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019).
Inaccessible content
Since 23 September 2018, pdf files have been published in the web service that are not accessible for the part of the language selection, headings or text alternatives for images.
Non-text content Level A
Images on the web pages lack a text alternative (WCAG 1.1.1) or, on the oldest pages, the text alternative is the image file name. The problem occurs on the oldest news pages and the English website, on the project page, on the pages related to education and continuing education and in company logos. These problems are currently being fixed.
Info and relationships Level A
Heading text is missing (WCAG 1.3.1). There are errors on pages related to projects and education as well as on the English pages on degree-awarding education (WCAG 2.4.10).
HTML code has been used to format content instead of CSS (WCAG 1.3.1).
The input field does not contain descriptions for form fields (WCAG 1.3.1, 3.3.2 and 4.1.2).
Form elements are not grouped (WCAG 1.3.1, 3.3.2).
Link purpose (in context) Level A, link purpose (link only), Level AAA
Link text is used to refer to several destinations, or the link text is too generic in its current context, or a linked image is missing alternative text (WCAG 2.4.4, 2.4.9). This issue may occur in the ‘Latest news and articles’ section of our website.
Section headings level AAA
Heading indentation problems (WCAG 2.4.10).
Parsing Level A
Duplicate ID attributes (WCAG 4.1.1).
Name, role, value Level A
IFrame is missing a description (WCAG 4.1.2). The use of descriptions is recommended. This issue occurs in embedded videos on our website.
The site may have content to which the Act is not applicable
- Time-phased media published before 23 September 2020.
- Office software files released before 23 September 2018.
- User content on social media.
We provide support for users who cannot access our digital services
Laurea is committed to improving accessibility in its digital services, and the website's accessibility problems will be corrected during 2021.
Have you noticed any accessibility deficiencies in our digital service? Please let us know and we will do our best to remedy the deficiencies
By email
verkkopalvelut@laurea.fi
Other ways
Mervi Burton, Web Communications Manager, tel. +358 400 951 176
Supervisory authority
If you spot any accessibility issues on the website, first give feedback to the site administrator. It may take 14 days before you receive a response. If you are not satisfied with the reply you have received, or if you do not receive any response within two weeks, you can turn to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland with your feedback. The Agency website describes in detail how to file a complaint and how the matter will be processed.
Supervisory authority’s contact information
Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland
Saavutettavuuden valvonnan yksikkö (supervisory unit for accessibility)
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi (page in Finnish or Swedish)
saavutettavuus@avi.fi
tel. (switchboard) +358 295 016 000
Contact information for different actors can be found at https://www.laurea.fi/en/contact-information/
This website/app was published on 30 October 2018