This statement applies to content published on the ukri.org website.
We want as many people as possible to be able to use and understand our website.
Our accessibility commitment includes making sure that our website visitors can:
- easily understand our web pages by making the content as simple as possible
- zoom in up to 300% on a web page without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
How accessible this website is
Some parts of the UKRI website are not fully accessible. For example:
- PDF documents can not be made fully accessible to all screen reader software
- some older videos may not feature captions
- many videos are embedded from YouTube and may feature labelling from YouTube itself, which could be incorrect or not sufficiently descriptive, you can visit our YouTube channel to see more of our videos
What to do if you cannot access parts of this website
If you need information on this website in a different format, email the Web Team: web@ukri.org
Include in your email the web address of the content (specific URL) and the format you need. For example:
- accessible PDF
- large print
- easy read version
- audio
- braille
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email the Web Team: web@ukri.org
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the public sector bodies (websites and mobile applications) (No.2) accessibility regulations 2018.
If you make a complaint and you’re not happy with how we respond, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
UKRI is committed to making the UKRI website accessible, in accordance with the public sector bodies (websites and mobile applications) (No. 2) accessibility regulations 2018.
This website is partially compliant with the web content accessibility guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to certain non-compliances and exemptions.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations: PDFs and other documents
Many of our PDFs and other document types may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
We are developing a document format using HTML web pages, which will be more accessible than PDFs.
We are working with suppliers and third parties to ensure that the accessibility of documents is planned for at creation.
We are often required to publish documents quickly to the website and plan to retrospectively publish an accessible version once one is available.
Where documents are not in the format you need, you can request an alternative by emailing web@ukri.org
Disproportionate burden: PDFs and other documents
We have assessed that fixing every document on ukri.org would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.
We believe that the benefit of assigning staff to immediately fix all documents on the UKRI website would not be justified, as the documents have a low level of usage.
Content that’s not within the scope of the regulations: PDFs and other documents
Some of our older PDFs and Microsoft Office documents may not meet accessibility standards. For example, they may not be marked up so they are accessible to a screen reader. These include historic reports and case studies.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018. We will not replace these documents with accessible versions.
Where possible, any new PDFs or Microsoft Office documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. Where this is not possible, we will endeavour to make the information available in an accessible format.
If you need documents in a different format like accessible PDF, large print please email web@ukri.org
Content that’s not within the scope of the regulations: live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because this is exempt from meeting accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We used the Digital Accessibility Centre to test the accessibility of the site for compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.
As we continue to develop the website and its content, we will re-audit and test the website for accessibility on a regular basis.
During 2024 we ran a project to increase the accessibility of the documents we publish on the website by upskilling document authors within the organisation. Over 250 authors have been trained. We will continue to offer support and resources to staff.
We are producing some new documents in HTML format as a priority. These are documents that are important to, and well-used by, our website visitors.
Where this is not possible we will aim to ensure our new PDF documents meet basic accessibility standards and trained our document designers and content editors during 2024.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 5 May 2022. It was last reviewed and updated on 11 February 2025.
This website was last tested on 5 July 2023. The test was carried out by the Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC) against WCAG 2.1 AA level compliance, and included extensive testing by users with a wide range of disabilities.
DAC carried out testing on a sample of pages. Criteria included:
- pages that gave a good example of each one of our templates
- pages that included images, multimedia content and interactive elements
- pages that included web forms.
Last updated: 11 February 2025