Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to https://tinkle.rca.ac.uk (the “Website”). This Website is run by the Royal College of Art (the “RCA”, “we”, “us” or “our”), whose registered office is at Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, regardless of age, technology, device or disability. For example, this means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings;
  • zoom in up to four hundred per cent (400%) 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; and
  • listen to most of the Website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).

We have also made the Website text as simple as possible to understand.

If you have a disability, AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use in the My Computer My Way section on its website.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this Website in a different format, such as an accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, or if you need details of the information excluded under Regulation 4(2) and Regulation 7(4) of the Accessibility Requirements, please email us at websupport@rca.ac.uk

We will get back to you within three working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact websupport@rca.ac.uk.

We will get back to you within three working days.

Enforcement procedure

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).

Compliance statement

The RCA is committed to making the Website accessible in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) version 2.2 AA standard.

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of the Website, there are some known limitations: 

Known errors

  • One broken link – we will identify this and fix it.
  • Very low contrast on buttons – this relates to the contrast between the pale blue buttons and text against white. We will seek to strengthen this. 
  • Alternative text on some links could be clearer.

We will address these issues over the 24/25 Academic year (by September 2025).

CampusPress

The site has been built using CampusPress which is a WordPress-powered platform designed for higher education websites. The WordPress Accessibility Team works to make WordPress sites accessible to everyone. CampusPress also works with contributors, content authors, and end-users to help with training and awareness of accessibility compliance. We will share any known issues we encounter, or that are reported to us, with CampusPress who will provide guidance whenever possible.

PDFs and other documents

Many of the documents in our RESOURCES page and linked to through Network profiles may not meet accessibility standards. The RCA is not responsible for content provided by other organisations but featured on TINKLE. For RCA publications that do not meet accessibility standards, please notify us via ptru-hhcd@rca.ac.uk 

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.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 10th May 2020. The test was carried out by RCA staff using WAVE Online Web Accessibility Evaluation tool (https://wave.webaim.org). WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible. WAVE can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation of web content.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This accessibility statement was prepared on 17 December 2024. It was last reviewed on 17 December 2024

This Website was last tested on 17 December 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.