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Hello Angie I have had another communication from the Coaching Academy about the £99.00 +VAT weekend courses they are doing. There is one in southampton 15/16 July - would you be interested? It's just a thought.... I think I might like to do it - but they are saying places will go quite quickly. Cost covers everything except the overnight stay at the hotel and I presume breakfast/eve meal is not include. Wasn't it a gorgeous weekend? This morning at 4.45! There were five fox cubs the size of large cats, playing in the end of my garden and the adjoining gardens - magical. Penny -----Original Message----- From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vikki Pickering Sent: 02 June 2006 14:52 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Accessibility of application websites Please see the email below as a response to the message sent on Wednesday. Darren, UCAS owns the UCAS, GTTR, NMAS and CUKAS websites, and it is therefore our responsibility to ensure that our website services are accessible to all users. Over the last couple of years, a few users have contacted us to say that they have had difficulties using one or more of our website services, due to the font size and/or colours specified in the current designs. In each case, we have been able to help them overcome the problems that they had encountered. Recently, UCAS commissioned a survey and an independent, expert review of the usability and accessibility of our web services and are now acting on the findings of this research. UCAS has initiated a project to redevelop all of our websites and services and accessibility is a key element in the success criteria of this project. User testing will be conducted throughout the development phase of the project, to ensure that all quality criteria are met. Please contact me directly if you would like to be involved in this user testing work. Phase one of this project is scheduled for completion in September 2006, to coincide with the start of the 2007 entry cycle. I hope that this response answers the questions that you have raised. Regards, Ruth Colyer UCAS Website Manager Digital Services Department Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Tel: 01242 544836 Fax: 01242 544948 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.ucas.com Registered Office: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham GL52 3LZ Registered Company Number: 2839815 Registered Charity Number: 1024741 -----Original Message----- From: HE Administrators equal opportunities list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Darren Mooney Sent: 31 May 2006 11:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Accessibility of application websites Hello all Just a quick question. Has anyone had or encountered any concerns over the accessibility of the University Admissions websites eg UCAS, GTTR and NMAS ? Looking purely on the home pages for accessibility information / font size and colour schemes, alternative formats, they don't appear to me to be all that accessible! Further more, because Universities have to use these systems to recruit students, do these systems fall into Universities responsibilities to ensure the application process is accessible? And an additional question, because students can only apply on line has anyone encountered any problems or concerns from disabled students? UCAS: http://www.ucas.ac.uk/ Graduate Teacher Training Registry: http://www.gttr.ac.uk/ Nursing and Midwifery admissions service http://www.nmas.ac.uk/ Regards Darren -- Darren Mooney BSc (Hons) Diversity / Student Experience Officer Student Support & Guidance University of Chester Parkgate Road Chester CH1 4BJ 01244 51 1138 This message is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately. You may not copy this message or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person or take any action based on them. E-Mails are susceptible to interference. UCAS accepts no responsibility for information, errors or omissions in this e-mail, nor/or for its use or misuse nor/or for any act committed or omitted in connection with this communication. If in doubt, please verify the authenticity of the contents with the sender. UCAS reserves the right to monitor and intercept communications for lawful business purposes.