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Accessibility statement

This website is run by the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, part of Lund University. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website, and this document describes how www.phd.lth.se/english complies with the accessibility regulations, any known accessibility issues, and how you can report problems so that we can fix them.

How accessible is this website?

The website was created in the autumn of 2021 and is adapted for accessibility. Documents to be adapted for accessibility in 2022. Some content also needs to be coded in English. The table showing current courses will also be adjusted for accessability in 2022.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or if we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, please let us know.

Contact

Therese Hågerup, email: therese.hagerup@lth.lu.se 

Enforcement procedure

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for enforcing the accessibility regulations. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Agency for Digital Government to lodge a complaint.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

This website is partially compliant with the Swedish accessibility regulations, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non accessible content

  • Some pages and features are not consistently described in links, references and headings.
  • Not all techniques are used in an accessible way. 
  • Problems using a keyboard:
    • focus is not always visually clear
    • some functions cannot be controlled on mobile phones and large screens
    • there is no shortcut past menus to the main content
  • In certain resolutions, the interface can not be displayed and used without having to scroll in more than one direction.
  • Screenreaders might read the website's mobile menu in the wrong order.
  • Sometimes contrasts between foreground and background colors are insufficient.
  • Screen reader users may experience problems with pages that contain more than one language. Some of the content is then pronounced in the wrong language.
  • Some tables and forms are inaccessible to, among others, screen reader users.
  • Some menus may be difficult to use.
  • Some headers and heading structures are inaccessible. 

We aim to resolve all known accessibility issues by December 1 2022. 

How we tested this website

We have done a self-assessment (internal testing). We have also had outside experts review some of Lund University's websites.

The most recent assessment was made on February 16, 2022.

Other

The website was published on December 22, 2021.

The report was last updated on February 16, 2022.

Page Manager: forskarutbildning@lth.lu.se | 2021-09-20