This website conforms to Level "AA" of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This means that all Priority 1 and 2 checkpoints are satisfied.

Access Keys
1 - Home page
2 - Contact Us
3 - Site Map (coming soon)
4 - Search the Site
5 - Learning Providers' Area
6 - General Public Area
7 - Learning in the Workplace Section
0 - Access key details

Browsealoud
This site is a speech enabled website. Browsealoud is a website accessibility tool which helps people with reading difficulties. Your computer needs audio capabilities to use this facility. Browsealoud has been rigorously tested and has received Microsoft Gold Certification. Click on the logo to download the plug in. You can view Browsealoud video tutorials here.

Font size
The font used in this website is the sans-serif font, Ariel, which the WAI recommend for reading on computer screens.

Font size can be adjusted using your browser menu bar, or your mouse-wheel. There are 5 pre-set font sizes to choose from.

To change font size using your mouse wheel:

• Click and hold a CTRL key with one hand.
• Move you mouse wheel up (to increase) or down (to decrease) text size.
• Let go of the CTRL key.

To change Font size using your browser:
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC): Select Text Size from the View menu and change the text size as required to 'larger' or 'largest'.
Netscape 7 (PC) :Select Text Zoom from the View menu and change the text size as required to 'smaller', 'larger' or a percentage value. Alternatively hold down the CTRL key and the - key to make text smaller or CTRL and + key to make the text bigger.
Netscape 6 (PC): Select Text Size from the View menu and change the text size as required to 'smaller', 'larger' or a percentage value. Alternatively hold down the CTRL key and the - key to make text smaller or CTRL and + key to make the text bigger.
Mozilla / Firefox (PC): Select Increase Text Size or Decrease Text Size from the View menu. Alternatively hold down the CTRL key and + key or hold down the CTRL key and - key.

Background colour
The background colour is a high contrast to the text and can be changed by the user using their browser settings.

Alternative ways to read PDF files
This website uses a PDF format to display various documents. If you are not able to use Adobe Acrobat Reader you can use the online tool which converts PDF files to a format which can be used with screen-reading programs.

To use Adobe's online tool:
1. Find the URL of the PDF you want to convert, and copy the URL into your clipboard (right click on the hyperlink to the PDF, select "properties" and then copy the URL).
2. Go to Adobe's online tool
3. Paste the URL into the form field.
4. Follow the instructions onscreen (output in "text" format for best results)

Read more about Adobe Reader and accessibility on the Adobe website.

More help
My Web, My Way (A BBC site on making the web easier to use)