Accessibility statement

The Macaque Website is run by the NC3Rs. We want as many people as possible to be able to use the site.

Our accessibility commitment includes making sure that our visitors can:

• Easily understand our web pages by making the content as simple as possible.
• Zoom in up to 300% on a webpage 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).

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

Some parts of our website are not fully accessible. For example:

• You cannot modify the line height or spacing of text.
• Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.
• Some videos may not feature captions.
• We host a number of audio clips on Soundcloud, these are vocalisations made by macaques and are therefore unable to be subtitled but have been described in the text.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, please email: webmaster@nc3rs.org.uk

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.

We will consider your request and get back to you in seven days.

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: webmaster@nc3rs.org.uk

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 are not happy with how we respond, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The NC3Rs is committed to making its 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.

Compliance status

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations: PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and other document types may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

We are working to ensure that the accessibility of new documents is planned for at creation. Many new PDF documents will also be available as html web pages where possible, which will be more accessible than PDFs.

Where documents are not in the format you need, you can request an alternative by emailing webmaster@nc3rs.org.uk.

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 webmaster@nc3rs.org.uk.

 

Disproportionate burden: Video captions

We have assessed that adding captions to all videos hosted on macaques.nc3rs.org.uk would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.

We believe that the benefit of assigning staff to immediately add captions to all videos on macaques.nc3rs.org.uk would not be justified, as the videos are not viewed by many users. Many of the videos feature only background noise and the behaviours demonstrated are clear without sound. We have also added text captions below videos where needed so that the purpose of the video (e.g, demonstrating a behaviour) is clear to all users regardless of whether they view the video in full.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We use a tool called Axe to scan the site for accessibility. As we continue to develop the website and its content, we will re-audit and test the website for accessibility on a regular basis.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 1 November 2022.