Accessibility

The accessibility of bth.se 

Blekinge Institute of Technology is behind this website. We want as many people as possible to be able to use the website. This document describes how bth.se complies with the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services, how we deal with any known accessibility issues, and how you can report deficiencies to us so that we can fix them.

How accessible is the website?

We strive to ensure that bth.se can be perceived, managed and understood by all users, regardless of their functional variation and the assistive devices they might use. We ensure basic accessibility by following the official guidelines on how to work with public sector websites.

What can you do if you can’t use parts of the website?

If you need content from bth.se that is not accessible to you, but which is excluded from the scope of the law as described below, you can let us know.

You can also contact us in the following ways:

• send an e-mail to externwebb@bth.se
• call + 46 455-38 50 00

Report deficiencies in the accessibility of the website

We are constantly working to improve the accessibility of our website. If you notice issues that are not described on this page, or if you believe that we are not in compliance with the requirements of the law, let us know that the problem exists.

Supervision

The Agency for Digital Government is responsible for supervision related to the Act on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services. If you are not satisfied with how we handle your feedback, please contact the Agency for Digital Government and make a complaint.

Technical information about the accessibility of the website

This website is partially consistent with level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Version 2.1.

The website’s shortcomings

Content on bth.se that is not accessible is described below:

• Link text on certain pages is used for different destinations
• Text in certain headings on the degree programme pages is missing
• Links to skippable content don’t work on certain pages
• Certain pages have images that lack an alt tag
• Video recordings lack audio descriptions
• Alternatives to video recordings are lacking

How we tested the website

https://www.bth.se/ has been reviewed and updated according to Levels A and AA of the WCAG. The website has been tested internally as well as by various accessibility tools.

The last assessment was made on 17-09-2020

The website was published on 17-05-2015.

The report was last updated on 17-09-2020.