Accessibility statement
This accessibility statement concerns the website www.hamk.fi.
We want to go beyond the minimum requirements when it comes to accessibility
The website of Häme University of Applied Sciences was renewed in early 2024. According to the agreement, the technical implementer of the pages is committed to delivering a website that meets technical requirements at least at the AA level.
As part of the renewal, we have focused on both the technical and content accessibility of the website. During 2024, we will assess the current accessibility level of the site and update the accessibility statement accordingly.
The creators of the website strive to ensure digital accessibility for individuals with functional limitations. We continuously improve the user experience and adhere to relevant accessibility standards.
The current accessibility status of the www.hamk.fi website (updated on 12.9.2024)
Partially meets accessibility requirements
Inaccessible content – The website is not yet fully compliant with the requirements.
Perceivable
Some of the pages on the website have a partially incomplete heading structure.
Inaccessible content and its shortcomings: On several pages of the website, including the pages for courses, the heading structures are incomplete. Sometimes, multiple levels of headings are skipped.
Accessibility requirements that are not met: 1.3.1 Info and relationships
Small deficiencies in the accessibility of PDF files
Unreachable content and its deficiencies: Some of the PDF files of the module maps on the Study Planning page have small deficiencies in contrasts. In addition, the PDF files lack lang and title attributes.
Accessibility requirements not met: 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum), 1.3.1 Info and relationships
Robust
Issues in the education search messages reporting the status of the site
Inaccessible content and its shortcomings: Changes in the education search filters may go unnoticed by some users, as the changes are not communicated to the user.
Accessibility requirements that are not met: 4.1.3 Status messages
In the HTML code, there are small errors that may affect the accessibility of the website. Inaccessible content and its deficiencies: There are some errors and suboptimal solutions in the code that may affect accessibility. Accessibility requirements that are not met: 4.1.1 Parsing.
Registration for supplementary training (https://taykkari.hamk.fi/kurssiilmo/hamk/)
Unreachable content and its deficiencies: HTML markup is not completely valid.
Accessibility requirements not met: 4.1.2 Name, role, value
Unreasonable burden to fix (the whole service should be renewed).
The accessibility state of the study guide (https://hamk.opinto-opas.fi/home?lang=en)
(updated on May 23, 2022)
Partially meets accessibility requirements.
Non accessible content – The study guide (https://hamk.opinto-opas.fi/home?lang=en) doesn’t meet all requirements through out
Perceivable
Inaccessible content and its deficiencies: The text contents showing to the user follows the source programme’s text layout so the requirements for the row and paragraph settings or the maximum mumber of the characters on the text row won’t be fullfilled.
Accessibility requirements that are not met: 1.4.8: Visual Presentation
Did you notice any deficiencies regarding the accessibility of the site? Please let us know and we will do our best to fix the issue
You can provide your feedback by filling the form
or sending email: [email protected]
Feedback with responses is collected on the accessibility page.
Supervising authority
If you notice any accessibility problems, please let us know. We will respond to your feedback within two weeks, at the latest. If you are not happy for the answer or you won’t receive any answer during two weeks, you can report it to the Regional State Administrative Agencies – Southern Finland (Etelä-Suomen aluehallintavirasto). Unfortunately at this moment their feedback page and form is only in Finnish.
Contact information for supervising authority
Regional State Administrative Agencies – Southern Finland
Accessibility control unit
email [email protected]
switchboard phone number +358 295 016 000