Accessibility Guidance

Birmingham Conservatoire is committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact the Webmaster as we are continually striving to improve the experience for all visitors.



Text Size
This site uses a CSS stylesheet and relative font sizes on all text with the exception of the top navigation links and graphical text (text as a picture). This means the size of the text on your screen can be changed to suit your needs by using one of the methods explained below. The text on this site can be increased or decreased in size by using the text size options in the Accessibility Panel in the sidebar menu. Alternatively:
  • If you use Internet Explorer you can press "Ctrl" key and use a mouse wheel to increase or decrease the text size. 
  • If you use a Mozilla browser you can press "Ctrl" key plus the + / - keys to increase or decrease the text size.
  • If you use Safari you can press "command" key plus the + / - keys to increase or decrease the text size.
  • You can also change the text size from the View option in your browser.
Text Only
This site is designed to be viewed in a graphical Internet browser that supports Web Standards, but its content is accessible to any browser or Internet device. The graphics on this website can be turned off by using the ‘Text Only’ option on the Accessibility Panel. When this option is selected, the site will load ‘Text Only’ for seven days. To view the site with graphics again, choose the ‘Standard’ option. Mobile devices should pick up the Text Only Stylesheet automatically.

Images
All images in the content of this site or used in links have an alternative text attribute. Background and decorative images will not have an alternative text attribute.No information is exclusively conveyed using colour.A site map is available to aid in the navigation of this site.Downloading PDF DocumentsAdobe Acrobat is required to view and print PDF documents that appear on this website. To download this programme for free, visit the Adobe website.Access Adobe provides a number of tools and resources including a free conversion tool to screen read PDFs.

Skip Navigation
All pages on the site contain a Skip Navigation link, which takes you to the beginning of the content area.

Javascript
This site uses a number of JavaScripts. JavaScript presents accessibility problems for some users and users of mobile devices. On pages where JavaScript is used, we have provided links at the bottom of the page which display the page contents on alternative pages which do not use JavaScript.

Access Keys
To use an access key in:
Internet Explorer, press the 'Alt' key plus the access key, and then press return.
Mozilla browsers press the 'Alt' key plus the access key listed below.
Safari, press the "Ctrl" key plus the access key listed below

  • accesskey 1 = Skip Navigation
  • accesskey 2 = Mailing List
  • accesskey 3 = Hire a Musician or Venue
  • accesskey 4 = Prospectus
  • accesskey 5 = Open Days
  • accesskey 6 = Calendar
  • accesskey 7 = Moodle
  • accesskey h = Home Page
  • accesskey a = About Us
  • accesskey t = Staff
  • accesskey d = Departments
  • accesskey c = Courses
  • accesskey r = Research
  • accesskey j = Juniors
  • accesskey p = Applications
  • accesskey l = Alumni
  • accesskey s = search
  • accesskey x = Accessibility Guidance
  • accesskey y = Site Map
  • accesskey v = Help


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