British Association

for the Study of Religions

BASR

Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for basr.ac.uk

This accessibility statement applies to the British Association for the Study of Religions website.

This website is run by the British Association for the Study of Religions. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

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

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

Feedback and consideration

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact Dr Aled Thomas (a.j.l.thomas@leeds.ac.uk)

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please also email a.j.l.thomas@leeds.ac.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, email us for directions.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The BASR is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

The website lacks text alternatives for images.

This fails under the WCAG guideline 1.1 Text Alternatives.

We plan to fix this problem upon the redesign of the website in 2025.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on June 9 2025. It was last reviewed on June 9 2025.

This website was last tested on June 2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. This was achieved via self-assessment by the BASR.