This site has been developed to conform to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level "Double-A", satisfying all Priority 1 and 2 (and certain priority 3) checkpoints.
Accessibility tips
This website has been designed to be accessible to all visitors, regardless of disability. The following tips will help you get the most out of this site:
Increasing text size
- To increase the size of text in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, select View - Text Size - Larger/Largest
- To increase the size of text in Netscape 6 or later, select View - Text Size - Larger or press Ctrl and + (if you are using Windows)
- For Opera 6 or later, press 9 to increase the size of the page in by 10%. Press 9 again for 20% and so on.
- To increase the size of text in Netscape 4, select View - Increase Font or press Ctrl and ] (if you are using Windows)
Bypassing navigation
For users with screen readers, we have provided skip links to jump over collections of links and go straight to content. These links are invisible to sighted users. Press Home to go to the top of the page
Using the Tab Key to jump between links
If you are using a keyboard, try using the TAB key to skip from link to link. All navigation and forms provide a logical order for this.
PDF/Adobe Acrobat format
Some of the information on this website is available in PDF format to provide for easier reading and printing offline. Wherever you come across a publication cover (as illustrated), simply click on it to view the PDF. For visually impaired users, the link or ALT text will include the words ' click to view PDF '
The PDF format is not always accessible (except in the case of PDF documents created with the latest Adobe Acrobat software). Certain documents were created before this software was available.
We have, where possible, provided the same document in either HTML format or in a Microsoft Word or RTF (Rich Text Format) format.
PDF documents on this site require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Site structure
The main sections of the site are along the top of the page. These sections are About Us, Services, Publications, News and Contact. You can navigate these sections via the menu which appears below on the left hand side when you enter these pages.
Other sections are along the left-hand side of the page. The navigation for these sections appear below the section's link on the left hand side when you enter that page.
You can also navigate the site via the Site Map, or try our search function at the top of the page.
Contact us
If you encounter any difficulties in using this site
please let us know.