Accessibility Policy

This accessibility policy applies to the website: transit.ac.uk

This website is run by Heriot-Watt University.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver).

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 aren’t fully accessible:

  • some text doesn’t may not have enough of a contrast against the background
  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
  • some images don’t have a suitable text equivalent
  • some videos don’t may not have captions
  • some forms don’t have autocomplete tokens
  • some of our links do not have clear or unique link text.

Feedback and contact information

We want to find ways to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you find any problems or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email info@transit.ac.uk with details.

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

Heriot-Watt University 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

TransiT is committed to making its website accessible. This website is built to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2. 

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to improving accessibility and will carry out periodic audits to ensure we meet recommended accessibility guidelines.

Date of this accessibility statement

This statement was written on 4 September 2025.