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2021-04-11
Accessibility and Security
This website has a Site Map (Access Key = S)Access the Site Map page.
Accessibility
Display and Compliance
This website will display on any common access device, including mobile devices, without any change in content or functionality.This website is standards compliant for:
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS);
- Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML);
- Level AA Accessibility Access the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative web page
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- 400 - Bad Request;
- 401 - Authorisation Required;
- 403 - Access Forbidden;
- 404 - Not Found;
- 500 - Internal Server Error.
At the bottom of the website, you will find links to allow you to check compliance for yourself.
Should CSS be unavailable, or turned off, in your browser, all information will be displayed logically.
Assistive Technologies
This website supports the use of assistive technologies such as:- Refreshable Braille displays;
- Screen-reader software;
- Text-only browsers.
Access Keys and Keyboard Input Support
Keyboard input is supported.The Access Key, for Main Navigation elements and Tabs, is the first letter of the navigation link. All Access Keys are indicated by the addition of an underline, for example, Accessibility.
Access Key function is subject to your operating system and browser combination w3schools website.
Access Key combinations for various operating systems and browsers (External link, opens in a new tab/window).
Additional Abbreviation, Image, Input Element, and Link Information
Devices With a Touch-Screen
Tap and hold any abbreviation, image, input element, or link, and additional information will appear. Tap the Return Key to make the additional information disappear.Devices Without a Touch-Screen
Place your cursor over any abbreviation, image, input element, or link, and wait a moment for additional information to appear. Move your cursor away, to make the additional information disappear.End-of-page Navigation
At the end of every page is a Site Map* link followed by a Navigation link, which, when selected, will take you to the Site Map page, or the beginning of the Main Navigation, respectively.* The Site Map link does not appear on the Site Map page.
Security
This website uses HTML and CSS for all functionalities.
JavaScript
This website does not use JavaScript to enable any functionality.Cookies
This website does not use Cookies.Tracking Technologies
This website:- Does not use Tracking Technologies;
- Does not interrogate your browser or your computer, or collect or store any information about your use of this website.
Resources
eLearning:
- 3D Printer Developments by 3D Printing Industry
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Augmented Reality from Tobias Kammann
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Browser Statistics by w3schools.
Browser Type, Operating System, Screen Resolutions
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - eLearning Feeds by eLearning Feeds. Ranked and scored e-learning blogs
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Global Statistics (on-line) by ITU - Includes Stats for the Web and Mobile
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Multi-media Software SourceForce - Open Source software (free) development and distribution community
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - OED The Oxford English Dictionary - leading authority on the English Language - Dictionary and Thesaurus - Free to use
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Punctuation Guide by the renowned Professor Larry Trask
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Referencing:
- Typography by Typekit Practice
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Virtual Reality Blog by Enter VR
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Web Usability by Nielson Norman Group
(External link, opens in a new tab/window).
Security:
- Anonymous Browsing:
- Computer by The Tor Project
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Mobile by The Guardian Project
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - User-Agent String Confirm what information your browser is giving away about itself, your operating system and computer
(External link, opens in a new tab/window);
- Computer by The Tor Project
- Computer Security from Graham Cluley
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Email Encryption by GnuPG, for various Operating Systems
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Publicised Location Confirm your VPN/Proxy settings; where the Internet thinks you are
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Random No. Generator Create random passwords, convert numbers to letters, e.g., 5 = E
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - UK NCSC Advice and guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - On-line Privacy by The Tin Hat. Articles and Tutorials
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - VPN Reviews by TechRadar
The latest reviews of VPNs
(External link, opens in a new tab/window).
- GCA Toolkit Access the UK Police ActionFraud website
Protect small/medium sized business from cyber attacks
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - Quad9 and DMARC Access the UK Police ActionFraud website
Protect your system and e-mail
(External link, opens in a new tab/window).
Guarding against disinformation and the re-writing of history.
Web Archive Access the Internet Archive Wayback Machine website(External link, opens in a new tab/window)
Web Standards:
- Accessibility by Web Accessibility
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - W3C - Standards by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
(External link, opens in a new tab/window); - w3schools Web Developer Tutorials, References and Examples
(External link, opens in a new tab/window).
Cyber Crime:
Are you, or have you been, a victim of UK cyber crime? Report it:
- Scotland - Call 101 or in an emergency call 999;
- The rest of the UK Access the Police ActionFraud website (External link, opens in a new tab/window)..
