University of Silesia is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with Act of 4 April 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications operated by public sector bodies. This accessibility statement applies to irk2.us.edu.pl

• Date of website publication: 2022-06-01.
• Last major update: 2022-06-01 .

Compliance status with Act on digital accessibility

• Titles of sub-pages
• Sub-pages of the site have undistinguishable titles.
• Links
• The site contains links within image with no or insufficient ALT attribute.
• Form fields
• The site contains forms that experience problems with appropriate presentation of error messages.
• Handling of form errors
• The site contains forms that experience problems with appropriate presentation of error messages.
• Searching the site
• The site does not contain a search engine.
• Accessibility of clickable items
• The site contains clickable items that are unlabelled or do not contain unambiguous link texts.
• User interface accessibility
• Interface of the site contains elements that are inaccessible or difficult to operate.
• Alternative text for images
• The site contains images without alternative text.
• Keyboard Focus visibility
• The site may hide keyboard focus visibility.
• HTML/CSS validation
• There are problems with HTML validation on the site.
• Text paragraphs
• The site contains justified paragraphs.
• Language attribute for page or passage.
• The language of the site’s contents does not match the value of language attribute.
• Accessibility of materials published on the site
• The site may contain videos without subtitles.
• Forms
• The site contains form fields with incorrect labels.

This statement was prepared on: 2021-09-13.

The statement was based on the self-assessment done by the public sector body: Office for Persons with Disabilities (BON), UW..

Keyboard shortcuts

No keyboard shortcuts have been specified on the irk2.us.edu.pl website.

Feedback and contact information

The contact department and function for the accessibility of this website is: Student Service Centre - Accessibility Coordinator. If you experience problems with accessibility of this website, contact with us by sending an e-mail to: dostepnosc@us.edu.pl, or by calling 32 359 1998. Requests for providing accessible alternative for non-accessible content as well as other requests related to accessibility can be submitted by the same channels.

Complaints procedure

Everyone has the right to request digital accessibility to the website, mobile application or any elements thereof. You can also request information to be made available using an alternative means of access, for example by reading out a digitally inaccessible document, describing the content of a video without audio description, etc.

The request should contain the particulars of the person filing the request, indication of the website or mobile application it concerns and contact information. If the requesting person reports the need to receive information by means of an alternative method of access, they should also specify a convenient mode of presenting such information to them.

The public entity should promptly satisfy the request, not later than within 7 days from the date the request was filed. If meeting this deadline is not possible, the public entity will promptly notify the person filing the request about the time when the request can be satisfied, however, this deadline may not exceed 2 months from the date of filing the request.

If the provision of digital accessibility is not possible, the public entity may offer an alternative access to the information. If the public entity refuses to comply with the request to provide accessibility or an alternative method to access the information, the person filing the request may lodge a complaint regarding the provision of digital accessibility to the website, mobile application or an element of the website or mobile application. After exhausting the above-mentioned procedure, an application may be filed with the Commissioner for Human Rights.

Architectural accessibility

A list of Univeristy of Silesian buildings together with a description of their accessibility can be accessed through the University of Silesia accessibility statement.