Accessibility
Equality and Diversity
The University of Glasgow is committed to promoting equality in all its activities and aims to provide a work, learning, research and teaching environment free from discrimination and unfair treatment. We see inclusiveness as fundamental to our strategy and identity and recognise that increasing opportunities for all who want to engage with our community and facilities is a benefit to us. Further information is available from our Equality and Diversity Unit
Physical Access
DisabledGo
DisabledGo is a social enterprise who complete access audits for disabled users of public, private and voluntary sector buildings. They have completed an audit for the University which includes 80 services across the campus, including the Hunterian Museum, Sports and Recreation Service, Registry, various accommodation sites.
Accessible maps
The University has produced accessible maps for the main campus. These highlight where there are accessible parking spaces and toilets.
Mobility Scooters
Student Disability Service has two mobility scooters available for students and staff for hire (no charge) for assistance in crossing the campus. Please contact the service directly to find out further details.
If you have experienced a particular issue with physical access anywhere on campus, please email physicalaccessissues@gla.ac.uk where a member of Estates and Buildings staff will deal with your concern.
Web Accessibility
The website of the University of Glasgow has been designed to be as accessible as possible. We do however welcome feedback on suggestions for improvements and any problems ecountered. Please mail webteam@gla.ac.uk.
Standards compliance
Our website design employs XHTML and CSS. We follow best practice guidelines, such as the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and PAS 78 (British Standards Institute guidance on website accessibility).
Resizable text
All navigation and content text used on our website can be increased or decreased in size. Please see the BBC's My Web My Way -(accessibility features of browsers and operating systems) for assistance.
