Accessibility statement

Silesian University of Technology 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 irk.polsl.pl

• Date of website publication: 2020-11-03.
• Last major update: 2024-04-25.

Compliance status with Act on digital accessibility

• Video materials do not include extended captions for deaf and hard of hearing users;
• Video content with audio does not provide audio description or a text alternative for users with visual impairments;
• Issues with heading structure occur in some places;
• Text-to-background contrast does not always meet the required 4.5:1 contrast ratio;
• At smaller viewport widths, horizontal scrolling is sometimes required;
• No mechanism is provided to bypass repeated blocks of content (missing skip links);
• Some links do not warn users that activating them will open a new browser window or tab;
• Error messages are not provided for form validation errors;
• HTML parsing errors identified by code validators are present.

This statement was prepared on: 2024-06-21.

The statement was based on the assessment done by the external entity: Reddog Systems Przemysław Bąchorek..

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Feedback and contact information

If you experience problems with accessibility of this website, please contact us. The contact person is: Arkadiusz Twardoń. The email address of the person responsible is arkadiusz.twardon@polsl.pl. You may also contact us by phone at +48 32 400 30 39. Requests for providing accessible alternative for non-accessible content as well as other requests related to accessibility can be submitted by the same channels.

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.