Accessibility Statement

An internet offering is accessible if it can be read and used by people with various disabilities.
The University of Education Freiburg is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with section 10 (1) of the Baden-Württemberg State Disability Equality Act (L-BGG). The technical requirements for accessibility are set out in the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) 2.0.
We view raising awareness of, and providing training in, the accessible design of websites and documents as an ongoing process.

This accessibility statement applies to the website of the University of Education Freiburg and all subpages created using the Typo3 central content management system.

Due to the incompatibilities listed below, our website is partially compliant with the requirements of the Baden-Württemberg State Disability Equality Act.

The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:

a) Incompatibility with section 10 (1) of the L-BGG

• In some cases, alternative and descriptive texts, as well as subtitles for videos and images, may still be missing.
• Some PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents available for download on the website are not yet available in accessible formats.
• If you require a file that is not yet available in an accessible format, please contact us at the address listed in section 4 of this statement and let us know in which format you require the file and where we can send it to you.
• Some pages may not yet observe the correct hierarchy of headings.
• Some externally created documents are not fully accessible.
• Some words and sections in other languages are not marked accordingly.

If a video does not have text alternatives, please contact the relevant organisational unit that provided the video.

b) This content does not fall within the scope of the applicable legal provisions:

• Documents that were posted before 23 September 2020 and are not required for active administrative processes.

This statement was created on 15 November 2022.
Method used: Self-assessment using BITV/WCAG test.

The self-assessment is repeated at regular intervals.

The content of our website should be equally accessible to people with disabilities. We are committed to rectifying any accessibility issues.

If you encounter any barriers when using our website, please help us to improve it by sending any complaints or enquiries you have to the following address:

Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
Zentrum für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (ZIK)
79117 Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 682-0
Email: support(at)ph-freiburg.de

If you wish to provide feedback to ensure that this website meets the requirements described in section 10 (1) of the Baden-Württemberg State Disability Equality Act (L-BGG), please contact the University of Education Freiburg. The relevant contact details can be found in section 4 of this statement.

If the University of Education Freiburg does not respond to your request within the period specified in section 8, sentence 1 of the L-BGG-DVO, you may contact the state government representative for the interests of persons with disabilities or the municipal representative(s) for persons with disabilities within the framework of the ombudsman function, as described in section 14 (2) sentence 2 and section 15 (3) sentence 2 of the L-BGG.

You can contact the state government representative for the interests of people with disabilities as follows:

Landes-Behindertenbeauftragte Simone Fischer
Geschäftsstelle der Landes-Behindertenbeauftragen
Else-Josenhans-Straße 6 (Dorotheenquartier)
70173 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711-279-3360
Email: Poststelle(at)bfbmb.bwl.de

You can find the contact details of the municipal representative responsible for the interests of people with disabilities on the website of the city or district where you are registered as a permanent resident.

There is also the possibility of bringing a class action pursuant to section 12 (1) sentence 1 no. 4 of the L-BGG.

Students at the University of Education Freiburg can contact the representative for students with disabilities or chronic illnesses at any time.

Employees of the University of Education Freiburg can contact our representative for severely disabled persons at any time.