This accessibility statement applies to the website of the Hochschule Niederrhein, which can be accessed via the initial link https://www.hs-niederrhein.de/.

The Hochschule Niederrhein strives to make its website accessible in accordance with national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on barrier-free access to the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies.

This statement was created on March 2, 2021.

Our website has been independently audited via BITV test by third party Academic Hero according to WCAG 2.1.

The statement was last checked on March 2, 2021.

This website is partially compliant with the Federal and State Disability Equality Acts (BGG & LGG), the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.

The Hochschule Niederrhein has a very extensive website of at least several hundred web pages. The majority of the pages were published before September 23, 2018. However, due to the disproportionate burden under federal and state equal opportunity laws, the website is not yet fully accessible. The technical implementation will be carried out successively.

The Hochschule Niederrhein is working to remove existing barriers.

If

• you encounter barriers when using the website
• Content that is difficult to access,
• Content that violates the general accessibility recommendations or is not WCAG compliant,
• or content that is unclear and should be expressed or worded differently,
• or have other questions about accessibility implementation,

please contact us by email at:

webmaster(at)hs-niederrhein.de

From there, your request will be forwarded to the appropriate office.

If we do not process your re-registrations to your satisfaction, you can contact the conciliation body at the Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities. This conciliation body has the task of seeking solutions to disputes between people with disabilities or their associations and federal public agencies and settling them out of court.

You can reach the conciliation board as follows:

Conciliation Board under the Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act
at the Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities
Mauerstraße 53
10117 Berlin

Phone: +49 - (0)30 18 527-2805
Fax: +49 -(0)30 18 527-2901

E-mail: info(at)schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
Internet: www.schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de