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New Report Finds UK University Websites Need To Improve Website Accessibility
Monsido recommends organisations get an accessibility score over 70% to prove a path to compliance. The results from the benchmark revealed that website accessibility continues to be an area that needs more attention from universities, with 60 percent of university websites scoring below the threshold for compliance.
said Alex Marshall , Sales Director for Europe at Monsido - powered by CivicPlus.
With regards to content quality, the top 3 UK universities continue to maintain a high standard, with scores above 93%. However the average content quality score was 65%, leaving room for improvement. Similarly for SEO, the top 3 UK university websites had scores above 90%. The average SEO score across all 50 tested websites was 80.8%. Lastly, there was a significant improvement in website response time, with load times for the top 3 universities significantly faster than the top 2020 performers. However, an overwhelming 86% of universities still scored poorly.
The industry benchmark revealed that the Top 5 Websites Overall belonged to the University of Birmingham , University of York , The University of Sheffield , Royal Holloway University of London , and King's College London. Top performers in the other benchmarked categories are detailed in the report.
For more insights, see the full benchmark report and rankings on the Monsido website.
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