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Accessibility statement

Accessibility statement

UW 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 bsg.bialowieza.pl

  • Date of website publication: 2020-08-24.
  • Last major update: 2021-08-31 .

Compliance status with Act on digital accessibility

This website is partially compliant with Act of 4 April 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications operated by public sector bodies due to the non-compliances or the exemptions listed below:

  • Anchors (in page links)
    • The site does not contain skip links.
  • Links
    • The site contains repeated links.
  • Language attribute for page or passage.
    • The site contains messages in other languages for which language attribute was not defined.
  • Headings
    • The pages may contain multiple H1 headings.
  • Clickable items
    • The site contains clickable items that are not accessible through a keyboard.
  • Landmarks
    • The site does not contain a navigation landmark.
  • Accessibility of all the elements on a page
    • The site contains elements that are not accessible through a keyboard.
  • Accessibility of clickable items
    • The site contains clickable items that cannot be operated through a keyboard.
  • HTML/CSS validation
    • There are problems with HTML validation on the site.
  • Consistent Identification of page elements
    • The site contains elements that are highlighted visually but are not marked with proper attributes.

This statement was prepared on: 2022-08-26.

The statement was based on the self-assessment done by the public sector body: Office for Persons with Disabilities (BON), UW..

Keyboard shortcuts

No keyboard shortcuts have been specified on the bsg.bialowieza.pl website.

Feedback and contact information

The contact person for the accessibility of this website is: Patryk Czortek. If you experience problems with accessibility of this website, contact with us by sending an e-mail to: p.czortek@uw.edu.pl, or by calling 795617635. Requests for providing accessible alternative for non-accessible content as well as other requests related to accessibility can be submitted by the same channels.

Complaints procedure

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.

Architectural accessibility

Full list of buildings belonging to the University of Warsaw with information on their architectural accessibility.

The Leading Unit declares the architectural availability of the building: Faculty of Biology – field station in Białowieża, postcode 17-230 Białowieża, address 19 Sportowa Street

Administrative Director: Magdalena Sobolewska-Bereza

Phone: 22 55 41 107

Email: dyrektor.admin@biol.uw.edu.pl

Entrance to the building

The building not accessible for wheelchairs users. By the entrance 10 steps 205 centimetres wide with the doors 120 centimetres wide and a 4-centimetres threshold (when located between condignations A and B). Two steps from the car park side, then the door 75 centimetres wide, 9 steps 100 centimetres wide (same situation).

Corridors and passages

No lifts in the building.

Procedures

No procedures. A person with disability can get help from the receptionist or roommates. As Students’ Dorm No. 5 is not adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities, students with certificates of disability are not accommodated.

Extra help

No help available in the building.

Bathrooms, toilets, changing rooms

No accessible bathrooms and toilets to persons with disabilities in the building.

Additional customizations

No adjustments of venue in the building.

Access and parking spaces

No access by public transport.

The right to enter with an assistance dog

Easy access with a guiding dog.

PJM translator

If there is a need of the assistance of a Polish Sign Language interpreter, it is highly recommended to subbmit the application at University’s Office for Persons with Disabilities at least 3 days before the actual date of the service. Contact to the OPD: telephone no.: +48 22 55 24 222, e-mail address: bon@uw.edu.pl, website: www.bon.uw.edu.pl.

If there is a need of the assistance of a Polish Sign Language interpreter, it is highly recommended to subbmit the application at University’s Office for Persons with Disabilities at least 3 days before the actual date of the service. Contact to the OPD: telephone no.: +48 22 55 24 222, e-mail address: bon@uw.edu.pl, website: www.bon.uw.edu.pl