Accessibility Declaration

The Stud­i­er­enden­werk Siegen is committed to making its website access­ible in accord­ance with § 3 (1) of the Disab­ility Equality Act of North Rhine-West­­phalia (BGG NRW) and the Barrier-Free Inform­a­tion Tech­no­logy Ordin­ance of North Rhine-West­­phalia (BITV NRW), in their currently applic­able versions.

This declar­a­tion on access­ib­ility applies to the website:
https://www.studierendenwerk-siegen.de/

1. Status of compat­ib­ility with the requirements

This website is partially compliant with the require­ments of the Barrier-Free Inform­a­tion Tech­no­logy Ordin­ance of North Rhine-West­­phalia (BITV NRW).

The content listed below is not yet fully access­ible. Stud­i­er­enden­werk Siegen is continu­ously working to identify and remove existing barriers.

The goal is the ongoing improve­ment of access­ib­ility in accord­ance with the Web Content Access­ib­ility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, conform­ance level AA.

2. Non-access­ible content

a)Non-compli­ance with legal requirements
– Images without suffi­cient altern­ative text: Alt attrib­utes are partially incom­plete or not suffi­ciently descriptive.
– Dynamic content (e.g. mobile navig­a­tion, sliders) is not yet fully optim­ised for screen reader usage.

b) Dispro­por­tionate burden
– The access­ib­ility-compliant processing of auto­mat­ic­ally gener­ated meal plan PDFs is currently not fully possible.
The docu­ments are gener­ated auto­mat­ic­ally by the system, meaning that subsequent struc­tural adapt­a­tion for access­ib­ility would require a dispro­por­tionate tech­nical and organ­isa­tional effort.
This is currently considered a dispro­por­tionate burden.
However, the meal plan content is fully access­ible directly on the website.

– The child­care booking tool is currently not fully accessible.
It is an extern­ally provided applic­a­tion over which the organ­isa­tion has only limited tech­nical influence.
A fully access­ible imple­ment­a­tion would currently require a dispro­por­tionate tech­nical and organ­isa­tional effort.
Improve­ments to access­ib­ility are considered as part of future devel­op­ment cycles.

c) Content outside the scope of applic­able legislation
– PDF docu­ments published before the current access­ib­ility require­ments came into effect are not yet fully access­ible in all cases.
New docu­ments are created with access­ib­ility in mind whenever possible.

3. Planned measures
Stud­i­er­enden­werk Siegen is continu­ously working to elim­inate iden­ti­fied barriers.
Improve­ments are imple­mented step by step as part of ongoing tech­nical and edit­orial devel­op­ment of the website.

4. Prepar­a­tion of this statement

This state­ment was prepared on 20 October 2025 based on a self-assess­­ment supported by auto­mated testing procedures.

It was last updated on 4 May 2026.

The assess­ment of compli­ance is based on a self-evaluation.

5. Feed­back and contact information

If you encounter any barriers or have any ques­tions about the access­ib­ility of this website, please contact:

Stud­i­er­enden­werk Siegen
Commu­nic­a­tion Department
Email: info [at] studierendenwerk.uni-siegen.de
Phone: 0271 740–0

You can notify us of any barriers or prob­lems you encounter when using the website by email or telephone.

6. Enforce­ment procedure

If you are not satis­fied with the response to your feed­back, you can contact the Ombudsman’s Office for Access­ible Inform­a­tion Tech­no­logy of the State of North Rhine-West­­phalia.

This Ombudsman’s Office is respons­ible for resolving disputes between people with disab­il­ities and public author­ities in the State of North Rhine-West­­phalia. The procedure is free of charge and independent.

Contact details for the ombudsman’s office:
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ombudsman’s Office for Access­ible Inform­a­tion Technology
Fürst­en­wall 25
40219 Düsseldorf

E‑Mail: ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-it@mags.nrw.de
Web: https://www.mags.nrw/ombudsstelle-barrierefreie-informationstechnik

Antrag auf Durch­führung eines Ombuds­ver­fahrens (PDF):
https://www.mags.nrw/system/files/media/document/file/antrag_ombudsverfahren_bf.pdf

7. Summary for super­visory authorities

The Stud­i­er­enden­werk Siegen fulfils its oblig­a­tions as a public body regarding the access­ib­ility of digital services.

The website is currently not yet fully compliant with BITV NRW require­ments but is being system­at­ic­ally and continu­ously improved.
Existing barriers are docu­mented, prior­it­ised, and addressed step by step within ongoing tech­nical development.

This state­ment is publicly avail­able and includes all required inform­a­tion in accord­ance with BITV NRW.