The Department of Accounting & Finance is committed to making accfinmsc.com accessible to all users, including people with disabilities, in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at conformance level AA, the European harmonised standard EN 301 549, the EU Web Accessibility Directive 2016/2102 and its transposition into Greek law by Law 4727/2020 (Government Gazette A’ 184) on digital governance.
1. Scope of this statement
This statement applies to the website https://accfinmsc.com, including the Student Portal, the Open eClass environment, and any subdomain or page served from the same origin. It does not extend to third-party content embedded on the site (for example, external video platforms, social-media widgets, or payment processors), nor to content published by the University of Macedonia on other domains, each of which publishes its own accessibility statement.
2. Conformance status
The site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. “Partially conformant” means that certain parts of the content do not yet fully conform to the accessibility standard. The main areas of partial conformance are listed under Known limitations below. We run regular accessibility audits and apply fixes as they are identified.
3. Accessibility features we provide
To support different access needs, the site includes a floating accessibility toolbar, anchored to the bottom-left corner of every page, offering the following controls:
- font-size adjustment (smaller ↔ larger), with user preferences preserved across sessions;
- high-contrast mode for low-vision users;
- a dyslexia-friendly typeface override (OpenDyslexic);
- a pause-animations toggle, honouring
prefers-reduced-motion; - a link-highlighting mode for users who prefer more obvious affordances;
- a horizontal reading guide for text tracking;
- an enlarged cursor for users with limited fine motor control.
Beyond the toolbar, the site is built with semantic HTML5 landmarks, uses visible focus indicators, supports full keyboard navigation, provides descriptive alt text for images, maintains a colour contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for body text, offers a persistent “Skip to content” link, and exposes all form controls with programmatically associated labels.
4. Compatibility with assistive technologies
The site is designed to be compatible with recent versions of the major desktop and mobile screen readers (NVDA on Windows, JAWS on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS and iOS, TalkBack on Android) used with the most recent two major versions of Chromium-based browsers, Firefox and Safari. Combinations outside that matrix may still work but are not actively tested.
5. Known limitations
Despite our best efforts, some content on the site may still fall short of WCAG 2.1 AA. The following areas are known to be partially non-conformant and are in the remediation queue:
- Legacy PDF publications. Some research working papers and departmental reports uploaded prior to 2024 were not produced with a tagged-PDF workflow and may not be fully navigable by screen readers. Readable alternatives can be requested via the contact details below.
- Embedded third-party content. Videos, maps and social-media widgets embedded from external providers are subject to those providers’ own accessibility conformance; we cannot guarantee full conformance of elements we do not control.
- Historic image descriptions. A small number of decorative and archival images still carry sub-optimal
alttext pending an editorial review.
6. Feedback and contact
If you encounter an accessibility barrier on this site, or if you need content in an alternative format (large print, plain text, audio), please contact us. We will make every reasonable effort to provide the information you need within a reasonable time, normally within five working days.
- Email: msc-accfin@uom.edu.gr
- Phone: +30 2310 891 693
- Post: Accessibility Officer, Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
7. Enforcement procedure
If after contacting us you are not satisfied with our response — or if you receive no response within a reasonable time — you may escalate the matter to the competent enforcement body in Greece, the Ministry of Digital Governance, which oversees compliance with Law 4727/2020. Contact details and the complaint form are available at mindigital.gr. You may also contact the Greek Ombudsman (Συνήγορος του Πολίτη) at synigoros.gr.
8. Preparation and review of this statement
This statement was prepared on the basis of a combined self-assessment and automated audit (axe-core, Lighthouse, Wave) conducted by the Department’s web team, and is reviewed at least once a year or following any substantive update to the site. The last review was completed on 23 April 2026.