A11y University
Build accessibility capability, develop advocates & drive lasting change.
A11y University is an organisational accessibility capability platform that helps organisations build, develop and measure accessibility knowledge across their people.
Rather than relying on a small number of accessibility specialists or treating accessibility as a one-off training exercise, A11y University helps organisations create a continuous learning journey — enabling staff to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to make accessibility part of their everyday work.
Why accessibility capability matters
Accessibility is not the responsibility of one person, one team or one accessibility specialist.
Organisations therefore need accessibility capability distributed across their teams, not simply accessibility knowledge concentrated in a single function.
When people understand accessibility and know how to apply it to their role, they can identify issues earlier, make better decisions and advocate for inclusive experiences within their own teams.
That’s how accessibility becomes part of organisational practice — and how accessibility advocates develop.
Every one of these decisions can affect whether a digital experience is accessible.
Designers
Make design decisions
Developers
Write code
Content teams
Publish information
Product managers
Define requirements
QA teams
Test experiences
Leaders
Establish priorities & culture
From training to continuous capability development
A11y University takes a personalised, goal-driven approach to accessibility learning.
01
Define goals
Mentors and mentees identify the accessibility knowledge and capabilities they want to develop.
02
Build a learning pathway
A personalised pathway is created from relevant learning modules and development goals.
03
Learn and explore
Mentees are guided towards relevant tools, guides, courses, resources and certifications to continue developing their knowledge.
04
Assess understanding
Quizzes and assessments help gauge accessibility knowledge and reinforce learning.
05
Track progress
Organisations and mentors can monitor development over time and identify areas where further capability building is needed.
06
Develop advocates
As people develop knowledge, practical skills and confidence, they become better equipped to advocate for accessibility within their teams and influence everyday decisions.
Inside A11y University
Everything a mentoring programme needs, in one place.
Structured Workshops & Action Tracking
Agendas, real-time timers, open action items and audit-ready history in one place. Unique references allow seamless linking and tracking across teams.
Accessibility Roadmap & Resource Hub
Phases, modules and milestones on one visual roadmap, with every mentee's progress tracked and shared as a PDF report — alongside curated shelves of accessibility tools, guides, courses and certifications tailored to public sector standards.
Progress Tracking & Mentorship Governance
Real-time dashboards tracking individual and team progress across goals, skill levels, time spent and milestone achievements (Mentee, A11y Advocate, Mentor).
Team Collaboration & Organisation Directory
Rich user profiles detailing roles, teams and skills, alongside contextual messaging, direct mentions and real-time online status.
Continuous Updates & Accessibility First
Transparent release notes with built-in text-to-speech audio updates, ensuring complete platform accessibility and a clear version history.
Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO)
Secure authentication via Microsoft Entra ID or Google Workspace using your existing work credentials. No new passwords to manage.
The outcome
A11y University turns accessibility from an isolated specialist function into a capability embedded across your organisation — in three phases.
Phase 01 · Foundation
Centralised capability
Specialist-dependent
Starting state
“We need someone who understands accessibility.”
- Focus
- Laying foundational knowledge and finding the gaps that matter most.
- Key interventions
- Baseline accessibility awareness across key functions
- A skills baseline and learning goals for every participant
- Specialists auditing and remediating, with teams learning alongside
- Strategic shift
- From total reliance on outside or isolated expertise to awareness within.
Success metric: Every participant has a baseline and goals of their own.
Phase 02 · Enablement
Distributed capability
Role-specific skill
Transition state
“Our people understand their role in accessibility.”
- Focus
- Upskilling teams so accessibility is part of every role.
- Key interventions
- Learning pathways by role — designers, developers, product owners, content creators
- Accessibility criteria in daily workflows and the definition of done
- Regular mentoring sessions
- Strategic shift
- Responsibility moves from a single specialist to the teams who build.
Success metric: Skill scores rising, and issues caught in design and code review — not at audit.
Phase 03 · Sustainability
Embedded capability
Cultural standard
Target state
“Accessibility is part of how we work.”
- Focus
- Making it habit, policy and a loop of continuous improvement.
- Key interventions
- Peer support through a network of A11y Champions and Mentors
- Accessibility in onboarding, procurement and the design system
- Progress tracked and reported as teams grow
- Strategic shift
- A sustainable model that scales with the organisation, without extra overhead.
Success metric: Accessibility holds as teams grow and change — no single point of failure.
The result is a resilient model: accessibility capability grows across every team rather than resting on a few specialists — no single point of failure, and lower audit and rework costs over time.
Who is it for?
A11y University can support accessibility capability development across:
- Product & digital teams
- UX & UI designers
- Software engineers & developers
- Content & comms teams
- QA & testing teams
- Product & delivery managers
- Business analysts
- Accessibility leads & specialists
- Leaders & executives
- Public sector & council teams
- Teams scaling accessibility programmes
Point at a role to see how it contributes.
Build capability. Develop advocates. Embed accessibility.
A11y University gives organisations a structured way to develop accessibility capability — one person, one learning journey and one advocate at a time.