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Report Summary

  • 42

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    61% of other websites

  • 93

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 80% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 90

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    68% of websites

bcu.ac.uk

Birmingham City University

Page Load Speed

3.8 sec in total

First Response

323 ms

Resources Loaded

2.2 sec

Page Rendered

1.3 sec

bcu.ac.uk screenshot

About Website

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Birmingham City University (BCU) is a large and diverse university set in the heart of Birmingham with a focus on practice-based learning.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bcu.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 323 ms and then it took 3.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bcu.ac.uk performance score

42

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value10.2 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.7 s

51/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value440 ms

64/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.016

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.4 s

15/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bcu.ac.uk

323 ms

www.bcu.ac.uk

577 ms

cdl.min.css

21 ms

corecss

390 ms

css

34 ms

Our browser made a total of 36 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 17% of them (6 requests) were addressed to the original Bcu.ac.uk, 31% (11 requests) were made to Bcu.imgix.net and 17% (6 requests) were made to Bcucdn.azureedge.net. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (605 ms) belongs to the original domain Bcu.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 134.9 kB (5%)

Content Size

2.8 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bcu.ac.uk main page is 2.8 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 2.5 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 120.1 kB

  • Original 144.8 kB
  • After minification 134.7 kB
  • After compression 24.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 120.1 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1.3 kB

  • Original 2.5 MB
  • After minification 2.5 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Bcu images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 13.5 kB

  • Original 164.1 kB
  • After minification 164.1 kB
  • After compression 150.6 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 1 B

  • Original 35.0 kB
  • After minification 35.0 kB
  • After compression 35.0 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Bcu.ac.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (30%)

Requests Now

30

After Optimization

21

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 30 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bcu. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bcu.ac.uk

bcu.ac.uk

323 ms

www.bcu.ac.uk

www.bcu.ac.uk

577 ms

cdl.min.css

cdl.min.css

21 ms

corecss

corecss

390 ms

css

css

34 ms

cdl.plugins.head.min.js

cdl.plugins.head.min.js

26 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

67 ms

b2883272e56f52f8e237ee5369d7a6ad.js

b2883272e56f52f8e237ee5369d7a6ad.js

38 ms

cdl.plugins.foot.min.js

cdl.plugins.foot.min.js

4 ms

corejs

corejs

256 ms

controljs

controljs

605 ms

cdl.min.js

cdl.min.js

7 ms

google-analytics.js

google-analytics.js

429 ms

ai.0.js

ai.0.js

89 ms

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prospectus-jinal-cropped-for-od-banner-133283646087697563.jpg

189 ms

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select-arrow-dark.png

390 ms

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teaching-excellence-framework-2023-logo-only-133402119489783256.png

148 ms

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWw.ttf

S6uyw4BMUTPHjx4wWw.ttf

104 ms

bcu_icon_font.ttf

bcu_icon_font.ttf

24 ms

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

TK3_WkUHHAIjg75cFRf3bXL8LICs1_FvsUZiYA.ttf

117 ms

hqdefault.jpg

hqdefault.jpg

114 ms

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popular-links-chevron.png

329 ms

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rbinternational-pakistani13237-133283710511881261.jpg

177 ms

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accommodation-myths-secondary-133126454893377866.jpg

82 ms

atds-learn-about-student-life-133095260847834977.png

atds-learn-about-student-life-133095260847834977.png

87 ms

scholarships-accelerate-panel-1-133214596096262421.jpg

scholarships-accelerate-panel-1-133214596096262421.jpg

87 ms

prospectus-2024-25-50-50-panel-133283676526290801.jpg

prospectus-2024-25-50-50-panel-133283676526290801.jpg

94 ms

csu2023407-tef-backgroundspots-transparentcropped-133402107354650874.png

csu2023407-tef-backgroundspots-transparentcropped-133402107354650874.png

95 ms

beth-dennis-at-the-student-nursing-times-awards--133589438050492479.jpg

beth-dennis-at-the-student-nursing-times-awards--133589438050492479.jpg

177 ms

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dr-iyan-offor-133589563807366497.png

489 ms

islam-issa-news-131261155865705786.jpg

islam-issa-news-131261155865705786.jpg

430 ms

DINWebPro-Medium_subset.woff

DINWebPro-Medium_subset.woff

23 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

24 ms

collect

collect

12 ms

collect

collect

25 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

29 ms

Accessibility Review

bcu.ac.uk accessibility score

93

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values

Best Practices

bcu.ac.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

bcu.ac.uk SEO score

90

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bcu.ac.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Bcu.ac.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

bcu.ac.uk

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of Bcu. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: