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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 89

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 71% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 98

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    92% of websites

tees.ac.uk

Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

262 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

628 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Tees.ac.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 262 ms and then it took 2.9 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 55% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

tees.ac.uk performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

35/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.3 s

21/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.5 s

11/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,540 ms

13/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value17.6 s

4/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

tees.ac.uk

262 ms

tees.ac.uk

630 ms

gtm.js

88 ms

base.css

626 ms

jquery_tabs.css

620 ms

Our browser made a total of 97 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 63% of them (61 requests) were addressed to the original Tees.ac.uk, 3% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.bizible.com and 3% (3 requests) were made to Cdn.fanplayr.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (890 ms) belongs to the original domain Tees.ac.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 128.2 kB (8%)

Content Size

1.7 MB

After Optimization

1.6 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Tees.ac.uk main page is 1.7 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. 70% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-80%

Potential reduce by 71.4 kB

  • Original 89.1 kB
  • After minification 82.7 kB
  • After compression 17.7 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 71.4 kB or 80% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 11.0 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.2 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. Tees images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 31.3 kB

  • Original 294.9 kB
  • After minification 291.5 kB
  • After compression 263.6 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 31.3 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-24%

Potential reduce by 14.5 kB

  • Original 61.3 kB
  • After minification 60.5 kB
  • After compression 46.8 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. Tees.ac.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 14.5 kB or 24% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 59 (63%)

Requests Now

93

After Optimization

34

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 93 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Tees. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 40 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 13 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

tees.ac.uk

tees.ac.uk

262 ms

tees.ac.uk

tees.ac.uk

630 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

88 ms

base.css

base.css

626 ms

jquery_tabs.css

jquery_tabs.css

620 ms

jquery.accordian.css

jquery.accordian.css

622 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.css

jquery.fancybox.min.css

623 ms

layout-study.css

layout-study.css

709 ms

events.css

events.css

621 ms

profiles.css

profiles.css

707 ms

jquery.showhide.css

jquery.showhide.css

726 ms

slick.css

slick.css

707 ms

slick-theme.css

slick-theme.css

725 ms

modernizr.js

modernizr.js

324 ms

cookieconsent.min.css

cookieconsent.min.css

47 ms

cookies.js

cookies.js

754 ms

atc.min.js

atc.min.js

41 ms

css

css

48 ms

js

js

63 ms

js

js

196 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

170 ms

uwt.js

uwt.js

154 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

172 ms

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js

148 ms

responsiveslides.min.js

responsiveslides.min.js

682 ms

jquery.flexnav-min.js

jquery.flexnav-min.js

679 ms

plugins.js

plugins.js

681 ms

script.js

script.js

679 ms

helper.js

helper.js

679 ms

classie.js

classie.js

678 ms

jquery.showhide.js

jquery.showhide.js

787 ms

picturefill.min.js

picturefill.min.js

786 ms

tabs-2.js

tabs-2.js

775 ms

0a50b9140c.js

0a50b9140c.js

337 ms

backtotop.js

backtotop.js

776 ms

smoothscroll.js

smoothscroll.js

784 ms

jquery.easy-autocomplete.min.js

jquery.easy-autocomplete.min.js

784 ms

jquery.fancybox.min.js

jquery.fancybox.min.js

860 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

869 ms

jquery.select-to-autocomplete.js

jquery.select-to-autocomplete.js

889 ms

jsapi

jsapi

165 ms

slick.js

slick.js

890 ms

monsido-script.js

monsido-script.js

319 ms

jquery.owl.carousel.min.js

jquery.owl.carousel.min.js

890 ms

collect

collect

159 ms

loader.js

loader.js

184 ms

collect

collect

64 ms

adsct

adsct

169 ms

adsct

adsct

224 ms

ga-audiences

ga-audiences

63 ms

sept_start2024.jpg

sept_start2024.jpg

182 ms

menu_study.jpg

menu_study.jpg

325 ms

menu_business.jpg

menu_business.jpg

448 ms

menu_research.jpg

menu_research.jpg

449 ms

menu_about2.jpg

menu_about2.jpg

450 ms

menu_alumni.jpg

menu_alumni.jpg

450 ms

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451 ms

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450 ms

8518.jpg

8518.jpg

492 ms

8515.jpg

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493 ms

8514.jpg

8514.jpg

676 ms

students.jpg

students.jpg

507 ms

staff.jpg

staff.jpg

588 ms

alumni.jpg

alumni.jpg

507 ms

vacancies.jpg

vacancies.jpg

561 ms

business.jpg

business.jpg

563 ms

research2.jpg

research2.jpg

601 ms

region.jpg

region.jpg

601 ms

schools.jpg

schools.jpg

649 ms

campus_tour.jpg

campus_tour.jpg

285 ms

openday2021.jpg

openday2021.jpg

286 ms

tef_gold.jpg

tef_gold.jpg

488 ms

tef_gold3_400.png

tef_gold3_400.png

443 ms

tef_gold3.png

tef_gold3.png

502 ms

bizible.js

bizible.js

188 ms

fbevents.js

fbevents.js

112 ms

one.png

one.png

437 ms

default

default

174 ms

insight.min.js

insight.min.js

142 ms

adaptor.js

adaptor.js

168 ms

embed

embed

286 ms

TeessideUniversity2b_black.png

TeessideUniversity2b_black.png

623 ms

input_bg.gif

input_bg.gif

571 ms

downarrow.png

downarrow.png

582 ms

about.jpg

about.jpg

588 ms

loader.js

loader.js

29 ms

platform.min.js

platform.min.js

19 ms

fanplayrapi.html

fanplayrapi.html

460 ms

js

js

134 ms

css2

css2

20 ms

ipv

ipv

54 ms

u

u

115 ms

slick-ajax-loader.gif

slick-ajax-loader.gif

302 ms

xdc.js

xdc.js

36 ms

pixel

pixel

35 ms

src=9064313;type=invmedia;cat=teess00b;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;npa=;ord=6213435658719.391

src=9064313;type=invmedia;cat=teess00b;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;npa=;ord=6213435658719.391

80 ms

84 ms

Accessibility Review

tees.ac.uk accessibility score

89

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 input fields do not have accessible names

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

tees.ac.uk best practices score

75

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

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

tees.ac.uk SEO score

98

Search Engine Optimization Advices

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 Tees.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 Tees.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

tees.ac.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Tees. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: