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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 64

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 29% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 75

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    32% of websites

ukcosa.org.uk

UKCISA - international student advice and guidance - Studying in the UK?

Page Load Speed

3.2 sec in total

First Response

238 ms

Resources Loaded

2.6 sec

Page Rendered

362 ms

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UK Council for International Student Affairs. Advice for international students in the UK and universities, colleges and students' unions who support them

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ukcosa.org.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 238 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

ukcosa.org.uk performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.3 s

19/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value460 ms

61/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.002

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.6 s

18/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ukcosa.org.uk

238 ms

www.ukcisa.org.uk

262 ms

www.ukcisa.org.uk

1323 ms

gtm.js

69 ms

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

Our browser made a total of 57 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Ukcosa.org.uk, 61% (35 requests) were made to Ukcisa.org.uk and 7% (4 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1.3 sec) relates to the external source Ukcisa.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 607.2 kB (50%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

616.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ukcosa.org.uk main page is 1.2 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. 60% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 639.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 193.3 kB

  • Original 252.0 kB
  • After minification 136.0 kB
  • After compression 58.7 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 116.1 kB, which is 46% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 193.3 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 3.8 kB

  • Original 234.4 kB
  • After minification 230.6 kB

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. UK Cosa images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-58%

Potential reduce by 369.1 kB

  • Original 639.1 kB
  • After minification 628.6 kB
  • After compression 270.0 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 369.1 kB or 58% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-42%

Potential reduce by 41.0 kB

  • Original 98.5 kB
  • After minification 96.1 kB
  • After compression 57.5 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. Ukcosa.org.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 41.0 kB or 42% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 36 (75%)

Requests Now

48

After Optimization

12

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 48 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of UK Cosa. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 19 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ukcosa.org.uk

ukcosa.org.uk

238 ms

www.ukcisa.org.uk

www.ukcisa.org.uk

262 ms

www.ukcisa.org.uk

www.ukcisa.org.uk

1323 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

69 ms

bootstrap.min.css

bootstrap.min.css

41 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

52 ms

css

css

49 ms

custom.css

custom.css

604 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

307 ms

responsive2.css

responsive2.css

309 ms

meanmenu.css

meanmenu.css

310 ms

mashable-menu.css

mashable-menu.css

310 ms

owl.carousel.css

owl.carousel.css

380 ms

owl.theme.css

owl.theme.css

381 ms

slick.css

slick.css

382 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

31 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

37 ms

bootstrap.min.js

bootstrap.min.js

59 ms

bootstrap-hover-dropdown.js

bootstrap-hover-dropdown.js

382 ms

common.js

common.js

445 ms

owl.carousel.min.js

owl.carousel.min.js

453 ms

jquery.meanmenu.js

jquery.meanmenu.js

455 ms

mashable.min.js

mashable.min.js

454 ms

slick.min.js

slick.min.js

455 ms

jquery.highlight.js

jquery.highlight.js

519 ms

js

js

60 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

527 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

528 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

528 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

530 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

594 ms

js

js

36 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

424 ms

ScriptResource.axd

ScriptResource.axd

423 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

604 ms

css2

css2

31 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

10 ms

js

js

52 ms

logo.png

logo.png

109 ms

logo.svg

logo.svg

108 ms

logos-footer-new.jpg

logos-footer-new.jpg

110 ms

collect

collect

66 ms

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6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3aPA.woff

32 ms

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6xK3dSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3qOK7j.woff

33 ms

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6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3i54rAkw.woff

81 ms

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ig4vAkw.woff

6xKydSBYKcSV-LCoeQqfX1RYOo3ig4vAkw.woff

82 ms

print.css

print.css

82 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

49 ms

background-darker.jpg

background-darker.jpg

103 ms

newswall-readers_1000.jpg

newswall-readers_1000.jpg

229 ms

popular-and-thumbs-up-1.jpg

popular-and-thumbs-up-1.jpg

98 ms

israel-andrade-YI_9SivVt_s-unsplash.jpg

israel-andrade-YI_9SivVt_s-unsplash.jpg

97 ms

background-lighter.jpg

background-lighter.jpg

98 ms

badgeframe

badgeframe

71 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

77 ms

responsive.css

responsive.css

31 ms

yoshki-library-svg.js

yoshki-library-svg.js

3 ms

Accessibility Review

ukcosa.org.uk accessibility score

64

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 IDs are not unique

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best Practices

ukcosa.org.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

SEO Factors

ukcosa.org.uk SEO score

75

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

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

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Ukcosa.org.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Ukcosa.org.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

ukcosa.org.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of UK Cosa. 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: