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e-books for FE COVID-19 support webinars

COVID-19 update webinar April 8th The supporting materials from our second webinar from Wednesday 8th April are now available and can be downloaded using the links below: Webinar recording Presentation used in webinar Chat transcript, including top tips from FE community COVID-19 update webinar March 25th The recording of the webinar from Wednesday 25th March […]

Expired e-book titles temporarily returning to e-books for FE

To support FE members with home-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, several publishers have generously allowed us to have free access to 61 titles that have previously been included in the collection but have since expired. These titles will be available until 30th June 2020. To access the titles, simply search for the ISBNs on Ebook […]

Change to scheduled e-books for FE clinic

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, we are changing the focus of our planned e-books for FE webinar clinic which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 25th March at 14.00. Instead of our scheduled tutorial, we are going to focus this webinar on the learning resources that Jisc have made available for free to […]

e-books for FE at Digifest 2020

This year at Digifest, the librarians from Ashford College gave a ten minute lighting talk about how they promote e-books for FE to students and staff across their college. “We love e-books for FE because the books are current and relevant, and the interface is user-friendly.” Their strategy is divided into three key sections, and […]

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Jisc’s Vocational learning resources free until 31st July 2020

If you need to support your vocational learners to carry on learning from home, Jisc’s vocational learning resources provide coverage in the following subject areas: Construction (https://construction.jisc.ac.uk/) Digital and IT (https://digitalandit.jisc.ac.uk/) Education and Childcare (https://educationandchildcare.jisc.ac.uk/) Hairdressing (https://hairdressing.jisc.ac.uk/) Health and social care (https://healthandsocialcare.jisc.ac.uk/) Jisc is making these resources open and freely available to all schools, work-based […]

e-books for FE March newsletter

Welcome to the March issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. In this month’s newsletter, we’re thinking about sustainability! Winter is drawing to a close and spring is upon us. Up and down the country, trees are turning out new leaves and flowers are blossoming. It’s also the perfect time to encourage your students to start […]