Welcome to the March 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Usage of our e-books remained relatively high in February, with an increase of 47% over February 2020. LRC Regional Meetings (England) Jisc is currently setting up and facilitating a variety of LRC/Library Regional Meetings for all colleges in England. These meetings vary in […]
Welcome to the February issue of our Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. We hope you are making the most of the current free access period and that staff and students are benefiting from access to high quality, interactive and engaging resources. This month, we have a reminder about accessing our resources, a recap from our recent […]
Welcome to the February 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Usage of our e-books was high again in January, with an increase of 51% over January 2020. It has been a record-breaking quarter, and we thank all colleges for their commitment to promoting the collection. We welcome two new subscribers who joined us […]
About The FE and Skills Content Team are running some introductory webinars on our Vocational Learning Resources. During the webinars, we will give a demonstration of our resources, look at what areas they cover, how they can be used and what teaching practitioner support is available. Each webinar will be around 30 minutes in total […]
Welcome to the January issue of the Vocational Learning Resources Newsletter. With another lockdown now in place, the FE and Skills Content team have been looking at how we can best support our members during this difficult time period. In this newsletter, we’re looking at the new free access period for the Vocational Learning Resources, […]
Welcome to the January 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. The closure of schools and colleges due to the latest Covid lockdown will make this another very difficult month for staff and services, and students have already suffered due to the confusion surrounding the sitting of the BTEC exams. We hope the new […]
Welcome to the December issue of the Vocational Learning Resources Newsletter. Now we’re coming to the end of a very challenging year, we hope you all enjoy the upcoming break. In this newsletter, we’re reflecting on the past year and what we’ve learnt. Reflecting on learner engagement Last month, our webinar focused on reflections over […]
Welcome to the December issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. After a term (and a year) like no other before it, we hope you enjoy the holiday break as far as is possible within the ongoing restrictions. Usage of our e-books reached an all-time high in November, with nearly 165,000 user sessions: an increase […]
Welcome to the November issue of our Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. This month, we’re looking at Digifest 2021, the UKSG Further Education webinar series, our upcoming webinar and November’s £30 book token question. Digifest 2021 Digifest is the UK’s leading edtech conference. 2021 is about reconnecting as an industry to understand how learning and teaching, […]
Welcome to the November issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. We hope everyone enjoyed the half-term break. IPPR report IPPR (the Institute for Public Policy Research) has published a report entitled ‘Going further: the case for investing in Further Education and adult skills’, available for download at https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/going-further There is a direct link to […]