Welcome to the January 2023 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter, a little later than usual due to the seasonal break. We hope you survived the holidays and began the new term stress- and chilblain-free.
e-books for renewal survey
A huge thanks to everyone who responded to the request for feedback on the e-book titles that are due to expire on 31 August, and thus candidates for renewal. There were sixty-two survey forms returned, and a copy of the Excel file will be distributed to the e-books for FE JiscMail list as well as the Community of Practice. Some headline information: the five titles which received the most votes for renewal were
- (5186318) BTEC National Business Student Book 1 – 9781292126241 – Helen Coupland-Smith et al
- (6209017) The Study Skills Handbook – 9781137610874 – Stella Cottrell
- (5174145) BTEC National Business Student Book 2 – 9781292126258 – Jenny Phillips et al
- (6267638) Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour (8th edition) – 9781510468672 – Richard Gross
- (4771940) BTEC National Applied Science Student Book 1 – 9781292134093 – Joanne Hartley et al
Top 20 users in December 2022
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | New City College Corporation | 2704 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 2346 |
| 3 | The Prospect Trust | 1887 |
| 4 | The Trafford College Group | 1623 |
| 5 | South Thames Colleges Group | 1569 |
| 6 | West Herts College | 1425 |
| 7 | Hereford Sixth Form | 1372 |
| 8 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 1289 |
| 9 | Varndean College | 1265 |
| 10 | West Nottinghamshire College | 1251 |
| 11 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 1138 |
| 12 | HCUC (Harrow College & Uxbridge College) | 1078 |
| 13 | LTE Group | 1049 |
| 14 | Birmingham Metropolitan College | 1030 |
| 15 | South and City College Birmingham | 1002 |
| 16 | Bedford College | 1000 |
| 17 | Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group | 929 |
| 18 | Chichester College Group | 921 |
| 19 | South Eastern Regional College | 917 |
| 20 | The WKCIC Group | 833 |
Mergers / closing accounts: If your organisation has recently merged with another, ProQuest may not have the most current merger information and your merger may not be reflected in the usage data. You may also need to close an e-book account after a merger. Please email customerservice@proquest.com and Cc Jacqueline.Stringer@Clarivate.com with the relevant details.
Top 20 titles in December 2022
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 8144 |
| 2 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education: Early Years Educator | 2934 |
| 3 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 2486 |
| 4 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2473 |
| 5 | AQA A-Level Business | 2373 |
| 6 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 2062 |
| 7 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 1979 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 1730 |
| 9 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 1697 |
| 10 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 1593 |
| 11 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 1581 |
| 12 | AQA A Level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 1535 |
| 13 | OCR A Level Law (2nd edition) | 1284 |
| 14 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 2 : For the 2016 specifications | 1176 |
| 15 | BTEC Nationals Sport and Exercise Science Student Book | 1173 |
| 16 | BTEC National Computing Student Book | 1093 |
| 17 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology: Revised Edition | 1020 |
| 18 | Sociology Themes and Perspectives | 992 |
| 19 | BTEC Level 3 Nationals Applied Science Student Book 2 | 904 |
| 20 | CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 875 |
Support queries
Email: content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Website: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/