Welcome to the April 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter.
Research Assistant live on 3rd April
A reminder that ProQuest’s Research Assistant will go live in Ebook Central on Thursday 3rd April. We would welcome any feedback from students and/or teaching staff, so that we can pass this on to ProQuest to inform ongoing development. Further training-information sessions will be planned for May.
Subscription renewal 2025
Your 2022-2025 subscription to e-books for FE comes to an end on 31 August. Due to the administrative burden (on college staff and Jisc staff) of going through the renewal process every three years, the new subscription will be offered on a perpetual basis, with the option to opt out at any time with the required notice. We will aim to make the new subscription page available on the Licence Subscription Manager no later than Monday 2nd June, with updates and guidance before that date.
This is a good time to check that you have your institution’s login details for Licence Subscription Manager. If you’re not sure about your username or password, email help.digitalresources@jisc.ac.uk with the subject ‘LSM account’ and ask for details.
Top 20 users in March 2025
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 5,231 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 5,116 |
| 3 | New City College London | 4,662 |
| 4 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 3,312 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 3,034 |
| 6 | The Trafford College Group | 2,170 |
| 7 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 2,151 |
| 8 | Northampton College | 2,044 |
| 9 | Richard Huish College | 1,772 |
| 10 | South Thames College | 1,746 |
| 11 | HRUC | 1,714 |
| 12 | West Herts College | 1,686 |
| 13 | Peter Symonds College | 1,467 |
| 14 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 1,356 |
| 15 | Solihull College and University Centre | 1,346 |
| 16 | East Kent College Group | 1,267 |
| 17 | West Nottinghamshire College | 1,259 |
| 18 | LTE Group | 1,217 |
| 19 | Northern Regional College | 1,140 |
| 20 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 1,110 |
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 March 2025
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 7,621 |
| 2 | OCR A-Level Law (2nd edition) | 3,875 |
| 3 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 3,794 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 3,297 |
| 5 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 3,188 |
| 6 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 3,083 |
| 7 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 3,047 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 2,966 |
| 9 | AQA A-Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 2,354 |
| 10 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology (revised edition) | 2,316 |
| 11 | AQA A-Level Business | 2,206 |
| 12 | Education and Early Years T Level: Early Years Educator | 2,169 |
| 13 | BTEC National Applied Law Student Book : For the 2017 Specifications | 1,998 |
| 14 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 2 : For the 2016 specifications | 1,763 |
| 15 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level UK Government and Politics (6th edition) | 1,722 |
| 16 | NCFE CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 1,707 |
| 17 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 1,623 |
| 18 | AQA Psychology for a Level Year 1 and AS Student Book (2nd edition) | 1,483 |
| 19 | BTEC Nationals Sport and Exercise Science Student Book | 1,439 |
| 20 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Global Politics | 1,311 |