Welcome to the May 2026 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter.
FE digital content survey
You will soon be receiving an email invitation to take part in a new online sector survey to help shape the future of our digital content services, including e‑books for FE. Your insight will directly inform how the service evolves to meet the changing needs of practitioners across further education.
This work forms part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring digital content and licence agreements deliver clear value for colleges, improve affordability and support equitable access. By hearing directly from those working in teaching, learning and curriculum delivery, we can better understand what’s working well, where challenges remain and how future provision can best support the sector.
The survey explores areas including content needs, workload, use of digital and AI tools, and how resources are accessed and used in teaching. Your feedback will help shape the future service and ensure it supports day‑to‑day delivery.
It will take an estimated 10-15 minutes to complete the survey, and it closes on Friday 5 June. Please feel free to share the survey with colleagues involved in teaching, curriculum design and resource delivery to help capture a broad range of perspectives.
If you have not received an email with a link to the survey by Monday 18 May, please contact andrew.jackson@jisc.ac.uk
Top 20 users in April 2026
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organization | User sessions |
| 1 | New City College London | 2,552 |
| 2 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 2,157 |
| 3 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 1,827 |
| 4 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 1,483 |
| 5 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 1,456 |
| 6 | LTE Group | 1,449 |
| 7 | Varndean College | 1,189 |
| 8 | West Nottinghamshire College | 964 |
| 9 | Northampton College | 955 |
| 10 | Richard Huish College | 925 |
| 11 | The Trafford College Group | 817 |
| 12 | Peter Symonds College | 775 |
| 13 | South Thames College | 719 |
| 14 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 705 |
| 15 | Sandwell College | 609 |
| 16 | HRUC (Harrow Richmond Uxbridge Colleges) | 606 |
| 17 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 564 |
| 18 | Exeter College | 553 |
| 19 | City College Norwich | 530 |
| 20 | The WKCIC Group | 506 |
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 April 2026
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2,699 |
| 2 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 2,192 |
| 3 | OCR A-Level Law (2nd edition) | 1,725 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 1,711 |
| 5 | AQA Psychology for A-Level : Year 1 and AS (3rd edition) | 1,684 |
| 6 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 1,371 |
| 7 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 1,046 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 952 |
| 9 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology (revised edition) | 897 |
| 10 | OCR A-Level PE (Year 1 and Year 2) | 877 |
| 11 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 2: For the 2016 specifications | 863 |
| 12 | OCR Psychology for A-Level Book 2 | 797 |
| 13 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Politics (2nd edition): UK Government and Politics, Political Ideas and US Government and Politics | 790 |
| 14 | Sociology Themes and Perspectives | 728 |
| 15 | NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 704 |
| 16 | Edexcel GCE Geography AS Level Student Book | 699 |
| 17 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 697 |
| 18 | Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Book 2 (revised edition) | 643 |
| 19 | AQA A-Level PE (Year 1 and Year 2) | 637 |
| 20 | AQA A-Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 628 |