Welcome to the October 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter.
Switch to Ebook Central reader app
For an overview of the new Ebook Central reader app, you can download this PDF slide deck which was presented by ProQuest at the drop-in sessions in September.
Some quick links to help you prepare:
- The reader app resource hub — https://clarivate-p.allego.com/tKyxMsFniqNn8qt
- Technical requirements — https://clarivate-p.allego.com/3mXE9EMIhX3cnq3
- FAQs — https://support.proquest.com/s/article/Ebook-Central-App-FAQ?language=en_US
The aim is to migrate colleges to the new app in national or regional blocks on the same agreed date, to be decided in the coming months, facilitated by Jisc. For example, we are aiming to switch all Northern Ireland colleges over on the same day in 2026, and also the Welsh colleges as a group, and the Scottish colleges as another. For England there will be a regional approach.
The app is for full e-book downloads only, for offline reading; access to the Ebook Central platform will remain as is.
Top 20 users in September 2025
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 9,254 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 4,691 |
| 3 | New City College London | 4,683 |
| 4 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 4,036 |
| 5 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 3,293 |
| 6 | Richard Huish College | 2,934 |
| 7 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 2,762 |
| 8 | Varndean College | 2,610 |
| 9 | Northampton College | 1,841 |
| 10 | West Herts College | 1,816 |
| 11 | Exeter College | 1,794 |
| 12 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 1,760 |
| 13 | Godalming College | 1,719 |
| 14 | St Dominics Sixth Form College | 1,703 |
| 15 | Northern Regional College | 1,611 |
| 16 | South Thames College | 1,533 |
| 17 | HRUC (Harrow Richmond Uxbridge Colleges) | 1,482 |
| 18 | City College Norwich | 1,388 |
| 19 | The Trafford College Group | 1,377 |
| 20 | Chichester College Group | 1,222 |
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 September 2025
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 5,009 |
| 2 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Economics A | 4,337 |
| 3 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 3,564 |
| 4 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Politics | 3,329 |
| 5 | OCR A-Level Law (2nd edition) | 3,302 |
| 6 | AQA A-Level Business | 3,090 |
| 7 | AQA Psychology for A-Level : Year 1 and AS Third Edition | 3,001 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 2,920 |
| 9 | AQA A-Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 2,816 |
| 10 | NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2,812 |
| 11 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Business | 2,667 |
| 12 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2,396 |
| 13 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 2,252 |
| 14 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 2,236 |
| 15 | OCR A-Level PE (Year 1 and Year 2) | 2,079 |
| 16 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 2,011 |
| 17 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology (revised edition) | 1,742 |
| 18 | Education and Early Years T Level: Early Years Educator | 1,725 |
| 19 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Global Politics | 1,670 |
| 20 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 1,430 |