Welcome to the September 2021 issue of the Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. This month, we’re focusing on the key findings from Jisc’s 2021 digital experience insights survey for FE learners and what worked and didn’t work for students whilst they were learning remotely. We also have a reminder about subscriptions and VLR top users. Digital […]
Welcome to the September 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. A new term begins, and there are many items of news this month – read on! Exclusive 15% discount on e-books titles until 30 September A reminder that all colleges who subscribe to e-books for FE can take advantage of a 15% discount […]
By Katie Butler (Digital Engagement Tutor, Ashford College) Jisc’s e-books for further education are a collection of curriculum-mapped titles covering various subject areas and qualifications. This collection gives unlimited and inclusive access to colleges, saving us time and money. However, not having a physical book to provide means we need to give our learners a […]
Welcome to the August issue of the Vocational Learning Resources Newsletter. This month, we have a reminder about the VLR promotional materials available on our support site and a couple of upcoming Jisc events that may interest you. Promotional Materials for VLRs We hope that you have either already subscribed to our Vocational Learning Resources […]
Welcome to the August 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. With the e-book usage statistics now completed for this academic year, we can report that usage increased 51% over 2019-2020, and the grand total of user sessions across all colleges for the year was 1,194,909. We will be working with our internal marketing […]
Welcome to the July issue of the Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. As we are now at the end of the academic year, we have a couple of reminders about access to our Vocational Learning Resources and how to request further support and guidance. But most of all, we hope you have a great summer! Top […]
Welcome to the July 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. There was the usual dip in e-book usage in June, with the academic year coming to an end, but user sessions were up 67% compared to June 2020. Exclusive 15% discount on e-books titles until 30 September Having worked closely with our sales […]
Welcome to the June issue of the Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. This month, we have a reminder about accessing the VLRs after 31st July 2021, an update on our monthly top users section and our top 10 most used resources during the free access period so far. Reminder about VLRs in core subscription As we […]
Welcome to the June 2021 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. We hope you’ve been enjoying the fine weather and the bank holiday, with the summer break in sight. E-book usage in May bounced back from the holiday month of April, with a massive 120% increase over May 2020. The number of user sessions […]
Welcome to the May issue of the Vocational Learning Resources newsletter. This month we’re looking at the new resources on the Virtual Library, the new monthly top users post that will be coming out from June onwards and a very exciting announcement about our Vocational Learning Resources. Update on our Vocational Learning Resources We have […]