Linking services to your VLE

The following are services run by the Jisc FE and skills team, their direct links to get you started and the descriptions. Please copy and paste these snippets into the different courses on your VLE and on your library website. During this difficult period the login has been removed from the ‘training’ services and so staff and students can directly access the resources and get started.

Notifying staff

We would also recommend uploading copies of our vocational learning resources promotional materials and our e-books for FE posters to any learning resource hub or library website, and emailing all the relevant staff with something like:

“You may have heard that Jisc has made their vocational learning resources available to colleges to help with planning for remote learning. For an overview of the supplied services please see their Welcome Pack To find the best resources for each unit see the curriculum support guidance. For additional guidance see their guides https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/support/ or contact them at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk”

“Jisc’s e-books for FE service with its wide selection of online e-books is still available to help with learning and teaching. To find the best resources for each subject area see the curriculum support guidance. For additional guidance see their guides https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/ or contact them at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk”

“To keep up to date with the Jisc services available to us please subscribe to their JiscMails E-BOOKS-FOR-FE List and FEANDSKILLSCONTENT List, and follow them on Twitter at @ebooksforFE and @FE_Jisc

Jisc Construction Training learning resources

Link: https://construction.jisc.ac.uk/resources/

Description: Discover a collection of digital resources such as guides and interactive learning materials which are mapped to all mandatory NVQ and SVQ construction units, as well as some extra. Links to the curriculum, learning outcomes and there is explicit comprehensive coverage of the latest National Occupational Standards (NOS). Covering topics like electrical systems, health and safety, sustainability and more.

Jisc Digital and IT Training learning resources

Link: https://digitalandit.jisc.ac.uk/resources/

Description: Discover a collection of digital resources such as guides and interactive learning materials which are mapped to all mandatory NVQ and SVQ construction units, as well as some extra. Links to the curriculum, learning outcomes and there is explicit comprehensive coverage of the latest National Occupational Standards (NOS). Covering topics like risk assessment, security, information systems and more.

Jisc Education and Childcare Training learning resources

Link: https://educationandchildcare.jisc.ac.uk/resources/

Description: Discover a collection of digital resources such as guides and interactive learning materials which are mapped to all mandatory NVQ and SVQ construction units, as well as some extra. Links to the curriculum, learning outcomes and there is explicit comprehensive coverage of the latest National Occupational Standards (NOS). Covering topics like safeguarding, cognitive development, literacy and numeracy support and more.

Jisc Hairdressing Training learning resources

Link: https://hairdressing.jisc.ac.uk/resources/

Description: Discover a collection of digital resources such as guides and interactive learning materials which are mapped to all mandatory NVQ and SVQ construction units, as well as some extra. Links to the curriculum, learning outcomes and there is explicit comprehensive coverage of the latest National Occupational Standards (NOS). Covering topics like barbering, cutting, styling, salon duties and more.

Jisc Health and social care Training learning resources

Link: https://healthandsocialcare.jisc.ac.uk/resources/

Description: Discover a collection of digital resources such as guides and interactive learning materials which are mapped to all mandatory NVQ and SVQ construction units, as well as some extra. Links to the curriculum, learning outcomes and there is explicit comprehensive coverage of the latest National Occupational Standards (NOS). Covering topics like person-centred approaches, dementia, learning difficulties and more.

e-books for FE

Link: https://ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk

Description: A collection of titles in a range of subjects at levels 2 and 3. The e-books are selected for their relevance and currency and are mapped to the curriculum. The e-books we offer can help students to succeed with their learning; this is because they are collections of curriculum-mapped e-books – covering not only BTEC, A-Level, NVQ/SVQ and Cache courses, but also GCSE, WJEC and Highers; selected with the support of the FE community. Guidance and subjects supported are outlined on the support site.

Non FE and Skills Team services

These are resources our team don’t manage, but are part of Jisc. To get any further information or help with the following resources then contact help.digitalresources@jisc.ac.uk

CORE

Link: https://core.ac.uk/about/

Description: CORE’s mission is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all.

Zetoc

Link: http://zetoc.jisc.ac.uk/

Description: The monitoring and search service for global research publications; it is one of the world’s most comprehensive research databases, giving you access to over 36,000 journals and more than 59 million article citations and conference papers through the British Library’s electronic table of contents and over 875,000 OA article citations and conference papers from PubMed.

Jisc Geospatial

Link: https://jisc.geostore.com/jisc/#/home

Description: This service was created by a partnership between Jisc and Airbus, offers easy access to a wide range of digital mapping products to members of the academic community. The service allows you to easily and quickly discover, view, order, and download a variety of geospatial data products from a range of suppliers (licenced by Jisc) – all through one simple interface.

Historical Texts:

Link: https://historicaltexts.jisc.ac.uk/

Description: A full text digital archive enabling you to cross search, view and download over 460,000 texts published in the late C15th to the long C19th. The resource encompasses a wealth of content ranging from the Romantic to the Victorian period and covers a wide range of subject areas including English literature, history, geography, science, social science, religion and medicine. Materials include books but also pamphlets, sermons, prayer books, sheet music, broadsides, newsbooks and much more.

Journal Archives

Link: https://journalarchives.jisc.ac.uk/home

Description: Search and download articles from over 1000 journals. Journal Archives brings together content from 8 major publishers: Brill, Institution of Civil Engineers, Institute of Physics, ProQuest, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, the Royal Society of Chemistry and Taylor and Francis as well as the complete run of the feminist magazine Spare Rib.

Licence subscriptions manager

Link to register for 21 free FE resources: https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue?_token=TrfaDloMpDx3s3z2MoSifD34SeLRfw8rRrRO9ZCsFFU&page=1&query=&free=1&accountType%5B%5D=2&limit=10&sort=productName-asc

Note:

If you are interested in learning more about the different FE services available please see our guide on FE Jisc Services