Further education membership
Your college’s core Jisc membership gives you access to sector-designed digital services that deliver practical value across teaching, learning and operations. It connects you to a national community that shares insight and shapes digital transformation at scale.
We work closely with sector bodies across the UK, including the Association of Colleges, Colleges Wales and Colleges Scotland, to support colleges at every stage of digital maturity.
Together, we help you use digital technology to improve learner outcomes, operate efficiently and adopt AI safely, while strengthening your cyber security and giving you the confidence to innovate at pace.
We support teams across your organisation every day with services and expertise aligned to your staff, learners and strategic priorities.
Technology
The world-class Janet Network, delivered at national scale, underpins your connectivity, cyber security, and cloud services. As the UK’s National Research and Education Network (NREN), it provides the scale, resilience and security your college needs to deliver reliable digital services and drive transformation with confidence.
Vital security services are included as part of your Janet IP connection, combining our technical expertise with your in-house resource to protect your organisation, students and staff from evolving cyber threats.
This includes automated DDoS protection to stop attacks before they disrupt your services, and access to our dedicated computer security incident response team (CSIRT), for fast, expert support when incidents occur.
You also have access to our cyber security community – a trusted, private space where experts from across UK education share threat intelligence, workshops and practical advice.
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- Janet Network
- Connectivity
- Cyber security
- Cloud services
- Janet IP connection
- Automated DDoS protection
- Computer security incident response team
- Cyber security community
Learning resources and libraries
We work closely with your library team to give learners access to the digital content they need.
Our e-books for FE service provides curriculum-mapped course e-books to support teaching and independent study. Our licence subscriptions manager negotiates fair, equitable deals for digital content agreements on behalf of the sector, ensuring value and compliance.
Library colleagues can also join the FE library/LRC community of practice, an active network that shares best practice, solves common challenges and strengthens provision across the sector.
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Learning and teaching
We champion digital innovation to make learning more inclusive and improve outcomes.
As a member, you can access our digital elevation tool, which shows your college’s abilities and progress in digital, data and technology. Used by more than 200 colleges, it supports development in AI, curriculum, staff skills, leadership and technology.
You can also access practical guidance, including the digital pedagogy toolkit and a wide range of learning and teaching guides, designed to help you embed effective digital practice across your organisation.
Our learning and teaching communities connect experts across the UK online, in-person, and at sector-leading events. You can share ideas, tackle challenges and learn from peers.
We have expanded support for AI in FE through our AI in FE community, offering practical guidance on assessment and AI use alongside flexible learner resources to build AI literacy.
For senior leaders, our AI maturity toolkit for tertiary education and strategic framework for leading AI in colleges support a whole-organisation approach, aligning AI adoption with educational priorities, governance and risk management.
Backed by our AI experts, this growing community of more than 3,000 teaching and learning peers is helping colleges innovate responsibly and with confidence.
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- Digital elevation tool
- Digital pedagogy toolkit
- Learning and teaching guides
- Learning and teaching communities
- Events
- AI in FE community
- Practical guidance on assessment and AI use
- AI maturity toolkit for tertiary education
- Strategic framework for leading AI in colleges
Advice, guidance and training
We provide practical advice, guidance and training to help your teams respond to challenges and make the most of digital opportunities. This includes webinars, workshops, toolkits and specialist support tailored to the FE sector.
You can connect with peers and sector experts to share insight, solve problems and apply best practice across teaching, learning and operations.
For colleges that need more tailored support, members can access competitively priced services such as consultancy, infrastructure reviews and specialist training, giving you additional expertise when and where you need it.
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Data
We’re your trusted data partner, giving you the tools and insights you need to make informed decisions.
Our services include building digital capability, our data maturity framework and tools such as the digital elevation tool, designed specifically for FE.
They combine sector-wide insight with your own data, helping you benchmark performance, strengthen digital skills and plan strategically with confidence.
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Finance and procurement
We work with carefully selected suppliers to develop compliant framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems for cloud, connectivity and libraries. Available exclusively to members, they save the education sector millions of pounds each year, while reducing procurement risk and ensuring contracts are negotiated with colleges in mind.
Our licence subscriptions manager and Chest services also negotiate nationally with academic publishers and software vendors, making digital content and software affordable and accessible for the UK education and research community.