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This website has been designed specifically for 1920:1080 pixel display resolution monitors (FHD). Unfortunately this results in most reports presenting illegibly on phones and badly on tablets.

1366 resolution monitors are hard work on the eyes.

Low display resolution monitors are okay but for desktop work stations the price point benefit is really not worth it. That said, low resolution monitors work okay but require a 75-67% zoom out to present the tables reasonably well.

Site Visitors' Display Resolutions

  1. 1920x1080 FHD
  2. 1024×768 XGA Introduced in 1990!
  3. 1440x900 WXGA+ Prevalent in 19" displays
  4. 1680x1050 WSXGA+ Prevalent in 22" displays
  5. 1366x768 HD
  6. 1280x1024 SXGA Prevalent in 17" & some 19" displays
  7. 1536x864 (1920x1080 FHD local driver reporting error)
  8. 1920x1200 WUXGA Prevalent in expensive 15" & 17" laptops and in 23"-27" displays

The benefit of designing the layout for Full High Definition (FHD) is to present multiple column data tables. With 450 Colleges on the Y-axis, the X-axis is crucial in presenting full reviews of data, especially for variable length data such as team names and email addresses.

FHD desktop monitors are all priced reasonably and a new Asus, Acer, Lenovo or HP FHD laptop or Chromebook starts at £270.

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Financial Statements

https://www.collegewebsites.ac.uk/latest-data-reports/financial-statements

It is good to be doing these again. For the first one back I've completed a review of the annual financial statements presented on College websites. With perfect timing the Government has set a deadline for Colleges to post their 2017/18 Financial Statements online, so this report should help the sector to achieve a 100% pass rate. As of 17 January 43% of ESFA funded Colleges had complied with the Government's new requirement. I have emailed the Scottish Funding Council, Colleges Wales, and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy to ask if they have plans to set an equivalent requirement. Finally, do let me know when I should update this report.

Financial Statements

https://www.collegewebsites.ac.uk/latest-data-reports/financial-statements

It is good to be doing these again. For the first one back I've completed a review of the annual financial statements presented on College websites. With perfect timing the Government has set a deadline for Colleges to post their 2017/18 Financial Statements online, so this report should help the sector to achieve a 100% pass rate. As of 17 January 43% of ESFA funded Colleges had complied with the Government's new requirement. I have emailed the Scottish Funding Council, Colleges Wales, and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy to ask if they have plans to set an equivalent requirement. Finally, do let me know when I should update this report.


Facebook Company Logos

https://www.collegewebsites.ac.uk/latest-data-reports/facebook-company-logos

Back in 2017 Facebook announced the change of design for profile pictures and company logos and the circular design is being rolled out with the effect that some logos are being unpleasantly cropped. It is probably worth refreshing all of the social media logos as some, particularly company logos presented on LinkedIn, are very cropped or very low quality images.


January 2019 Alexa Website Traffic Rankings

https://www.collegewebsites.ac.uk/latest-data-reports/january-2019-alexa-rankings

  1. Southern Regional College - £38,677,000
  2. City of Glasgow College - £84,666,000
  3. Edinburgh College - £67,676,000
  4. Glasgow Clyde College - £48,003,000
  5. Exeter College - £40,730,000
  6. Coleg Sir Gâr - £30,961,000
  7. Glasgow Kelvin College - £30,712,000
  8. Greenhead College - £10,444,000
  9. Manchester College - £184,080,000
  10. City Literary Institute - £18,666,000

Of all 448 Colleges, it is not the biggest that attract the largest volume of site traffic. I have scheduled a sectorwide review of website search engine optimisation which, I hope, will shed some light on why some Colleges consistently perform best.

This report is being sent in Westminster Hall at the College Funding debate. Do try to get local Parliamentarians to visit your College as every MP speaking in the debate has referenced their frequent visits, all of them speaking in glowing terms about their local Colleges. #loveourcolleges

2019 Best Virtual Learning Environments Report

There are 406 Virtual Learning Environments used in the FE/6F/AE sector.

The majority of VLEs are hidden behind a login screen and only a handful fully achieve a developed offer. This report shows the data from methodically testing all of 406 VLEs and has identified and detailed the best using a simple set of metrics. It then lays out 15 straightforward projects, costing almost no time or money to complete, that will substantially improve the user experience, and therefore the outcomes, of students.

Activate Learning Aquinas College Ashton 6th Form College
Activate Learning Aquinas College Ashton Sixth Form College
 See the Full Report

All Current Reports

 21 April 2025    General Reviews    Updated 

 CEO/Principal Profiles

 20 February 2025    General Reviews    New 

 2023/24 Financial Data

 31 January 2025    Content Reviews   Updated 

 All Financial Documents

 3 January 2025    Content Reviews    Updated 

 All Heads/Principals/CEOs

8 February 2022    Logos

 LinkedIn Profile Logos

6 January 2022    Logos

 Live Twitter Logos

 27 October 2021    Logos

 College Website Logos

Abbeygate Sixth Form College Abingdon and Witney College Access Creative College Accrington and Rossendale College Activate Learning Group
Ada College Addysg Oedolion Cymru Aldridge Adult Learning Andover College Aquinas College
Ashton College Askham Bryan College Ayrshire College Barking and Dagenham College Barnet Southgate College
Barnfield College Barnsley College Barnsley Sixth Form College Barton Peveril College Basingstoke College of Technology
Bath College Bede Sixth Form College Bedford College Group Bexhill Sixth Form College Belfast Metropolitan College

 23 April 2020    Logos

 Facebook Company Logos

 29 April 2020    Logos

 Instagram Company Logos.

11 March 2019    Content Reviews

 Open Events.

 10 May 2018    Logos

 Live YouTube Logos.