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Full User Pages Pages Pages Title Rank Channel Used Sessions Viewed Copied Printed Dwnld 1 The Cheadle and Marple College Network 4849 63682 2552 50 36 2 South & City College Birmingham 3426 49078 15721 442 157 3 Uxbridge College 3293 51577 3126 91 91 4 Leyton Sixth Form College 3063 46701 2749 88 49 5 South Eastern Regional College 2881 40559 8932 170 90 6 Carmel College 2817 41848 2025 68 96 7 Varndean College 2627 36262 2651 67 44 8 West Herts College 2549 27861 4801 144 61 9 Suffolk One 2468 35163 4476 87 23 10 Northern Regional College 2442 31492 6970 147 80 11 Blackpool Sixth Form College 2407 26142 457 18 19 12 Coleg Cambria 2340 24890 2259 40 32 13 Grwp Llandrillo Menai 2227 30491 2511 55 29 14 College of Richard Collyer 2140 31630 2001 48 20 15 Barton Peveril College 2129 31629 588 34 71 16 Oldham Sixth Form College 2102 28764 8937 221 56 17 Gower College Swansea 2093 26582 5878 148 42 18 Woking College 2056 27712 1690 46 27 19 Thomas Rotherham College 2006 31365 318 12 26 20 Newham Sixth Form College 1994 30907 7463 165 95 21 Halesowen College 1978 28904 8683 113 48 22 North West Regional College 1907 22208 5078 130 47 23 Walsall College 1885 30054 3174 85 55 24 Farnborough Sixth Form College 1819 28413 1253 27 22 25 Cardiff and Vale College 1716 24242 3187 69 63 26 Southern Regional College 1682 22539 8442 210 113 27 Richard Huish College 1664 26426 1873 49 8 28 Strode College 1592 22066 1347 35 21 29 Regent College 1590 25055 3480 95 28 30 Bolton Sixth Form College 1588 23292 8815 220 39 31 Luton Sixth Form College 1569 23341 1509 52 58 32 Neath Port Talbot College 1545 20946 4987 120 44 33 South West College 1514 21055 8577 202 63 34 North Kent College 1471 18527 814 23 22 35 West Kent and Ashford College 1425 19216 2328 56 47 36 Sandwell College 1319 20859 0 0 0 37 Esher College 1317 17058 805 24 41 38 Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology 1244 18011 4861 160 47 39 Oaklands College 1239 18145 5108 131 36 40 Activate Learning 1232 16665 4994 120 57 41 The Trafford College Group 1226 17440 5320 143 51 42 Gloucestershire College 1214 16703 3883 83 68 43 West Nottinghamshire College 1180 15367 1343 37 72 44 Aylesbury College Library 1168 13822 509 14 15 45 Cardinal Newman College 1105 15791 706 25 51 46 Leicester College 1049 13338 3586 75 64 47 Solihull College and University Centre 1036 14449 4619 108 43 48 Havering Sixth Form College 1035 13825 5316 202 16 49 City College Plymouth 1032 14458 3066 55 101 50 Notre Dame Sixth Form College 1016 12308 0 0 0 51 Ninestiles Academy 1012 14764 1045 27 10 52 West College Scotland 994 15216 1163 44 21 53 City of Westminster College 979 13490 13878 248 66 54 Mid-Kent College of Further and Higher 966 13615 6495 138 83 55 Havering College of F & HE 961 16947 223 5 7 56 Westminster Kingsway College 960 13798 3436 80 116 57 Dundee and Angus College 939 14125 1181 51 69 58 Tresham College of Further and Higher 931 11504 1222 32 24 59 Coulsdon College 930 14198 1158 28 22 60 Kirklees College 929 11365 4745 166 53 61 City and Islington College 920 11886 7098 194 61 62 Peter Symonds College 919 12674 3316 86 67 63 York College 898 12534 973 34 19 64 Furness College 895 13468 2075 56 33 65 North East Scotland College 893 12788 1857 48 65 66 City of Wolverhampton College 885 12601 1088 34 12 67 Gateway College 872 10600 20345 265 95 68 Yeovil College 860 17133 1510 48 33 69 South Thames College 847 12732 3071 89 43 70 The Manchester College 845 11409 2208 52 34 71 Chesterfield College 823 10708 1247 25 32 72 Cirencester College 813 9409 2723 57 21 73 Bury College 812 11256 1378 45 41 74 Havant & South Downs College 797 10386 506 11 14 75 North Lindsey College 791 9058 197 4 10 76 Moulton College 781 9384 5705 165 20 77 Lighthouse Learning Trust 774 12176 1080 17 20 78 Ashton-under-Lyne Sixth Form College 773 9838 5375 121 40 79 Newcastle-Under-Lyme College 766 12061 3817 111 22 80 Ealing, Hammersmith and West London 763 9359 3086 81 56 81 Northampton College 762 10352 2562 65 56 82 Carmarthenshire College 741 9028 1671 57 23 83 Wigan and Leigh College 734 9865 5105 106 20 84 Bournemouth & Poole College 727 9555 1373 43 34 85 Derby College 725 12463 1364 42 23 86 City of Bath College 690 8458 1518 34 27 87 Berkshire College of Agriculture 682 8569 1145 33 9 88 Bishop Auckland College 681 10260 422 23 7 89 Truro and Penwith College 674 7723 910 23 29 90 Newham College of Further Education 663 9586 3206 81 15 91 Petroc 652 11096 1079 26 13 92 Fareham College 645 6781 519 15 2 93 City of Sunderland College 623 8095 5697 142 44 94 Kingston College 623 9855 1769 47 26 95 RNN Group 621 9022 783 25 6 96 Merthyr Tydfil College 619 7107 859 20 40 97 Wakefield College 613 9395 1823 56 33 98 City of Liverpool College 612 8273 3012 59 54 99 Stockton Riverside College 612 8249 1043 29 9 100 Crawley College 611 8466 1225 48 7 101 South Gloucestershire and Stroud College 610 7756 842 28 10 102 New College, Stamford 593 8038 769 20 30 103 Bolton College 587 8331 1232 29 77 104 Farnborough College of Technology 579 7922 1477 39 18 105 Birmingham Metropolitan College 573 7952 1009 16 15 106 University of the Highlands and Islands 572 9192 925 23 32 107 East Surrey College 564 8424 404 9 9 108 Colchester Institute 563 7162 4478 68 18 109 Kendal College 558 7761 1101 28 31 110 Macclesfield College 554 6818 1635 57 10 111 New College Lanarkshire 549 6490 849 22 42 112 North Hertfordshire College 545 4963 1336 40 13 113 Nottingham College 542 6923 1838 40 40 114 Ayrshire College 519 6855 888 25 45 115 Preston College 518 4041 0 0 0 116 Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College 504 6186 54 1 1 117 St John Rigby College 502 7895 4053 88 26 118 Chichester College 498 6054 861 24 18 119 Exeter College 497 6939 3085 66 38 120 Alton College 494 7262 879 28 15 121 Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher 487 6013 1071 27 33 122 Forth Valley College 483 6709 1247 43 46 123 Warrington and Vale Royal College 481 6068 1029 22 34 124 Calderdale College 480 6941 1462 69 21 125 Hugh Baird College 476 4959 1114 29 22 126 Tower Hamlets College 473 7317 1168 35 11 127 St Brendans Sixth Form College 469 8520 28 1 0 128 Scarborough Sixth Form College 465 6386 137 3 4 129 West Suffolk College 453 5801 3060 63 18 130 Middlesbrough College 448 6756 1135 37 19 131 Sparsholt College 447 5385 332 11 9 132 Wiltshire College 444 5525 322 11 8 133 St Vincent College 431 6021 232 10 29 Burton College - Burton South Derbyshire 134 430 5581 1574 43 20 College 135 Edinburgh College 427 6671 1147 50 65 136 Coleg y Cymoedd 415 3891 1940 32 17 137 Gateshead College 408 6412 1204 33 7 138 Derwentside College 406 5826 3150 51 10 139 Milton Keynes College 405 5325 1711 72 21 140 Suffolk New College 402 5571 673 16 10 141 College of West Anglia 395 5589 366 11 25 142 John Leggott Sixth Form College 392 6282 588 16 0 143 FIFE College 389 5931 1082 34 52 144 Harlow College 372 4291 4380 140 11 145 Weymouth College 367 5635 796 21 9 146 East Riding College 363 4682 567 12 20 147 City of Bristol College 360 5315 2302 50 8 148 King Edward Vl College, Stourbridge 355 5281 1911 28 54 149 Barnfield College 349 4916 324 10 7 150 Burnley College 343 3508 2558 43 5 151 Stoke-on-Trent College 343 5511 1054 18 10 152 London South East Colleges 339 3766 2461 79 22 153 Highbury College 338 5036 0 0 0 154 Bradford College 333 5241 702 28 14 155 Leeds City College 333 3646 3352 82 40 156 Great Yarmouth College 327 4355 1035 22 7 157 Epping Forest College 326 4645 1998 27 22 158 Colchester Sixth Form College 315 5650 17 0 0 159 Belfast Metropolitan College 304 4257 1921 56 12 160 New College, Swindon 304 3882 385 9 9 161 Bridgwater & Taunton College 299 2871 516 12 4 162 Blackpool and The Fylde College 298 4190 363 5 5 163 Accrington and Rossendale College 295 3044 67 3 3 164 Glasgow Kelvin College 290 3311 374 9 15 165 South Devon College 283 4278 46 1 2 Haringey, Enfield and North East London - 166 281 4512 391 12 28 Enfield campus 167 Eastleigh College 277 5542 656 26 8 168 Selby College 276 3493 788 25 13 169 Warwickshire College 276 3677 653 15 14 170 Newcastle College Group 270 4106 766 14 13 171 St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College 268 3818 251 6 18 172 Richmond Upon Thames College 257 3746 670 18 12 173 South Essex College of Further and Higher 256 3337 1081 31 5 174 Loughborough College 251 3202 1103 40 10 175 Blackburn College 246 3740 180 4 13 176 Cambridge Regional College 246 5068 0 0 0 177 City College Norwich 245 3563 1073 16 23 178 St Davids Catholic College 244 3063 3748 72 11 179 Heart of Worcestershire College 240 3285 729 19 10 180 Isle of Wight College 233 2973 286 6 3 181 Bishop Burton College 228 2739 472 11 6 182 Central Bedfordshire College 225 2801 1742 42 22 183 Queen Marys College 225 3670 0 0 2 184 Runshaw College 224 3287 673 19 30 185 Brooklands Technical College 220 2736 277 7 4 186 Wirral Metropolitan College 219 3146 753 21 4 187 Waltham Forest College 217 3221 78 2 1 188 Lewisham Southwark College 212 3285 469 9 21 189 Winstanley College 210 3154 0 0 0 190 Bexhill College 208 2315 540 35 21 191 Dumfries & Galloway College 208 3041 470 18 44 192 College of North West London 206 3556 703 17 28 193 Harrow College 201 2730 1509 33 20 194 Coleg Gwent 200 2776 678 17 8 195 Aquinas College - UK 195 2612 493 5 6 196 Hereford Sixth Form College 195 2729 160 2 11 197 Doncaster College 188 2632 228 8 19 198 Shipley College 187 2554 452 12 5 199 University of Derby - FE 185 2585 866 17 9 200 City of Glasgow College 178 2582 157 9 10.
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