Shift Learning

Shift Learning's White Papers are here to help to inform our clients about new and fast moving developments. They are written to help our clients make decisions and to introduce them to our services.

Our White Papers are free of charge but we invite you to make a voluntary donation (of any amount) to NSPCC. If you would like to make a donation, visit our page on the Just Giving website (opens in new window) where you can make your donation securely. The White Papers can be downloaded below:

Our latest White Paper:

iBooks and iBooks Author - the impact for publishers

Education App Case Studies

Previous White Papers:

Magic and Logic - developing apps for the educational market  

The impact of Google Instant for online marketing and SEO

A usability comparison of Fronter and Moodle Virtual Learning Environments

eReaders in education: A future source of revenue for publishers? 

A publishers guide to Search Engine Optimisation (and why it really matters) 

Coming soon:Website usability for educational publishers (PDF)

Usability for Electronic Learning Products

eCommerce 2.0 for Publishers

If you would like to be notified when these reports become available contact Jack Wilson by email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone on 0207 253 8959.

This page contains useful links to education related resources you might find useful. These links are regularly updated to reflect current policies and hot topics.

Click on the links in the left hand menu for the latest publications in areas Shift Learning specialise in.

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Other useful links

Wolf review summary 

Official statistics 

Higher Education Statistics Agency (opens in a new window)

Office for National Statistics (opens in a new window)

News sites

Guardian Education (opens in a new window)

BBC Education news (opens in a new window)

Times Education Supplement (opens in a new window)

Times Higher Education Supplement (opens in a new window)

Research Information (opens in a new window)

Societies and organisations

The MAPP (opens in a new window)

The Association of Professional and Learned Society Publishers (opens in a new window)

The Publishers Association (opens in a new window)

The Market Research Society  (opens in a new window)

Other 

Active map of UK Universities and Higher Education Institutions (opens in another window)