Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020
The theme for International Women’s Day 2020 is #EachforEqual. At FutureLearn, we’re committed to forging a gender equal world and are proud to host a platform that enables our educators to share their knowledge with learners all over the world. We’ve been speaking to women who mentor courses on FutureLearn to find out about their careers…
Want to boss business?
In the last decade, business has changed beyond recognition.The Great Recession posed economic challenges to economies that are still present, 12 years later.Meanwhile, the march of technology has revolutionised the way the world spends and works. And the climate crisis is forcing business to confront ongoing issues of sustainability.It’s clear that keeping your professional skills…
Is your teaching knowledge best-in-class?
As the world changes at pace, education is having to respond in turn.A growing global population has created an unprecedented demand for learning.Meanwhile, technological advances have meant education is simultaneously more available, and more complex than ever before.Unlimited – available for only £149 this February – gives you limitless access to hundreds of online courses…
The benefits of going Unlimited
This February, for a limited time, you can buy 12 months of Unlimited for even less.For one payment of £189 £149, you’ll have full access to hundreds of FutureLearn short courses for an entire year.Unlimited has countless benefits, but we’ve narrowed it down our top five so you can get stuck into learning sooner ✔️ Get unlimited…
Are you ready for healthcare 2.0?
Healthcare is evolving faster than perhaps at any other point in the modern era.A growing global population is placing pressure on resources, while higher life expectancy stretches our healthcare systems.At the same time, technological and medical advances are altering the way we treat patients.Unlimited – available for just £149 this February – gives you limitless…
Microcredentials: go further, faster
In growing industries like computer science, healthcare, visual arts, and teaching, there has never been a greater demand for further professional learning. Professionals are increasingly turning to higher-education to fill gaps in their CV and expand their skill-base. With technological innovation moving more quickly than ever, employers are looking for staff with up-to-date training.However, learners and…
Blue Monday and the problem of junk science
It’s Blue Monday, so you might be feeling pretty low today. Alternatively, you probably feel much like you did last Monday.If you don’t know what I am talking about, for the last 10 years, the 3rd Monday of each year has been awash with tabloid articles about the ‘research’ conducted for travel company Sky Travel,…
Defy Expectations with the FutureLearn Career Mapper
Evidence suggests there are countless benefits to having a job you like doing. Or better still, a job you love doing. You’re happier, more motivated and more efficient. Similarly, finding purpose and feeling productive in your job also ranks highly with those happiest at work.But finding and securing your dream role or even getting your…
Welcoming ten million learners to FutureLearn
When FutureLearn launched in December 2012, this post outlined the aims of the company as follows: To bring together a range of free, open, online courses from leading UK universities, that will be clear, simple to use and accessible. To draw on the Open University’s expertise in delivering distance learning and pioneering open education resources to…
Go Unlimited for less this October
This October, for a limited time, you can buy 12 months of Unlimited for even less. For one payment of £189 £139, you’ll have full access to hundreds of FutureLearn short courses for an entire year. Unlimited has countless benefits, but we’ve narrowed it down our top five so you can get stuck into learning sooner ✔️…
