Discover a new passion in May with these courses
In this post find some brand new courses, and a few old favourites, to help you develop a new passion, skill or hobby in May. Write a screenplay Unleash your inner Sorkin, Cody or Tarantino with this popular introductory course to screenwriting. Learn the basic concepts of scriptwriting and be confident in the language of…
What makes a great teacher? Part 1
In the first part of a bumper two-part post, we look at some of the things that a great teacher does, and courses you can take to develop your teaching skills. A great teacher…makes every subject interesting Keeping students involved and excited in what they’re learning can be difficult if the subject is complex or…
Our top courses starting this week
We’ve got lots of courses starting this week. In this post we pick five great ones to get started on. Isn’t it time you became better acquainted with the Duke of Wellington? Well, today you can get up close and personal thanks to the University of Southampton course Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo. On the…
FutureLearn Updates: Bookmarking comments and improved navigation
Bookmark interesting comments to come back to later If you see a comment you’d like to find again later, click the bookmark icon. You’ll then be able to find it again by selecting ‘Show: bookmarked’ in the comment filters, or in the bookmarked section of your activity feed. Don’t worry, bookmarks are secret – nobody…
The importance of involving young people in society
In this post, Emma Taylor-Collins, part of the University of Birmingham team behind our new course Building Character through Youth Social Action, explains why involving young people in politics and society is so vital. As we enter the last few weeks of an unusually short UK General Election campaign, there’s a lot of talk about…
Helping new parents settle back into work after parental leave
In this post Tessa Cooper, Senior Product Manager at FutureLearn, shares her experiences of returning to work after Maternity Leave and how FutureLearn helped her to settle back in. Tess and her new baby at FutureLearn. Last year became the first year that anyone at FutureLearn went on Maternity Leave. In fact three of us…
Courses to help you understand the modern world
In this post we share the best for courses for making sense of the modern world. In a world that only seems to get faster, more complicated and more confusing it can be hard to understand how modern issues affect you, and how you can respond. So to help, we’ve collected some of the best…
Meet our learners: Connor
Learners are what make FutureLearn great, so we’re sharing some of their stories. Today, meet Connor, an apprentice engineer and learner from the UK. About Connor Name: ConnorAge: 20Job: apprentice engineer with the Innovation & New Business Team (INBT)Location: Bournemouth, England. How did Connor find FutureLearn? After taking on a new role, his line manager…
Become a project manager
In the third of a new series about taking on new roles we look at how to become a project manager. The Basics Here’s a short summary of what a project manager is and does. A project manager is in charge of making sure a project runs smoothly and is finished on time. They typically manage…
What makes a great teacher? Part 2
Teaching is a difficult job which requires a range of skills and extensive knowledge. In the second post about what makes a great teacher, we look at some of the characteristics which make teachers successful in classrooms today. A great teacher…sets an example Great teachers are passionate learners who set an example to their students.…
