Balancing Act: How Angela Mastered the iMBA as a Working Mom
Leveraging Flexibility and Innovation to Achieve Educational Goals Angela Huwe’s journey through the online Master of Business Administration (iMBA) program from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a testament to the power of the program’s flexibility. As a working mom, Angela chose the iMBA program to enhance her business acumen and strengthen her problem solving…
Welcoming Karine Allouche and Nikolaz Foucaud to the Coursera Enterprise Leadership Team
By Leah Belsky, Chief Revenue Officer I’m excited to announce today the expansion of our Enterprise leadership team, a key step in accelerating our efforts to better serve institutions worldwide. Karine Allouche is joining Coursera as Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise.Karine, based in France, brings over 20 years of international experience in the…
Jecho Wahiman: “Learning is my real job.”
“My name is Jecho Wahiman. I’m from the Philippines and I have been working for an American manufacturing company for 15 years now. I didn’t finish my course in International Studies at a traditional university because I started working and didn’t have much time to follow a regular school schedule. I thought of the option…
Top 25 online courses in India – June 2020
Famed for being one of the most multilingual countries in the world and exporting the most doctors around the globe, it’s no surprise that online learning is booming throughout India. If you’d like to find a course to help you boost your career, improve your English, or start a new hobby, take a look at…
What is cloud computing and Amazon Web Services?
The advent of cloud computing has changed the organisational sphere beyond recognition, completely restructuring how we think about IT systems. As a result, cloud computing skills are in high demand across industries and geographies. The world’s biggest cloud computing platform is Amazon Web Services (AWS).From 13 July, FutureLearn will be offering Cloud Computing Professional with…
Latest Takeaways from Craig Weiss
It has been a wild week from the acquisition of Saba by Cornerstone to the ability to compare systems in detail on FindAnLMS, to the Coronavirus and the usage of Microsoft Teams as part of the L&D experience. A lot of readers and folks on various social media have asked about my perspective on a…
Get ahead with soft skills
This week is learning at work week in the UK. But making sure you have the right professional skills is important wherever you’re based. So how good are your soft skills? These aren’t the specialist skills required in your role that you might already have (for example coding or writing) these are skills that are…
Interview with iMBA future graduate Mesoma Akaolisa
iMBA – Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Meet Mesoma, a native of Nigeria. She is currently based in Houston, Texas, and is a rising leader on the engineering team at ExxonMobil. She knows it’s important to acquire new skills to progress further in her role, and Coursera has become instrumental in her growth.…
An interview with future iMSM graduate, Manmit Kaur
Manmit excelled at her career as a project manager. She was organizing conferences all around the world for global leaders in both the private and public sectors. But while her career was exciting, it was also very stressful. And, ultimately, Manmit felt that management consulting was her true calling. Earning a master’s in management had…
How To Keep Your Team Happy When Everyone Seems to be Quitting
The past couple of years has been hectic for the global workforce. Not only did the COVID pandemic disrupt operations across all industries, but it also led many people to reevaluate their lives, needs, and ultimately their jobs.As a result, people have been resigning in droves. In the U.S. alone, over 4 million people quit…
