Career Development

It’s often been said that ‘every pot has a lid’, or ‘every lock has a key’. What this means is that there is something for everyone. Similarly, when it comes to careers, the familiar that we hear about every day, or the more obscure career paths we wouldn’t think of like a mattress tester (talk…

Managers are crucial cogs in any business. They lead departments to success through an array of soft skills and talents. Without them, deadlines can be missed, quality can plummet, and business growth is scuppered.But good managers aren’t just cogs in a machine. They are also tightrope walkers, trying to balance views and opinions from all…

On the 13th of July, our four brand new, industry-endorsed microcredentials for business professionals working with Xero, Salesforce, Tableau, and AWS are going live. These microcredentials have been created in collaboration with world-leading business intelligence tools and SaaS software providers in order to address skills shortages in finance, data science, cloud computing, and customer success management.Read…

Amy Clarkson, 25, is a genomic counselling trainee. She shares how FutureLearn helped her land her current job by enhancing her application, building her knowledge, and increasing her confidence. Before her current role in genetics, Amy worked in the third sector and then for an investment company. She decided to switch careers into genetics as she…

Over the last few months, we’ve all had to make changes to our daily routines. The pandemic has impacted our lives in ways many of us could never have imagined. As well as the tragic loss of life, livelihoods have been lost and whole industries have been devastated. Yet people are resilient and resourceful, meaning…

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives on a scale that most of us have never experienced before. But as we adjust to this new way of life, there are all kinds of hurdles we must face. One such challenge is how to get a job in the new normal. In the UK, the furlough scheme…

One thing we can all agree on is that the workplace is evolving. New trends, ways of working, and strategies rule the day. Added to this, are the new and subtle phenomenons, challenges, and traditional notions of ambition and success. In particular, “quiet ambition.” This growing trend represents a different approach to climbing the corporate…

Oman has been one of the forerunners of e-learning in the Middle East. With a significant emphasis on IT and education, many people in the country are taking online courses. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world works. We are all having to adapt to a new situation, at least until some long-term solutions…

Amanda Hubbal is a nursery teacher in the UK. She uses research-based practice to provide inclusive and engaging nursery teaching. After being asked several times by parents about ADHD symptoms and behaviours, she decided to take the ‘Understanding ADHD: Current Research and Practice’ course from King’s College London on the FutureLearn Platform.Explore teaching coursesUsing FutureLearn…

Thailand has the second-biggest economy in the rapidly growing ASEAN region. In this era of growth, more and more Thai learners are signing up to learn online. Whilst there’s a clear focus on learning English, as the nation looks increasingly outwards to the world, among the top-25 courses in Thailand in June 2020, there were…