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Coursera Coach Wins Newsweek AI Impact Award for Outcomes in Commercial Learning

Coursera Coach Wins Newsweek AI Impact Award for Outcomes in Commercial Learning

By Mustafa Furniturewala, Coursera CTO I’m excited to announce that Coursera Coach has won the Newsweek AI Impact Award for AI Education: Best Outcomes, Commercial Learning. This award recognizes innovations using AI to tackle key business challenges and deliver measurable impact. Coach is an AI-powered personal tutor designed to make online learning more personalized, interactive,…
Presenting Coursera’s 2025 Global Skills Report: the skills trends shaping the future of education and employment

Presenting Coursera’s 2025 Global Skills Report: the skills trends shaping the future of education...

By Greg Hart, Coursera CEO I’m excited to share the seventh edition of Coursera’s annual Global Skills Report, offering comprehensive insights on the skill demands shaping the future of work. Drawing on data from our community of more than 170 million learners, this year’s report reveals where skill proficiency is rising around the globe, where…
Welcoming Patrick Supanc as Coursera’s New Chief Product Officer

Welcoming Patrick Supanc as Coursera’s New Chief Product Officer

By Greg Hart, Coursera CEO I’m excited to announce that Patrick Supanc has joined Coursera as our new Chief Product Officer, starting today. Patrick brings a wealth of experience, combining a deep understanding of customer needs with a proven track record of driving innovation and business impact. Over nearly ten years at Amazon, he helped…
1 million graduates: The real-world impact of Google Career Certificates

1 million graduates: The real-world impact of Google Career Certificates

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera In 2018, Google partnered with Coursera to reimagine job training and create an affordable, online program that prepared anyone — regardless of background or experience — for an entry-level, in-demand job. What began with a single IT certificate has expanded to nine programs that have transformed the…
University of Huddersfield and Coursera Launch Online BSc in Data Science to Meet Global Demand for Data Talent

University of Huddersfield and Coursera Launch Online BSc in Data Science to Meet Global...

The University of Huddersfield today announced the launch of its first fully online undergraduate degree on Coursera. The BSc(Hons) in Data Science is designed to equip learners worldwide with the technical, analytical and mathematical skills needed to succeed in today’s data-driven economy. The degree, which offers flexible full- and part-time study options, is aimed at…
New Coursera report shows strong employer and student ROI for industry micro-credentials: higher starting salaries, greater work-readiness, reduced training costs  

New Coursera report shows strong employer and student ROI for industry micro-credentials: higher starting...

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera I’m excited to share Coursera’s Micro-Credentials Impact Report 2025, which brings together perspectives from over 2,000 students and employers across six regions to better understand the rising demand for micro-credentials and their real-world impact. The global survey found that 90% of employers are now willing to offer…
Coursera Launches AI-Dubbed Courses in Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and German

Coursera Launches AI-Dubbed Courses in Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, and German

Language barriers continue to be a major obstacle for learners around the globe, limiting access to education and career advancement opportunities. We took an important step towards bridging that gap by successfully rolling out AI-powered text translations in 2023, which have enabled nearly 3 million learners to take more than 5,000 courses across 25 languages.…
New Coursera playbook recommends key strategies to narrow the gender gap in Generative AI skills

New Coursera playbook recommends key strategies to narrow the gender gap in Generative AI...

By Dr. Alexandra Urban, Learning Science Research Lead, Coursera As we celebrate International Women’s Day, I’m pleased to introduce a new Coursera playbook, exploring actionable techniques for closing the current gender gap in Generative AI (GenAI) skills by identifying strategies to empower more women to harness GenAI. Despite GenAI’s increasing importance across workplaces worldwide, women…
Supporting Federal Workers in Transition with Free Learning and Career Resources 

Supporting Federal Workers in Transition with Free Learning and Career Resources 

By Coursera The recent workforce changes in the federal government have created uncertainty for thousands of employees. At Coursera, we recognize the challenges of career transitions, and we’re stepping up to provide critical learning resources to help affected federal workers navigate this change and unlock new opportunities. Today, we are launching a dedicated initiative to…
How leading universities are preparing the future workforce with digital and human skills

How leading universities are preparing the future workforce with digital and human skills

By Marni Baker Stein As online enrollment outpaces on-campus programs at nearly half of U.S. institutions, universities are continuing expanding their online catalogs. The 200+ universities on Coursera recently reached a major milestone, amassing more than 200 million course enrollments. Building on this momentum, nine new universities joined Coursera in 2024, including Clemson University, IMD…