Aprender a pesar de la adversidad
Nos emociona presentarles a Johan Stiven Muños Jimenez. Un Ingeniero Industrial que recibió su título universitario dos semanas antes de que empezara la cuarentena estricta en Colombia por el COVID-19. A pesar de la cuarentena y el aislamiento, Johan completó más de 73 cursos en menos de tres meses. En la historia que nos comparte,…
Celebrating the legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
by Ruhiya Rohan Gupta, Marketing Manager at Coursera At Coursera, we believe learning is the source of human progress. Our mission is to try and bring the best learning to every corner of the world. We are proud to share this commitment with learning leaders across the globe, and to honor those who’ve exemplified this…
Life After COVID-19: Get Ready for our Post-Pandemic Future from the Institute for the...
Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., instructs Life After COVID-19: Get Ready for our Post-Pandemic Future, which stacks into the Futures Thinking Specialization from the Institute for the Future. The new course examines how futures thinking can help address societal issues exacerbated by COVID-19 to create a better post-pandemic world. In addition to her role as a research…
Gies College of Business partners with Coursera to offer scholarships to degree students
Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of a global scholarship program for the Master of Business Administration (iMBA), Master’s of Accounting (iMSA), and Master’s in Management (iMSM) graduate programs on Coursera. Together, Coursera and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Gies College of Business will provide a limited number of scholarships per year, covering 70% of…
How Sam discovered a passion for data science through his love of music
Meet Sam, a drummer who taught high school math in Hawaii before the birth of his first son. Sam decided to move into the in-demand field of data science by enrolling in the IBM Data Science Professional Certificate on Coursera. In the program, he not only gained job-ready skills, but he also discovered ways to…
Coursera Round-Table Discussion: How Women Can Support One Another
Written by members of our Women@ Employee Resource Group: Jade Wang, Shikha Sharma, Cassidy Dadaos, Gintare Balseviciute, and Shubhangi Sood. Coursera’s Women@ Employee Resource Group (ERG) is focused on creating an environment where women thrive – one that attracts, develops, and retains top female talent, especially in areas in which women are currently underrepresented. Women@ is…
Grace shares how she mapped her way from fashion design to computer science
Meet Grace, a former fashion designer who’s boldly paving a new path for herself in computer science. Inspired by the example of mathematician Amalie Emmy Noether—and determined to overcome her math anxiety to be a good role model for her daughter—she started taking courses online. It wasn’t easy balancing learning with her family responsibilities, and…
Q1 2021 Coursera for Business Quarterly Product Release
By Shwetabh Mittal, Senior Director, Product Management Automation and the COVID-19 recession have created a “double-disruption” scenario for workers that will drastically transform tasks, jobs, and skills for the foreseeable future. In fact, according to the World Economic Forum, eighty-five million jobs will be displaced by 2025, and forty-seven percent of core skills will change for…
Coursera Round Table Discussion: Career Advice from Women in Tech
Written by members of our Womxn in Tech Employee Resource Group: Yujia Cao, Rachel Liao, Olwen Puralena, Carolane Bonhaume, Như Lâm, and Emily T. Coursera’s Womxn in Tech (WiT) Employee Resource Group (ERG) aims to create an environment where women in product, data science, design, engineering, or any roles requiring technical skills, are equally represented,…
See how marketing professional and aspiring entrepreneur Hillary is taking the next step in...
Meet Hillary, a marketing freelancer and aspiring entrepreneur who’s learning from the Philippines. She started learning on Coursera at the beginning of the pandemic last year with the goal to gain news skills and boost her resume while in quarantine. Now she not only feels more confident in her marketing skills, she’s also getting ready…
