What to learn online
If you’ve decided that you want to learn something new, but don’t know exactly what – here’s a post to help you come to a decision. We’ve already outlined some ideas for how to find a new hobby, but for those who’d specifically like to study, we’ve put together some further suggestions to help you…
Courses to help build a more inclusive world
In this post we share potential ways to tackle inequality in today’s world, and courses to help get you started. The last century has seen a global decline in violence and an increase in life expectancies. Yet, in recent years, it has also seen struggles against the impacts of globalisation and automation, unprecedented political turmoil and…
What is money?
Money itself is changing. Debates about the money form – who issues it and how we use it – have found new shapes in the digital economy. The emergence of a cashless society and the fascination with cryptocurrencies are both altering how we use money and what we know it to be. Yet it’s far…
Top 25 online courses in Bangladesh – June 2020
The government of Bangladesh has big plans for digital and e-learning. It’s going to form a central part of the education system for years to come. What’s more, it’s already a popular way of learning in the country. Taking an online course can help develop skills and knowledge that can benefit your personal and professional…
Is Your School a Safe Learning Space?
What makes an ideal learning environment for you — physically, socially, intellectually, emotionally? Does your school environment make you feel welcome, supported and able to thrive and grow? Do you feel like you would learn more, perform better and thrive more fully in a learning environment where everyone shares your race, gender or identity? Why…
Get hired in 2020 with a professional SaaS microcredential
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…
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…
Top 23 online courses in Canada – June 2020
Online learning has always been a popular choice in Canada, and this has only been accelerated by the outbreak of COVID-19. Canadian learners are using FutureLearn for a wide range of online courses, from dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic to discovering more about historical wonders like Ancient Rome. Read on to find out what the 25…
International Women’s Day 2017 – 5 women who inspire us to keep learning
In honour of International Women’s Day 2017, in this post we share five women who inspire us to keep learning, and keep helping others to learn. 1. Katherine Johnson The Apollo 11 flight to the moon wouldn’t have got very far without Katherine Johnson, an African-American physicist and mathematician who worked at NASA in the…
Learning About Slavery With Primary Sources
Then, if you would like to further investigate the broadside from a historical lens, you can use a document analysis worksheet from the National Archives. There are two worksheet options for written documents: one for secondary students and one for younger students and English-language learners.Part IIIf you would like more background, take some time to…
