Learning

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…

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…

Read any article on the internet today, and you will usually see “summary” at the beginning. I often see this as a quick take, and whether its objective is to have you read the article or just bypass it, it doesn’t inspire. Rather, it taps into AI, and as a result, can be ignorant of…

In this blog post discover courses to help you ditch the boring small talk and find interesting new subjects. Ask “have you seen the moonwalking bear?” with Forensic Psychology Most of us like to think our powers of memory are fairly good, but in reality giving an accurate witness statement is very difficult. There are…

What is a turkey? Well, besides a bird, I think most of us think of a bad product or service or in our case, system or solution. And yes, you are totally correct. For me, I toss in some terms that need to go or be stopped in their tracks before confusion does more to…

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common hormonal condition affecting women in their childbearing years. It increases the risk of diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, and endometrial cancer. PCOS is a common cause of infertility and it causes symptoms that can be very difficult to deal with, such as acne and hair growth in body…

The first email (or ‘e-mail’) was sent by a computer engineer called Ray Tomlinson in 1971, sadly, the content of this message is lost to history. In 2017, 169 billion emails were sent every day, according to Statista. Many would agree that email writing is an essential skill in today’s working world. And because it’s…

In this post discover the new places and times you could explore with courses in March. This March why not take a trip? All you need is a computer, tablet or mobile and FutureLearn. We’ve got courses to take you on all sorts of journeys, from Ancient Rome to the 1600s, all the way to…

What would Dr. King make of America today?On April 4, 2018, The Times published an interactive look at that question. Headlined “Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later, His Battles Live On,” here is how it begins:Martin Luther King Jr. remains frozen in time for many Americans. Seared into our consciousness is the man who…

I had no idea how the assignment would go, and, in all honesty, I didn’t think my creative writing students would be interested in writing something that seemed so formulaic. I thought the lessons would be boring.In the end, however, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. My students ended up loving the assignment,…