Making FutureLearn

In this post we share some of what our CEO Simon Nelson said about higher education and the digital world, when he spoke at SXSWedu in Texas. SXSWedu is an annual conference and festival which celebrates innovation in learning. The event is part of the South by Southwest family of conferences and festivals and, now…

In this post we share some exciting news: 5 universities from the United States are going to be offering courses on FutureLearn. We’re happy to announce that we’ve got not one, not two, not three, not four, but five US universities joining FutureLearn! American University, Colorado State University, Penn State University, Purdue University and UVA…

Buy an upgrade or paid course using PayPal Previously, you could only buy an upgrade or paid course with a credit or debit card. In 2017, we introduced the ability to pay in US Dollars, Euros and Australian Dollars as well as British Pounds – but this still meant paying by card. After a lot…

From today, we’re making some changes to the way FutureLearn courses work. Now you’ll be able to upgrade your courses, giving you a set of benefits, instead of only being able to buy a Certificate when you finish a course. You can now upgrade your courses On FutureLearn courses starting from 6 March 2017, you…

In this post, find out about the exciting things we’ve been up to recently at FutureLearn, including new features, new partnerships and new courses.   Customize your interests You can now customize your interests, to tell us what subjects you’re interested in and see suggested courses on your interests page. Here’s how it works:     Find…

Find the right course for you with topic pages To help you find the right course, we’ve introduced dedicated pages where you can find all the courses, programs and degrees we offer on a specific topic in one place. On some of these pages you’ll also find thoughts from previous learners, and handy career advice…

Exciting news – we’re going to be sharing more about life at FutureLearn, and how we build FutureLearn over on our Medium page.  From now on we’ll stick to just letting you know about the really important FutureLearn developments on this blog. But if you want to know even more about FutureLearn, you can find…

Buy an upgrade or paid course using PayPal Previously, you could only buy an upgrade or paid course with a credit or debit card. In 2017, we introduced the ability to pay in US Dollars, Euros and Australian Dollars as well as British Pounds – but this still meant paying by card. After a lot…

In this post Tessa Cooper, Senior Product Manager at FutureLearn, shares her experiences of returning to work after Maternity Leave and how FutureLearn helped her to settle back in. Tess and her new baby at FutureLearn. Last year became the first year that anyone at FutureLearn went on Maternity Leave. In fact three of us…

Submit an assignment and get feedback from your tutor You can now submit assignments for tutor feedback and grading. Tutor marked assignments are a step in a course which will allow you to submit a written response to a question set by the course provider. One of the educators can then give you feedback either…