Opening up pathways for women in STEM
Author: Professor Josie Fraser, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at The Open University and member of the FutureLearn Board of DirectorsAs I write this, I’m looking ahead to the weekend when the world will be celebrating International Women’s Day (Sunday March 8th). Celebrating women’s achievement and promoting an equal and enabled world is important to me. A lot…
New Stanford study: Sharing Coursera micro-credentials on professional networking platforms can significantly improve learner...
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, I’m pleased to share some new independent research from Stanford Graduate School of Business, highlighting the employability benefits offered by micro-credentials on Coursera. The new paper, “The Value of Non-Traditional Credentials in the Labor Market”, reports results from a randomized experiment, finding that sharing micro-credentials as…
