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Every day this week, we’ll be announcing the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. We begin today with the Inspiration at Work category, meeting learning heroes from Canada, Gambia, …
Meet the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards judging panel
Nominations are now closed for the inaugural FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. In this post, we introduce you to the five education experts who’ll be judging them. Thanks to everyone who’s nominated a learning hero …
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Who are the FutureLearn team inspired by?
We recently asked you to tell us about the person who’s inspired you to learn this year, by nominating them for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award. It could be a supportive …
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Who is your learning hero of 2015? Nominate them for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award and you could win £1,000 to share
Update: the deadline for all nominations was 23:59 GMT on Sunday 22 November 2015, so we are no longer accepting submissions. Instead, you can meet our judging panel and find out …
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As 2 million people join FutureLearn, we meet some of them
Over 2 million people have now joined FutureLearn. To celebrate, we’ve been speaking to some of them and telling their amazing stories on our new “Meet the FutureLearners” blog. What have …
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Introducing digital, shareable Statements of Participation
We’ve just made a range of improvements to our Statements of Participation, including a new design, updated wording and digital versions. Here, our Product Manager, Simon Pearson, explains all. Since …
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Redesigning FutureLearn’s Statements of Participation
This week, we’re launching a redesigned Statement of Participation with a new digital counterpart. In this post, our Visual Designer, Kieran McCann, gives an insight into the redesign process and our …
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Introducing new open, shareable steps in FutureLearn courses
We’ve recently made some of the steps within FutureLearn courses open, so that you don’t need to sign in to the site to see or share them. Here, our Product …
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Meet Glenn: the author who brought his son’s favourite teddy to life with FutureLearn’s help
New Zealander, Glenn Sparrow, recently self-published his first children’s book, “Blue Ted’s Day at Home.” It tells the story of what his son’s favourite teddy gets up to when he’s …
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Find your Activity, Replies and Progress faster, with new in-course navigation
If you’re currently taking a FutureLearn course you may have noticed new in-course navigation, which enables you to easily jump to different features of the course. Here, our Product Manager, …
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How we designed FutureLearn’s new course categories
In October, our product manager, Tessa Cooper, introduced our new course categories. Here, our Interaction Designer, Alla Kholmatova, discusses how we came up with these categories and designed new pages for them. I’d like to …
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The FutureLearn shop is now open
Today, we’ve opened an online shop, where you can find a small selection of FutureLearn merchandise, as well as souvenir posters for two of our courses. Here, Lucy Blackwell, our …
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3 ways we’ve made it easier to join FutureLearn courses
Many FutureLearn courses are now running multiple times a year. We’ve recently made three changes, so that you can see all of the start dates for a course in one …
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Meet Dana: the 13-year-old waving the FutureLearn flag from America to Thailand
13-year-old Dana is a home-schooled student based in the United States and another winner from our recent flag giveaway. She’s been spreading the word about free online courses, waving the FutureLearn flag …
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David: a guest post from FutureLearner, Shawn Basheer
Shawn Basheer is a documentary maker and human rights activist living in Horsham in the UK. He likes to take a journalistic approach to his documentaries, so recently joined our …
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