Celebrate National Coding Week with FutureLearn
National Coding Week is taking place 18-25 September 2017. It aims to bring coding and digital skills to everyone, regardless of their age or experience. As an official partner, we've …
FutureLearn News
Restricted course access for learners in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea or Syria
For regulatory reasons, you won’t be able to access FutureLearn courses from Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea or Syria. In this post, we explain why and what we’re doing to …
Introducing upgrading on FutureLearn courses
In this post our Chief Product Officer, Matt Walton talks about something new to FutureLearn: upgrading.
What are you doing 25-28 January? Come and join us at Bett
Bett - the world's leading education technology event - is taking place in London from 25-28 January this year. We're exhibiting and speaking, and we'd love to meet you there.
UPDATE: What’s the future of digital learning? Our CEO, Simon Nelson, speaks at the RSA President’s Lecture
In this post discover what issues and ideas our CEO, Simon Nelson, discussed in his lecture at the RSA.
Introducing programs: the new way to earn recognised awards on FutureLearn
Matt Walton, our Head of Product, explains how, from today, you’ll be able to take programs of courses to earn academic credit, professional accreditation and other awards on FutureLearn. Today, we’re …
Introducing more detailed, more rigorous Certificates of Achievement
We’ve just introduced a new type of certificate to help you better prove what you’ve achieved on FutureLearn courses. Here, our Senior Product Manager, Simon Pearson, explains the new Certificate …
Welcoming 3 million people to FutureLearn
As the 3 millionth person joins FutureLearn, our Head of Product, Matt Walton, reflects on another landmark number, and provides some insights into who our learners are and what lies …
Meet us at BETT to find out how free online courses can help your school
This week, BETT – the world’s largest education technology event – is taking place at Excel London. FutureLearn is exhibiting, and a teacher and student will be talking about their experiences of …
FutureLearn named Best User Experience at the UXUK Awards
Last night, FutureLearn won the “Best Education or Learning Experience” category and then competed against the other category winners to win the grand prize of “Best User Experience” at the …
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 …
Guest post: What I learnt about the future potential of MOOCs and e-learning at London Technology Week
David Reilly is a digital marketing consultant and passionate advocate of digital disruption. He manages the Meetup group, Future Thinking in Digital Marketing, and runs workshops via his digital training …
Vote for us in the 19th Annual Webby Awards
We’re delighted to have been nominated for a Webby Award in the “Websites: Social Media” category. Now we need your help to win! Find out how to vote for us. …
Observe Earth with the European Space Agency, plus more free online courses announced
Today, we’ve announced the European Space Agency as our newest partner. Here, we reveal its first course, “Monitoring Climate from Space,” and preview a few popular free online courses, which are returning to …
Introducing FutureLearn Choices: a collection of free courses to bridge the gap between school and university
Neil Harvey, our Head of Marketing, introduces FutureLearn Choices – a collection of free online courses to bridge the gap between school and higher education, and help 16 to 19 …