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Educator Spotlight: Inspiring health and care staff to make a difference

The Horizons team, part of the Improvement Directorate of NHS England, recently ran its first course on our platform! The School for Change Agents attracted more than 4,500 learners from …

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EduTech Sydney 2019: A summary of FutureLearn’s learnings

Author: Fiona Reay, Development Partnership Lead at FutureLearn Highlights of the EduTech conference included Sir Ken Robinson advocating for a further shift of the education system to no longer teach …

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What are the drivers and innovations shaping tomorrow’s higher education landscape?

Author: Maria Spies, Managing Director at HolonIQ. Global Education Market Intelligence for decisions that matter What are the drivers and innovations shaping tomorrow’s higher education landscape? Higher education is a …

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Educator spotlight: Can mathematics be fun?

Yossi Elran from the Davidson Institute, the educational arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, certainly thinks so! He first ran his popular Maths Puzzles: Cryptarithms, Symbologies and Secret Codes …

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Educator spotlight: Great South Land: Introducing Australian History with University of Newcastle Australia

Great South Land: Introducing Australian History ran on FutureLearn for the first time in late February 2019. It is among the first courses to be offered as part of the …

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What’s going on with degree apprenticeships?

Author: Lucy Stanfield, Strategy and External Affairs Lead at FutureLearn “…It is an intrinsically sound policy, but… the implementation will not deliver the Government’s ambitious policy objectives unless urgent improvement measures …

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Educator Spotlight: Preparing for Teaching with Manchester Metropolitan University

Preparing for Teaching began its first run in mid-January. The course is aimed at people considering a career in teaching, and covers many aspects of what to expect before commencing …

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Food for thought: The role of educators and employers in getting people ready for the world of work

Author: Stephen Somerville, MD, Government & Employers at FutureLearn This month, FutureLearn hosted its inaugural Employment Breakfast Briefing with a focus on how we — collectively — can bridge the …

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Experiences of Timorese language teachers in a blended MOOC for CPD

Monty King, Partnership Manager at FutureLearn has had a paper published detailing the experiences of a group of Timorese English language teachers from Lorosa’e English Language Institute (LELI) in Dili, …

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Implications of the ONS accounting change and looking ahead to the Post-18 review

Author: Lucy Stanfield, Strategy and External Affairs Lead at FutureLearn 2018 was a turbulent year in UK higher education policy and 2019 looks set to be the same. As we await …

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Educator spotlight: Challenging borders of entrepreneurship and collaboration

From the start of the Demystifying Entrepreneurship course — part of an appropriately innovative degree venture — the cross-national team of educators from Deakin and Coventry Universities challenge learners, encouraging …

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Course Spotlights: examples of best practice

December Spotlight – Goldsmiths, University of London – Learn Jazz Piano I: Begin with the Blue Over 11,000 learners have joined the six week course Learn Jazz Piano I: Begin …

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We need a change in attitude to achieve the national skills strategy

Author: Lucy Stanfield, Strategy and External Affairs Lead at FutureLearn The fourth industrial revolution will drive significant change to the way we live and work, thus fundamentally impacting not only what …

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Partner spotlight: The impact of Sponsored courses model and accreditation

Wellcome Genome Campus Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences launched its first biomedicine courses on FutureLearn earlier this year. Working with internationally-renowned scientists and healthcare professionals, the team’s expert courses are …

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Educator spotlight: A MOOC with no gobbledegook

Professor Andy Parsons is one of the most enthusiastic educators on FutureLearn. His course, Exploring Everyday Chemistry, or in his own words “A MOOC with no gobbledegook“, has proved hugely …

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Educator Spotlight: Inspiring health and care staff to make a difference

EduTech Sydney 2019: A summary of FutureLearn’s learnings

What are the drivers and innovations shaping tomorrow’s higher education landscape?

Educator spotlight: Can mathematics be fun?

Educator spotlight: Great South Land: Introducing Australian History with University of Newcastle Australia

What’s going on with degree apprenticeships?

Educator Spotlight: Preparing for Teaching with Manchester Metropolitan University

Food for thought: The role of educators and employers in getting people ready for the world of work

Experiences of Timorese language teachers in a blended MOOC for CPD

Implications of the ONS accounting change and looking ahead to the Post-18 review

Educator spotlight: Challenging borders of entrepreneurship and collaboration

Course Spotlights: examples of best practice

We need a change in attitude to achieve the national skills strategy

Partner spotlight: The impact of Sponsored courses model and accreditation

Educator spotlight: A MOOC with no gobbledegook

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