What does the future of learning look like?
Looking forward to our next ten million learners with Simon Nelson, Chief Executive at FutureLearn.
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5 useful tips and tools for social learning
Learn how to use the commenting and liking feature on our courses.
Five ways online learning can help your career path
In this blog post, we find out what recruitment and learning and development professionals think about online learning and what it can do for your career development.
What is money?
In this post Professor Nicky Marsh, English professor at the University of Southampton and educator on a new course Understanding Money, explores the history of money and asks: do we …
What can communities do to help themselves?
In this post Diana Laurillard, professor at UCL and educator on the course Community Based Research: Getting Started, explains why community based research is vital for helping displaced communities.
Creating a good environment for completing online learning
In this post find tips and tricks for creating a productive working environment, so you can stick with your online learning.
How to keep up your learning over the holidays
In this post find out how to fit your learning in around holiday celebrations with some tips and tricks for learning in December and January.
How to take great notes
In this post get some top tips for taking notes whether you’re learning online or offline.
The best quotes about leadership
There are plenty of quotes about leadership, we've gathered some of the best from a range of interesting people.
8 of the best Spanish Idioms
Octopi, garages and grandmothers with wheels - prepare for our Spanish program with some of the best Spanish idioms we’ve come across.
Behind the Scenes at the Royal Palaces: Meet Lord Onslow
Ahead of the course A History of Royal Food and Feasting, from the University of Reading and Historic Royal Palaces, the team from Reading interviewed the historical interpreter who plays …
Why transferable skills are the key to a better future
For Learning at Work Week FutureLearn’s People & Culture Director talks emotional intelligence, soft skills and how training will transform the world of work for all of us.
Get ahead with soft skills
As part of Learning at work week, we're talking all things soft skills: what are they, why are they important and how FutureLearn can help you develop them.
Happy English Language Day from FutureLearn!
First held in 2010, the day coincides with William Shakespeare’s birthday and celebrates English as one of six official UN languages. To mark the occasion, we spoke to IELTS expert …
Explore somewhere new in November with FutureLearn
Need a change of scenery this November? Look no further, we have exciting new and returning courses to take you to all sorts of places.