Courses to help you improve the lives of children
In this post we share courses to help in different ways with improving the lives of children across the globe.
Learning
International Women’s Day 2017 – 5 women who inspire us to keep learning
In honour of International Women's Day 2017, in this post we share five women who inspire us to keep learning, and keep helping others to learn.
Interview: How do we read literature in the digital age?
In this post Gaudenz Metzger, from the University of Basel, interviews Philipp Schweighauser, a literary scholar and Professor of American and General Literatures also at the University of Basel. Ahead …
5 places to explore with courses in March
In this post discover the new places and times you could explore with courses in March.
Courses to help you transform your career in 2017
In this post we share some great courses to help you get started on boosting or changing your career.
How to make a new employee’s first day great
In this post get some tips on how to make a new employee’s first day as enjoyable and useful as possible, with advice from the course Management and Leadership: Leading …
4 examples of digital transformation in unlikely places
The free online course Digital Transformation of Businesses and Services starts next week. Before it begins, we look at how technology is changing four traditional sectors.
5 types of technology being used to improve people’s health
Ahead of the course eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health, the team from the University of Twente share some of the must-know types of tech that are being used in …
6 of the biggest myths about using MOOCs in business
In this post we bust some of the myths that you hear a lot about using MOOCs (or as we prefer to say - free online courses) in busines
The blue below: why monitoring the oceans from space is so important
In this post Helen Czerski, one of the educators on our new course Monitoring the Oceans from Space, explains why monitoring the oceans is absolutely vital.
6 easy healthy food swaps
Ahead of our Food as Medicine course from Monash University, the team behind the course look at some easy food swaps that can help improve your diet.
Making a MOOC: behind the scenes with educator Dr Ciarán Wallace
In this post we lift the lid on making courses with FutureLearn, interviewing educator on Irish Lives in War and Revolution, Dr. Ciarán Wallace, about his experience of making an …
World Mental Health Day 2016 – Learn more about mental health
Mental health problems can affect anyone, anywhere; so this World Mental Health day we've collected some of our mental health courses to help your learn more about this important topic.
Talking about cancer increases people’s confidence to encourage prevention
In this post David Risser, part of the team working on Cancer Research UK’s first online course, shares what the team learned and the success they had in encouraging people …
Finding an hour to start a course: our 5 top tips
It can be difficult to find the time to learn, so we’ve put together 5 tops tips to help you find an hour to start that course you’ve been meaning …