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Developer James Coglan explains what lessons the tech team learnt from the problems that came with unit-testing Ruby code.
What does a UX lead do?
UX Lead Dereck Johnson examines exactly what his role as UX lead is, and how it can be defined by six objects.
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Visual connections in modular design systems
Interaction Designer, Alla Kholmatova, discusses how we consider typography sizing, spacing and function as part of our approach to modular design.
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“Miss, I need help!”: FutureLearn and Code Club
Nicky, one of our front-end developers, talks about how some of the FutureLearn team help out at a local Code Club, teaching kids the basics of coding What is a …
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Null objects and the Law of Demeter
In this post, James Coglan, a Developer at FutureLearn, explains null objects and the Law of Demeter.
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You can now search for courses on FutureLearn
You can now search for courses you're interested in on FutureLearn. In this post, our Product Manager, Keira Poland, explains the new feature, how we developed it and what’s next.
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For International Women’s Day: 10 people making gender parity a reality
To celebrate International Women's Day and this year's theme of #PledgeforParity, the FutureLearn team nominate the people who are making gender parity happen.
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What makes FutureLearn different?
We’re not going to deny it - we know there are other free online online course websites. But here's how FutureLearn is different.
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5 things we learnt at The Story 2016
The Story is a one-day conference about stories and storytelling held at Conway Hall in London each year. Here, Nigel Smith, our Head of Content, and Nicky Thompson, a Front-end …
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5 things I’ve learnt since returning to FutureLearn
Product Manager Tessa Cooper left FutureLearn, only to come back a year later, in this post she explores what she's learnt since returning.
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Language we love
At FutureLearn, we’re always on the look out for new sources of inspiration and share what we learn with the world every month in our “Things we love” series. Since …
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So what exactly does a Head of Product do?
In this post Matt Walton explains his role as Head of Product at FutureLearn and explores how it’s always evolving.
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Exploring new ideas by playing games
Lucy Blackwell, our Creative Director, describes how creating and playing a Snakes and Ladders style board game has helped us to consider new ideas for the FutureLearn product. FutureLearn recently moved …
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Running a learning hour
Learning hours are one of the ways that the FutureLearn team continue to learn new things. Chris Zetter, a Developer in the FutureLearn Technical Team, talks about his experience of taking …
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Things we love 12
At FutureLearn, we’re always on the look out for new sources of inspiration and share what we learn with the world every month in our “Things we love” series. Here, …
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