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See who’s followed you, or liked or replied to your comments, with new on-site notifications
Our Social Lead, David Thair, introduces new on-site notifications, which make it easier to see who’s followed you on FutureLearn, or liked or replied to your comments. If you’re a …
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Quiz: What’s your perfect online course?
It’s that time of year when many of us are thinking about developing a new skill or discovering a new passion. If you’re not sure whether to try your hand at astronomy, archaeology …
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And the winner is…
Every day last week, we announced the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. Today, we can finally reveal the winners. Drum roll, please… Inspiration at Work Although this category highlighted …
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Inspiration on FutureLearn: meet five supportive educators and the learners who nominated them
Every day this week, we’ve be announcing the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. So far we’ve unveiled the Inspiration at Work, in Education and at Home categories. In our final instalment, we reveal …
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Inspiration on FutureLearn: meet the five learners other learners love learning with
Every day this week, we’ll be announcing the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. We’ve unveiled the Inspiration at Work, in Education and at Home categories so far. Today, we look at the …
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Inspiration at Home: a maid, two mothers, a volunteer and a brother make the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards shortlist
Every day this week, we’ll be unveiling the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. We’ve announced the Inspiration at Work and in Education categories so far. Here’s who’s made the …
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Inspiration in Education: meet five amazing teachers and students shortlisted for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award
Every day this week, we’ll be announcing the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. Yesterday, we began with the Inspiration at Work category. Today, we take a look at …
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Inspiration at Work: meet the first five learning heroes shortlisted for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award
Every day this week, we’ll be announcing the shortlisted nominations in the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. We begin today with the Inspiration at Work category, meeting learning heroes from Canada, Gambia, …
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Meet the FutureLearn Inspiration Awards judging panel
Nominations are now closed for the inaugural FutureLearn Inspiration Awards. In this post, we introduce you to the five education experts who’ll be judging them. Thanks to everyone who’s nominated a learning hero …
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Who are the FutureLearn team inspired by?
We recently asked you to tell us about the person who’s inspired you to learn this year, by nominating them for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award. It could be a supportive …
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Who is your learning hero of 2015? Nominate them for a FutureLearn Inspiration Award and you could win £1,000 to share
Update: the deadline for all nominations was 23:59 GMT on Sunday 22 November 2015, so we are no longer accepting submissions. Instead, you can meet our judging panel and find out …
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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 …
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Introducing digital, shareable Statements of Participation
We’ve just made a range of improvements to our Statements of Participation, including a new design, updated wording and digital versions. Here, our Product Manager, Simon Pearson, explains all. Since …
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Redesigning FutureLearn’s Statements of Participation
This week, we’re launching a redesigned Statement of Participation with a new digital counterpart. In this post, our Visual Designer, Kieran McCann, gives an insight into the redesign process and our …
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