Press Releases

9 April, London UK: Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) has launched the second run of its free online fashion course, ‘Understanding Fashion: from Business to Culture’, available now on FutureLearn.com, the global social learning platform.  The course includes exclusive insights from the world’s leading fashion experts, including Sir Paul Smith and Simon Porte Jacquemus,... more

St George’s, University of London’s ‘Managing COVID-19 in General Practice’ course, available on leading social learning platform FutureLearn.com, has commenced learning with almost 16,000 learners from almost 200 countries across the world. The course is designed for front-line clinicians, healthcare workers and professionals tackling the large volume of patients in the current COVID-19 pandemic within... more

Monday 6 April 2020, UK: The University of Edinburgh’s MSc Critical Care team – in conjunction with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh – has launched a free online training and education hub called ‘COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application’, available to join now on leading social learning platform, FutureLearn.com. The University of Edinburgh... more

FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, has worked with its global partners, which include over 170 world class organisations and 25% of the world’s top universities, to launch a number of courses and resources that will support academics, students, healthcare workers, as well as members of the general public, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Understanding... more

First ever FutureLearn branded course developed by in-house online teaching and learning experts  19 March 2020, London, UK: FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, is launching a free online course called ‘How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students’, designed to support educators currently faced with the imminent move to online teaching as a result... more

19 March 2020, London, UK: St George’s, University of London has launched a new course called ‘Managing COVID-19 in General Practice’, now open for enrolment on FutureLearn.com, the leading social learning platform. Designed for front-line clinicians, healthcare workers and professionals tackling the large volume of patients in the current COVID-19 pandemic within the UK primary... more

FutureLearn has partnered with The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to launch a free online course on COVID-19. more

09 March 2020, London, UK: FutureLearn.com, the leading social learning platform, is announcing the launch of FutureLearn Campus, a new offering which will allow its partners which include 25% of the world’s top universities to give millions of their current students and staff unlimited access to the online short courses they deliver through the platform.... more

05 March 2020, London, U.K: The Open University has launched a new microcredential called Digital Photography: Creating a Professional Portfolio, endorsed by The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), available to join now on FutureLearn.com. According to a report from IbisWorld, the photography industry generated £2 billion in revenue in the UK last year and the demand... more

25 February 2020, London, UK: To coincide with International Women’s Day, The University of Sheffield is launching the second run of the ‘Supporting Victims of Domestic Violence’ course on FutureLearn.com, which was named one of the best online courses of 2019 by global MOOC search engine and review site, Class Central. Domestic violence is a... more