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NUMBER OF WOMEN ENROLLING IN ONLINE LEARNING COURSES TRIPLES SINCE START OF FIRST LOCKDOWN

Enrolment in online courses increases by almost 200 per cent since the first lockdown as women look to pivot careers and combat impact of Covid-19 Highest sign-ups among 18-25 age …

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Can the human microbiome prevent disease? Groundbreaking new free EIT Food course set to launch

A free online course on gut microbiome has been launched by EIT Food and The University of Turin, alongside CSIC, University of Reading, Quadram Institute of Bioscience and Microbion srl …

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Matching Skills to the World’s Most Popular Jobs

Leading social learning platform FutureLearn releases a new interactive tool, highlighting the world’s most in-demand jobs, and the skills you will need to apply for them. With the jobs market …

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12M Brits do not believe toxic masculinity is a problem that exists in present day society

FutureLearn and the University of Glasgow is launching a free online course to educate people on gender history as study shows that Brits feel they lack the right knowledge on …

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Founders Factory launch new online course to boost skills needed to build the next generation of VC-backable businesses

FutureLearn, the UK’s leading social learning platform, and Founders Factory, a world-leading startup studio and accelerator programme, today announce the launch of a new online course, “Venture Design: How to …

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The LEGO Foundation launch course to support children affected by the social-emotional impacts of COVID-19

The LEGO Foundation is partnering with FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, to deliver a new course designed to help teachers, parents and educational systems provide social-emotional learning (SEL) support …

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Coventry University Online and FutureLearn launch free course to help boost career skills across England

Free online course produced for the Nesta CareerTech Challenge Coventry University Online is announcing the launch of a new course, ‘Career Skills for the 2020s: Navigating the Online World …

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Global students to be given free access to 400 online UK higher education courses

The Study UK campaign is offering students all over the world access to a world-class UK higher education experience as it launches its fifth annual online campaign today, hosted on the social …

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FutureLearn becomes first 100% online TNE institution to be able to offer academic credit from Coventry University

FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, has gained formal academic approval to offer industry-led microcredentials, with credit, from Coventry University, the first UK Institution to achieve 5 stars for online …

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FutureLearn digital and workplace skills courses added to The Skills Toolkit

UK government-backed national skills platform expands offering to upskill adults in numeracy, digital and employability Today, the UK Prime Minister has announced the expansion of the Department for Education’s …

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FutureLearn and Digital Boost partner to upskill small businesses and charities, and to boost the UK’s economic recovery

Leading digital social learning platform FutureLearn has partnered with leading volunteer-matching platform, Digital Boost, to boost the UK small business and charity communities heavily affected by COVID-19. The partnership adds …

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Advertising Week partners with FutureLearn to help businesses unlock vital digital marketing skills

First five courses to launch as part of AW2020 virtual event AWLearn, Advertising Week’s education platform for marketing and advertising excellence, is announcing a global partnership with leading social learning …

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LSHTM launch new online course on the control of vector borne diseases

LSHTM and its ARCTEC team, IVCC and LSTM are launching a brand new free online course on the control of vector borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and Zika, to …

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City & Guilds joins forces with FutureLearn to help unemployed into new careers

FutureLearn’s first Further Education partnership formed to support people who work in industries devastated by Covid-19 Aims to reskill recently unemployed individuals to help them secure a new career in …

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Short, online courses can unblock gender and other diversity issues in digital skills education

Institute of Coding (IoC) and partners are seeing a near gender balance (47% female vs 51% male[1]) on digital skills programme that has enrolled more than half a million learners …

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NUMBER OF WOMEN ENROLLING IN ONLINE LEARNING COURSES TRIPLES SINCE START OF FIRST LOCKDOWN

Can the human microbiome prevent disease? Groundbreaking new free EIT Food course set to launch

Matching Skills to the World’s Most Popular Jobs

12M Brits do not believe toxic masculinity is a problem that exists in present day society

Founders Factory launch new online course to boost skills needed to build the next generation of VC-backable businesses

The LEGO Foundation launch course to support children affected by the social-emotional impacts of COVID-19

Coventry University Online and FutureLearn launch free course to help boost career skills across England

Global students to be given free access to 400 online UK higher education courses

FutureLearn becomes first 100% online TNE institution to be able to offer academic credit from Coventry University

FutureLearn digital and workplace skills courses added to The Skills Toolkit

FutureLearn and Digital Boost partner to upskill small businesses and charities, and to boost the UK’s economic recovery

LSHTM launch new online course on the control of vector borne diseases

Short, online courses can unblock gender and other diversity issues in digital skills education

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