Irish history free online course
Trinity College Dublin and FutureLearn are calling for Irish history buffs to join a free online course ‘Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s history 1912-1923’, which will coincide …
UCAS teams up with FutureLearn to launch its first free online courses
On Tuesday 9 February 2016, at its Annual Conference for Teachers and Advisers, at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, UCAS announced it’s to launch its first ever massive open online courses …
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FutureLearn has 3 million learners
The UK’s first massive open online course platform, FutureLearn, has today registered its three millionth learner. The first FutureLearn courses started in October 2013 and learners have taken more than …
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Practitioner training: new BMJ, Cancer Research UK and Health Education England online courses
Cancer Research UK, BMJ and Health Education England are now providing online courses for practitioners and patients on FutureLearn, the UK’s first open social learning platform. Mark Lester, Director of …
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Fast-track growth for social learning as The Open University builds on success of FutureLearn
The Open University has announced it is to build on the early success of its social learning platform, FutureLearn, by providing extra investment to kick-start a new phase of development …
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FutureLearn and Creative Skillset partner to deliver free online courses for creative professionals
Creative Skillset has invested £200,000 in the creation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) for career development Courses will be developed in collaboration with leading universities and industry stalwarts like …
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Five more international universities take up social learning on FutureLearn
FutureLearn grows its global presence with its first Japanese partner, and leading names from Australia, Europe and the UK FutureLearn today welcomes five more of the world’s most prestigious universities …
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FutureLearn invites specialists to create courses in a range of disciplines
11 new partners join the leading social learning platform to offer specialist free courses in everything from medicine to digital media The UK platform issues a call-out for outstanding research …
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[Updated] FutureLearn delivers the largest MOOC ever as more than 440,000 learners convene for English language learning
The biggest single run of a free online course began on FutureLearn this week, with more than 440,000 learners from over 150 counties enrolled. FutureLearn, first UK-based provider of massive open …
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UCL enters into partnership with FutureLearn to offer its first MOOC programmes
UCL has today entered into a partnership with FutureLearn, the UK-based social learning platform, which will see it launch two massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the next 12 months. …
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Free online course from the European Space Agency presents a unique insight into our climate from space
Learners can sign up now for ESA’s first MOOC – Monitoring Climate from Space – which will draw on data from earth orbiting satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) is …
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9 more leading universities embrace social learning on FutureLearn
The latest academic partners to offer free online courses on FutureLearn include the first to join from Latin America, new European institutions and three colleges from the University of London …
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Free online course backed by UK government explores best practice in effective contract management and building commercial relationships
Experts from the UK government and the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) join the University of Southampton to deliver the course The course will launch as a …
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FutureLearn welcomes Hanyang University as its latest Korean partner
Hanyang University has joined FutureLearn as the latest prestigious Korean University to offer massive open online courses (MOOCs) on the social learning platform. The university, a centre of excellence for …
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Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem commemorate the Holocaust with free online courses
A two part programme called ‘The Holocaust – an introduction’ will be led by experts from Tel Aviv University and Yad Vashem, the world centre for the documentation, research, education …
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