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  • Microcredentials

Educational transformation in action: from degree modules to microcredentials

  • by Jonathon Thomas
  • Posted on 18 March 202618 March 2026

How do you turn traditional degree modules into flexible, self-paced microcredentials? This post explores the design choices behind making lifelong learning work in practice.

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  • Microcredentials

Learning without limits: launching our flexible, stackable microcredentials 

  • by Julia Leong Son
  • Posted on 11 March 202611 March 2026

Today we are launching our first portfolio of microcredentials, opening new pathways for professionals to engage with postgraduate study.

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  • Microcredentials

Microcredentials: designing lifelong learning at scale

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 2 March 202618 March 2026

How do you design lifelong learning at scale? This post explores how stackable credit, flexible student journeys, digital infrastructure and a federal model combine to turn microcredentials from policy aspiration into institutional practice.

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Microcredentials: reimagining higher education for lifelong learners

  • by sambrenton
  • Posted on 23 February 202611 March 2026

With lifelong learning back on the policy agenda, we are introducing stackable microcredentials designed for flexible access, low-friction entry, supportive assessment and credit accumulation across working lives.

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  • Digital education reading group

What makes the best human – AI team for learning?

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 5 December 20259 December 2025

December’s reading group draws on classic and emerging research to understand how humans and AI can work together to enrich educational practice and explore what makes the best human–AI team for learners.

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Partners in practice: Strengthening distance learning support

  • by Gustavo Olivo
  • Posted on 8 July 20258 July 2025

Bringing together course administrators from across the University of London, this post shares insights from a network event on building professional identity, fostering academic partnerships, and advocating for recognition in distance learning support.

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  • Innovation

Simplifying success: Designing learning with the CAFE Model 

  • by Jonathon Thomas
  • Posted on 13 May 202424 May 2024

We’ve been providing distance education for over 100 years and we do this at scale, but designing good online learning is challenging. In pursuit of a solution we are proud to introduce the CAFE Model: a streamlined approach to learning design that emphasises the essential elements of what it takes to learn.

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10 years of MOOCs: Celebrating a decade of free online learning

  • by Thomas Cassidy
  • Posted on 18 December 202313 February 2024

This year marks 10 years since we launched our first MOOC on the Coursera platform!  In this post, we take a look at what we did and the impact it’s had on our learners.

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  • AI

Our AI tutor project recognised by Gartner

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 12 October 202312 October 2023

We’ve been shortlisted as finalists in Gartner’s Eye on Innovation Award for Education 2023 for our AI teaching assistant project!

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University of London hosts inaugural Coursera Day, UK

  • by Sarah Eden
  • Posted on 8 June 202319 September 2023

The University of London hosted Coursera Day, UK – Coursera’s first regional annual conference. This event brought together many of Coursera’s EU and UK industry and education partners to discuss the day’s overarching theme ‘The Future of Learning and Work’.

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