MyGlasgow News

The University joined the British Museum this month to become part of the first free, open, online platform for courses from multiple UK universities and other leading organisations.

The new partners are joining FutureLearn, which was launched in December 2012 and includes several universities as well as the British Library and the British Council.  Each is committed to providing engaging and entertaining courses through the online site.

The University of Glasgow will initially offer two courses that are drawn from the broad base of its world class academic provision.

FutureLearn CEO, Simon Nelson said:

“We are delighted that more of the UK’s leading universities, along with one of its most popular cultural institutions, have agreed to work with FutureLearn and will join the growing ranks of institutions that will offer high quality, entertaining and enjoyable courses to people across the world. We are committed to removing the barriers to education by making learning more accessible, inspiring and useful to people, no matter what stage of life they are at. These partnerships will enable us to open up access to the best academics from world-class universities and cultural institutions and deliver new forms of social learning at large scale. 

Professor Frank Coton, Vice-Principal for Learning and Teaching at the University of Glasgowsaid:

“We are delighted to be joining the strong grouping of other leading UK universities that have already joined with FutureLearn.  Our partnership with FutureLearn will allow us to reach out to a whole new group of learners and underlines the commitment of this University to widening access to education.  The prospect of doing this through the innovative delivery platform that FutureLearn has developed is a very exciting one that we hope will inspire and engage those who choose to study with us”  

For more information go to www.futureLearn.com 

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First published: 8 May 2013