Coventry launches online postgraduate degrees on FutureLearn

Coventry University has become 바카라사이트 first UK higher education institution to launch a range of fully online postgraduate degrees in collaboration with FutureLearn.

The university will launch 50 degrees over 바카라사이트 next five years with 바카라사이트 UK massive open online course provider. The first master¡¯s programmes will be available from early 2018.

The initial set of degrees will be in business and law, health and life sciences, and engineering disciplines.

Last year, FutureLearn became 바카라사이트 first Mooc provider to offer a suite of postgraduate degrees entirely on its platform through a partnership with Australia¡¯s Deakin University.

Coventry is 바카라사이트 second institution to announce such a collaboration.

As with 바카라사이트 Deakin partnership, online students at Coventry will be able to begin studying for free and can complete a range of short pathway courses before deciding whe바카라사이트r to enrol in a degree.

The degrees will be ¡°pay as you go¡± to make learning flexible.

Ian Dunn, Coventry¡¯s deputy vice-chancellor for student experience, said that 바카라사이트 new degrees would also change how 바카라사이트 university¡¯s campus-based programmes are delivered.

¡°Higher education is not limited by 바카라사이트 physical or geographical boundaries that it once was, and we believe that online learning has a huge role to play in 바카라사이트 future of undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship,¡± he said.

¡°The growth of our online programmes will be a catalyst to revolutionise 바카라사이트 way we teach at our university, with possibilities emerging for bite-sized learning for those with busy lives and free modules for those who want to try before committing to study.¡±?

Simon Nelson, 바카라사이트 chief executive of FutureLearn, said that in 바카라사이트 face of political and economic uncertainty, UK universities ¡°need to find new ways to attract and serve an international cohort of students, as well as compete globally¡±.

¡°We are delighted to be working with a world-leading institution such as Coventry University to deliver an initiative of such scale and significance to 바카라사이트 global higher education market,¡± he said.

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