The University of Auckland becomes the platform¡¯s third international partner, joining Australia¡¯s Monash University and Trinity College Dublin, while the universities of Liverpool and Newcastle have also joined.
In addition, telecommunications operator BT has struck a deal with FutureLearn that will see it sponsor the development of professional development courses in collaboration with the platform¡¯s partner universities.
A well as training existing telecommunications workers, it is hoped that the BT courses, which will be available to all FutureLearn users, will ¡°inspire school and university students to aim for a career in technology¡±, according to a statement from FutureLearn.
Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn, said he was ¡°delighted¡± with the speed at which the company, which is currently owned by the Open University, had grown since its launch two weeks ago.
¡°I welcome the University of Auckland, the University of Liverpool and Newcastle University to FutureLearn and look forward to working with them,¡± he added.
Details of what courses the new partners will offer have yet to be announced.
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