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What to expect from your interviews in the technology team at FutureLearn in 2022

In this post, Tim Horwood, one of our Engineering Managers, talks about how we interview software engineers in the Technology team, how…

Mar 21, 2022

What to expect from your interviews in the technology team at FutureLearn in 2022

Mar 21, 2022

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Can adding automated prompts improve the social learning experience?

In this post, Octavia Hirst, one of our Senior Product Managers, talks about creating a system to automatically add social prompts…

Dec 17, 2021

Can adding automated prompts improve the social learning experience?

Dec 17, 2021

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E2E Testing with React Native, Detox and GraphQL

In this post, Harriet Horobin-Worley, Software Engineer, gives us a tour of end-to-end testing for mobile apps.

Dec 16, 2021

E2E Testing with React Native, Detox and GraphQL

Dec 16, 2021

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Remote Mob Programming

In this post, Jessica, Robert and Thao, software engineers on our Learner Experience team, share their experiences with mob programming.

Jun 25, 2021

Remote Mob Programming

Jun 25, 2021

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How we are using asynchronous workshops to collaborate remotely at FutureLearn

In this blog post, Louis Bennett, a product designer at FutureLearn, explains how we’ve been running asynchronous workshops.

May 12, 2021

3 post-it notes with questions about async workshops: How might we use async workshops to improve team collaboration? What would have to be true for this solution to work across multiple teams? Have we scoped out the risk of this idea before?

May 12, 2021

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Making a change to a large database table

In this blog post, Jamie Cobbett talks about a technique to make changes to very large database tables whilst minimising downtime.

Apr 20, 2021

A screenshot of a comment on the FutureLearn website, using Markdown.

Apr 20, 2021

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Meet the UX Research & Design Team: What got you started in User Experience?

In this blog post we asked our team what got them into UX research & design and their different journeys in the industry.

Mar 25, 2021

A collage of headshots of all the people on the UX Research & Design Team

Mar 25, 2021

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Meet the FutureLearn Learning Team

Who are the Learning Team and what exactly do they do? Find out in this blog post about the team and their routes into learning design.

Dec 2, 2020

Meet the FutureLearn Learning Team

Dec 2, 2020

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How our buddy system helps create a great remote onboarding experience

In this post Max and Tom talk about our buddy system, one of the ways we improve the experience of new starters being onboarded remotely.

Nov 11, 2020

How our buddy system helps create a great remote onboarding experience

Nov 11, 2020

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Meet The Tech Team: What’s your best tip for people new to the tech industry?

In this Meet The Tech Team blog post we ask our team what their best tips are for people new to tech.

Oct 26, 2020

Meet The Tech Team: What’s your best tip for people new to the tech industry?

Oct 26, 2020

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