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  • December 9, 2016: Friday news roundup

    Happy Friday to all! Lots of action around these parts, especially from the Udemy for Business team In addition to ending the year with some big client wins, they launched a new website and released their 2017 Learning Index Report Make sure that’s on your reading list this weekend! We got 10 CEOs to tell us...

  • Celebrating CSEdWeek + Hour of Code 2016

    It’s one of our favorite times of the year at Udemy! While we do love the holiday season, it’s actually Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) that gets us extra excited in early December For the third consecutive year, we are partnering with a few of our amazing instructors to offer a free collection of...

  • Close your own skills gap: Hire from within

    Powered by their soldier recruiters and HR professionals, companies are fighting the talent wars on multiple fronts First, there’s the battle to attract candidates who possess the skills you need Many employers are fishing from the same pool of experienced engineers, data scientists, and others with...

  • December 2, 2016: Friday news roundup

    After a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday break, we’re back with a full week’s worth of ideas and opinions The secret algorithm behind learning You may already be familiar with Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman, but do you know his simple-yet-ingenious formula for learning Here’s a hint: creating a Udemy...

  • November 18, 2016: Friday news roundup

    Whew, we made it through another one, folks Along with the regular news tidbits, we’ve got some coverage of the Workplace Boredom survey conducted by Udemy for Business If you’re reading the roundup during business hours, we hope it’s not because you’re bored! Where Facebook leads Alphabet, Apple and...

  • November 11, 2016: Friday news roundup

    Today is Veterans Day in the United States, and we want to thank all of our military personnel for their dedicated service In other news, yes, there was a presidential election this week We, along with the rest of the country, wait to see what the next administration has in store We don’t get political here in the...

  • Hidden gems for November

    Caroline and DQ from the Quality Review team have hooked us up again with this month’s gems Maybe you should consider taking a break from learning Photoshop or studying for your CCNA certification and carve a watermelon Or train your cat Whatever you can think of, there’s probably a Udemy course to satisfy your...

  • November 4, 2016: Friday news roundup

    The roundup has been on a brief hiatus, but we’re back and ready to share some online goodness! Read on for thoughts on Britain’s skills gap, getting a job and then succeeding in it, and a legend of journalism now teaching on Udemy School-leavers “lack essential workplace skills” Yup, it’s just the...

  • 2016 Udemy Workplace Boredom Study

    Beat workplace boredom before it becomes an epidemic It shouldn’t come as a surprise that employees appreciate opportunities to learn and grow beyond their current roles It’s also not surprising that today’s digitally savvy workers want learning and development to be delivered in ways that reflect how they’re...

  • October 14, 2016: Friday news roundup

    Time for another look back at what we found online this week that piqued our interest and fed our curiosity How learning and development are becoming more agile The makeup of the modern workforce is changing, from full-time employees to a patchwork of freelancers, contractors, and project-based part-timers One HR...

  • Hidden gems for October

    It’s time to take another dive into the Udemy library to unearth some of our lesser-known courses and topics you should be learning about! We present herewith the work of several instructors who want to help you relax, save on travel, look sharp, be a better parent, and make your own timepiece Learn Watchmaking,...

  • Delving into DevOps with instructor Ward Viaene

    Rounding out our Q&A series with tech instructors, today we're introducing you to Ward Viaene, who teaches "Learn Devops: Continuously Deliver Better Software" It's one of three courses available from Ward in the Udemy marketplace Read on for Ward's thoughts on getting into DevOps and what professionals in the...