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  • Meet our latest Social Impact Partner, Sentinels of Freedom

    On Veteran’s Day, Udemy is humbled to announce the Sentinels of Freedom (SoF) as our latest Social Impact Partner to help severely wounded post-9/11 veterans (referred to as Sentinels) identify and achieve the skills they need to build long-lasting and successful careers in their chosen discipline The SoF program...

  • A new day, a new era

    On the morning of October 29, 2021, Udemy officially became a publicly traded company What started in a small Turkish village with a boy’s search for help with mathematics and chess became a new listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange, joining the likes of Apple, Tesla, and other pioneering companies Among the...

  • Welcome to our brand-new brand

    As a platform made to connect instructors and learners around the world, Udemy has always been about bringing people together With our new brand, we’re taking it a step further From the way we speak to the way we look, it all goes back to our mission to create new possibilities by opening knowledge to all, from...

  • Udemy Stands in Solidarity with the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Communities

    Approximately 10 per day That figure represents the number of daily incidents, including harassment, discrimination, and assault, that were reported to Stop AAPI Hate in the United States Stop AAPI Hate has created a report which covers the 3,795 reported incidents between March 2020 and February 2021 Research...

  • CS YOU – Enabling Equal Opportunities in Customer Success

    Three years ago, Sasha Green wasn’t expecting to get an email that changed her life, but she sure did need it “I had hit a low point and desperately needed for something to change,” says Green, who at 39, recently had lost her job and her home It seemed unbelievable, but suddenly she, her husband, and their two...

  • 2021 Workplace Learning Report: The Skills Defining the Future of Work

    We've all experienced the world of work get flipped upside down without warning in 2020 While much of this year has been uncertain, one thing has become undoubtedly clear The future of work that many of us have been talking about is no longer an eventuality — it's our current reality Around the world and across...

  • Udemy Recognized in Fortune Magazine’s “2020 Change the World” List

    We are thrilled to be included in Fortune Magazine’s prestigious “2020 Change the World” list For inclusion in the annual list, Fortune measures social impact, business results, innovation, and corporate integration, and honors the top 50 companies making a positive social impact through activities that are...

  • THE UPSKILLING IMPERATIVE

    The past six months have spotlighted how rapidly the world and business landscape can change, placing even more imperative on individuals and businesses to learn new skills to sustain growth, and unfortunately for many businesses, to stay afloat The Imperative To Continuously Learn First as a high school...

  • Udemy In Depth: The Portrait of a Pandemic at Work

    Employees accustomed to working in an office with co-workers, socializing in and out of working hours, and taking business trips, continue to be isolated at home and connecting online only Others are being furloughed or laid-off as companies make difficult decisions to keep afloat Adding to this, employee concerns...

  • Announcing Udemy Notes

    Remember those spiral notebooks you accumulated all through your years of school Or those thick binders stuffed with loose-leaf paper and covered in notes Maybe you’re in school today and notes fill folders and files on your laptop Turns out, all of those notes serve a very specific purpose in our lives Many...

  • Online Learning Steps-up: What the World is Learning (from Home)

    Whether it is working remotely, looking for another job, schools being closed, or missing our friends and loved ones; shelter in place and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic have forced us to adjust to a new way of life At Udemy, we are witnessing the resolve of people across the globe as they turn to our...

  • Introducing the Udemy Free Resource Center

    Udemy Community, In these times of challenge and change, Udemy’s mission to improve lives through learning is more vital than ever We remain committed to providing people around the world affordable access to the skills needed to meet the demands of our changing world Since Udemy’s founding over a decade...