Hope everyone had a great week It’s time to sit back and soak up some news about older people in the workforce, growing numbers of talented folks staying independent, and a feel-good story to wrap things up Why high-skilled freelancers are leaving corporate life behind Here’s further evidence that having a...
It’s Friday the 13th, so try to avoid bad luck and black cats today We’ve got some thought-provoking reads this week about what aspiring programmers should or shouldn’t learn, the truth about millennials, and some ideas from the Udemy for Business team Please don’t learn to code This piece got a lot of people...
Here in the US (and a whole bunch of other countries, in fact), Sunday is Mother’s Day, so I hope you've made plans to treat the moms, grandmoms, and any other mother figures in your life For most of us, our mothers were the first teachers we ever had, and they never really stop guiding us with their wisdom and...
Welcome to the weekend! Check out these articles for the latest on learning, teaching, and careers Professors hate online education To save colleges, they have to learn to love it We’ve previously shared articles about how college faculty and administrators have been resisting the pull of online learning, even as...
Hey, it’s Friday! Got big plans for the weekend Scale up your CV through digital learning First up, read our CEO Dennis Yang’s advice to working adults in India looking to get (and stay) ahead in their careers After years of intensive analysis, Google discovers the key to good teamwork is being nice So much of...
It’s tax day in the US, so if you haven’t finished your return, perhaps you should head over to the marketplace and find a course to help you meet the midnight deadline If you’ve already filed, just kick back and check out this week’s news The next hot job in Silicon Valley is for poets Here’s a possible...
Welcome to the weekend, everyone! Check out this week’s news and stories from Udemy about learning and working Will you sprint, stroll or stumble into a career These three student types take different approaches on their “journey to adulthood,” a road that is getting longer and longer, according an expert...
Happy April Fool’s Day! We’ll leave the pranks to others and stick to the news Meeting students where they are Bill Gates wades into the debate over the value of higher education in this post The famous Harvard drop-out praises less “elite” universities for accepting “at-risk” students who weren’t star...
Welcome to the end of another week and the start of another weekend It’s also the start of spring break for a lot of people, so if you’re headed off on holiday, have fun and stay safe! Perhaps you can use some of that vacation time to knock out a few Udemy courses Assessment: Are you in danger of becoming...
Happy belated St Patrick’s Day to everyone and a special shout-out to our friends in Udemy’s Dublin office! Here’s hoping the luck of the Irish carries through your weekend too Last weekend was a big one for our CEO Read on Udemy CEO Dennis Yang delivers EdTalk at Global Education and Skills Forum In case you...
This dispatch comes to you from the wilds of Philadelphia, PA, where your roundup editor is spending quality time with family and friends But the news must go on! What do Americans believe will help them get ahead According to a recent poll, “Across racial lines, a significant majority of American adults said in...
This is the perfect date for Udemy -- what could be more stirring than the call to March Fo(u)rth Okay, that’s a bit corny, but the point is that everyone in our community -- whether they’re learning, teaching, or working at Udemy -- is moving boldly into the future toward the lives we imagine for ourselves Udemy...
