Roehampton’s partnership with online education giants FutureLearn will commence with a suite of nine post-graduate business programs from May 2024.

In a statement, the university said that expanding across provisions, the partnership will enable students seeking online education to access Roehampton’s quality portfolio of future focused degrees.

The partnership agreement was signed by Jean-Noël Ezingeard, vice-chancellor at the University of Roehampton and Jo Johnson, executive chairman at FutureLearn.

“We are delighted to be working with FutureLearn to bring Roehampton’s degree program to wider audiences of learners seeking online study,” said Ezingeard, speaking at the signing.

Our shared vision is to broaden online delivery across the university

“At Roehampton we are committed to being a place where everyone can grow, and we look forward to supporting new learners to succeed on our programs.”

“With its close ties to industry, the University of Roehampton has a rich history of opening up access to education and I’m excited FutureLearn can now support those efforts globally through our strategic long-term partnership,” said Johnson.

“Beginning with nine online business degrees that have the student experience and employability at their core, our shared vision is to broaden online delivery across the university, leveraging FutureLearn’s global reach and reputation.”

It later hopes to expand to areas such as Computer Science and Education.

The University of Roehampton is delighted to announce the signing of a new strategic partnership with online education giants FutureLearn for the delivery of 100% online degrees. 🤝💻 pic.twitter.com/uIB59wmIaO

— Uni of Roehampton (@RoehamptonUni) April 25, 2024

In 2022, FutureLearn was bought by Global University Systems – and the latest partnership is another “huge step” since the acquisition, according to Peter Reed, FutureLearn’s VP degree programmes.

“The partnership with the University of Roehampton is exciting, especially as we build on the unbundled product strategy with stackable content from short courses and microcredentials into degrees,” Reed said.

“The university has a long history of delivering on programmes through collaborative provision and we’re delighted to work with so many great colleagues who truly want to make a difference and innovate in the online space.”

FutureLearn has already recorded 20m registered learners from over 190 countries – and the Roehampton courses are nine of 120+ online degrees listed it lists.

Other Online Programme Management partners in the UK include Brunel University London and the University of Bradford.