The new University of East Anglia Mooc, ¡°Preparing for University¡±, will go live on 20 January next year, and is aimed primarily at sixth-form students as an introduction to the skills valued by universities.

Harriet Jones, senior lecturer in Biology at UEA, said the course would ¡°provide material to help students develop a degree of independent study¡±, and that it was hoped sixth-form teachers would help students to get the most from the Mooc.

¡°It has been developed with sixth-form teachers and university staff, to provide a first step on the transition from school to university,¡± Dr Jones said.

The nine new courses, listed below, take the total number of FutureLearn Moocs to 29 (click here for previously announced courses).

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¡°We¡¯ll be consistently building on our course line up, working closely with our university partners to make sure that FutureLearn offers something for everyone,¡± said Simon Nelson, its chief executive.?

New FutureLearn Moocs with start dates:

Shakespeare¡¯s Hamlet: text, performance and culture - University of Birmingham (13 January)

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Preparing for university - University of East Anglia (20 January)

Good brain, bad brain: basics - University of Birmingham ( January)

Exploring our oceans - University of Southampton (3 February)????

Teaching computing, part 1 - University of East Anglia (3 February)

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Exploring anatomy: the human abdomen - University of Leeds (10 February)

Understanding drugs and addiction - Kings College London (17 February)

A beginner¡¯s guide to English for university study - Reading University (17 February)

Good brain, bad brain: Parkinson¡¯s disease - the University of Birmingham (24 February)

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