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Expertise in digital education and online learning since 2013

Digital education at Leeds covers all aspects of technology-enhanced learning in hybrid and fully-online settings. This means that however you learn, students and staff at Leeds benefit from the latest digital technologies and pedagogical expertise.

To do this, we work closely with academic teams, students and commercial partners to design effective learning experiences using the best possible EdTech tools and teaching methodologies.

Our expertise in learning design and learning technologies enables us to create transformative, accessible and inclusive online learning experiences, from short courses and microcredentials to fully online degree programmes.

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Online Learning Summit 2025

On 10 and 11 July 2025, over 200 attendees joined us in Leeds (and online!) as we continued to explore core themes and emerging areas of discussion in the online learning sector and beyond:

  • Scaling online learning sustainably
  • Building effective partnerships
  • Lived experiences of online learning
  • Learning engineering and design
  • Open, online and digital ecosystems
Read more about OLS2025

Fully Online Degree Programmes

Disability Studies, Rights and Inclusion MSc

"Online learning gives you the opportunity to refresh, to be creative, to experiment with multiple possibilities of learning, and recognise that everybody has a place and is valued.

It allows us to think about ways in which people can flourish and ensure that they can articulate their ideas in a way that is accessible to them."

Dr. Miro Griffiths - Deputy Director of the Centre for Disability Studies

Read about the making of this programme

How can we help you?

Our Partnerships team can help businesses, organisations and charities to to create high-quality digital learning resources for global audiences and select groups. By working with us, you'll get access to leading academics and digital learning designers to create:

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  • Online courses or modules
  • Interactive learning tools
  • Live content (e.g. webinars)
  • Educational videos and animation
  • XR experiences (e.g. virtual reality tours)
  • Communications (e.g. learner support, community management)
  • Podcasts and audio resources

As an official partner of leading e-learning platforms including FutureLearn and Coursera, we enable access to your content, your way.

Our latest projects

Creating safer parks for women and girls

A new open-access online training course is helping professionals across the UK apply research-backed principles to create safer, more welcoming parks and green spaces for women and girls. Developed through a major collaboration between the University of Leeds and public sector partners, 'Safer Parks: Improving Access for Women and Girls – Training for Professionals' celebrated...

Read the Digital Education Annual Report 2025/26

The Digital Education 2025/26 Annual Report highlights how digital education is driving innovation, championing academic excellence and helping to create a truly student-centred University.  Bringing together key achievements, performance highlights and case studies from the 2025-26 academic year, the report demonstrates the breadth, impact and value of digital education across the University. Shaping the future...

Unlocking better GenAI results with smarter prompts

A new GenAI Prompting course is now available to help staff and students get more useful responses from GenAI tools. The course builds on the University's 'Using GenAI at Leeds' introductory training and introduces practical prompting techniques for work and study. Build prompting confidence The ‘Effective GenAI Prompting’ course was developed by Digital Education and...

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