10 Genius Apps To Make You A Better Adult

By Stevie Shephard /

4. Learn Something: Highbrow/FutureLearn

Highbrow

So long as you're not put off by the snooty name, Highbrow is an excellent way to broaden your horizons a bit every day.

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It's an email-based subscription service that allows you to take short, 10-day courses in a wide range of subjects, and it will deliver everything you need right to your inbox. Each day you'll receive a bite-size five minute lesson in anything from HTML to philosophy - and it's all totally free.

If you fancy something a little more hardcore, FutureLearn might be your style. It offers short online courses from real universities in a massive range of subjects. You get community support from other students, course materials and quizzes.

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Best of all, these courses have a legitimate place on your CV. Again, it's totally free, but you can also purchase your certificate of participation after completing a course if you want to make it more official.

Happy learning.

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