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A notice for all providers who have government funded courses or are seeking government funding. If you currently offer government-funded courses and don’t advertise these courses with us already or are hoping to secure funding and launch funded courses soon, then please reach out to ca.team@reedonline.co.uk The team will be able to share more information… Read more

Our Minimum course price will be changing on 6th June 2026, which will affect all providers. Here’s everything you need to know:  What’s changing?  As of 6th June 2026, we will allow the minimum course price for consumers to change from £19 to £15. Free courses are not impacted. Important Note(s): This change is currently… Read more

We’ve made an important update to how Course Certificates are managed on the platform. Here’s everything you need to know: What’s changing? When you upload a new Course Certificate, you will need to attach an example of the certificate before you can proceed. Courses that already have certificates attached are not affected unless you attempt… Read more

Our Minimum course price will be changing on 27th September 2025 which will affect all providers. 

The Provider Courses API will be retired soon… As of 25th June 2025, the Provider Courses API – which allows providers to get a list of their courses, post a course and update a course advert – will be deprecated and will no longer be available. Why is this happening? Over the past year, usage… Read more

As of 12th March, we’re updating our eCommerce terms and conditions to improve efficiency and streamline processes for course providers. The new terms are as follows: This means you will no longer be required to re-sign a self-billing agreement annually.  Going forward, you’ll need to immediately notify us of any changes to your VAT registration… Read more

We’re excited to introduce a new lecture type to the LOD platform — Assessments! This update comes directly in response to feedback from our providers, who highlighted the desire for better support in delivering regulated qualifications and professional certification courses that require formal assessments via the LOD platform. Here’s everything you need to know: What’s… Read more

At Reed Courses, we’re dedicated to fostering a thriving learning environment by continually raising the bar for the quality of courses offered on our platform. This year, we’re focusing on promoting content freshness and uniqueness. Our goal is to celebrate and reward excellence – not just compliance – and to empower providers to deliver exceptional… Read more

We’ve made an exciting update to the Self-Service Sponsored Keywords tool… The Self-Service Sponsored Keywords (SSSK) dynamic bidding logic is now more reflective of keyword demand and performance.  Here’s how it works, and what it means for you: How does it work? Building on our current dynamic bidding logic, the dynamic minimum bid logic now… Read more

Looking to gain more control of your budget? Now you can… We are excited to introduce a new ‘Lead and Referral Overview’ tile on the provider homepage. This feature is designed to give you visibility into your lead and referral budget and spend, empowering you with greater control and transparency over your account. Here’s everything… Read more

Want to give your courses a boost over the Black Friday weekend? There are many different ways providers can take advantage of Black Friday, and maximise sales opportunities. Whether it’s by signposting special deals in advance, or tweaking course titles to help make sure they stand out. We’ve already covered what we’re doing to promote… Read more

Black Friday is coming… The Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend is one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. And it’s one we want our providers to be able to take full advantage of. Here’s everything we’re doing to promote courses this Black Friday/Cyber Monday – and what your business can do to get involved:… Read more

Our Cost Per Lead (CPL) rates will be changing on Saturday 23rd November 2024, which will affect providers on our CPL model.  Here’s everything you need to know: What’s changing?  From Saturday 23rd November 2024, the minimum Cost Per Lead (CPL) for consumers (B2C) will increase from £12 to £14.40, and the minimum CPL for… Read more

Looking to get more out of the LOD platform?  To diversify the types of courses providers are able to make available to students on the LOD platform, we’ve introduced a new functionality that allows regulated qualifications and professional certifications to be uploaded as LOD courses.  Here’s everything you need to know:  What does this mean… Read more

Not sure what the Learning On Demand (LOD) platform can offer you?  With instant access for students, centralised hosting, versatile content options, and the ability to upload regulated qualifications and professional certifications on LOD, Reed Courses’ LOD platform makes it easier than ever to reach a wide audience of learners.  Here are six great benefits… Read more

In March 2024, we introduced a Self-Service Sponsored Keyword tool, a new bidding model that allows providers to maximise the visibility of their courses.  Following its release, we’ve been monitoring usage and performance data to come up with a range of improvements to boost its efficiency.  Here are four improvements we’ve made to SSSK, and… Read more

Interested in staying up to date with the latest news in eCommerce courses?  As it’s a new financial year for Reed Courses, we want to update you on the latest news in eCommerce.  Take a look at our terms on the invoice process and payment dates here, and learn everything you need to know about:… Read more

We’re changing the way provider Terms and Conditions are managed on Reed Courses… Per our guidelines, all eCommerce providers must share their Terms and Conditions in order to advertise on the Reed Courses site. Up-to-date T&Cs that are in alignment with Reed’s Provider Terms and advertising policy must be made available to, and agreed to… Read more

Reed Courses now offers a Zapier integration tool which allows you to connect our APIs with a variety of popular third-party tools, including Salesforce and Zoho. This integration facilitates the seamless import of your Reed Courses leads/sales into your own CRM systems without any coding required.   Here’s everything you need to know about Zapier integration: … Read more

On Wednesday 13th March 2024, we’ll be releasing more sponsored keyword slots across the site, as well as a new bidding model for providers to increase their exposure. On page 1 search pages, this will mean 200% more sponsored slots becoming available*. Sponsored slots will also become available from page 2 onwards, meaning significantly more opportunities… Read more

From Saturday 17th February 2024, the rate card for courses hosted on our Learning On Demand (LOD) platform will change. What’s changing? Beginning 17th February, learning providers advertising courses on our Learning On Demand platform will see their revenue share change to match the rates on our eCommerce non-LOD platform.  This means that provider revenue… Read more

On 5th August, we’ll be introducing a cap on the amount of eCommerce course listings providers can have live on the site. From this date, providers who want to advertise more than 500 courses will need to pay an annual tenancy fee of £20 per listing.  Here’s everything you need to know about the new… Read more

To improve course seeker experience on our marketplace, we’re enforcing a unique cover image rule that applies to all course providers with cover images uploaded to their courses. Here’s everything you need to know:  How does it work?  As of 12th April, course listings with a duplicate cover image will move to a ‘blocked’ status… Read more

Are you advertising a Reed Courses discount code in your course listing? You should read this…  To ensure we can control, run, and maintain our promotional periods and campaigns effectively, we’re now restricting the advertisement of Reed Courses discount codes in course listings. Here’s everything you need to know:   What’s changed?  From the 3rd May… Read more

Do you have video content in your LOD courses?  If so, you’ll notice that they include automatically generated subtitles once uploaded to the Learning on Demand (LOD) platform.  Here’s a quick rundown of what that means, and what you need to do:  What are LOD course subtitles?  English subtitles are automatically added to any video… Read more

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the course seeker experience on our courses marketplace, we’re introducing a new unique course title rule that applies to all courses across each provider’s account. Here’s everything you need to know: How does it work?  From 17th May, all existing and new course titles within a provider’s… Read more

We’ve introduced a new rule which requires all Learning On Demand (LOD) courses to have a unique combination of content in order to be posted on the site.  Here’s everything you need to know about the new rules: How does it work?  From today, your LOD courses must be over 50% different from each other… Read more

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the course seeker experience on our courses marketplace, we’re introducing a new minimum character limit that applies to all courses on the site. Here’s everything you need to know:  How does it work?  On 12th April, course listings with titles of less than 20 characters will move… Read more

From Saturday 18th March 2023, we’ll be introducing some changes to our provider revenue share for all eCommerce sales.   Here’s everything you need to know: What’s changing? 1. New 3% transaction fee for all eCommerce sales We will be introducing a non-refundable 3% transaction fee to all eCommerce sales. This applies to all price tiers,… Read more

In 2023, we want everyone to get back on course…  For the first time since 2019, Reed.co.uk is back on your television screens, showcasing our new look and brand messaging for the year – to help people find a job (and/or course) they’ll truly love.  The concept behind our new brand campaign We want to… Read more

Want to write more engaging course descriptions? To help yours stand out, here are seven ways to write the perfect course description.

You may have noticed we now have courses from Reed Learning on the site… Reed Learning is part of the Reed group, and they specialise in developing professionals through a range of learning products and services including qualifications, apprenticeships and online learning courses.  Find out more about them below:  Who is Reed Learning? Reed Learning… Read more

Why have we introduced a pay by invoice feature? Following demand from our business customers, we have launched a new feature whereby businesses can purchase one or more courses through our pay by invoice feature.  This new payment method gives business customers a better way to pay for their courses, enabling them to track their… Read more

Reed Courses will be changing their Cost Per Lead rates which will affect providers on our CPL model, effective Saturday 29th October 2022. What’s changing?  From Saturday 29th October 2022, the minimum Cost Per Lead from consumers (B2C) will increase from £10 to £12. This will effectively mean that courses advertised at £600 or less… Read more

What’s changed? We’ve introduced the ability for providers to upload a cover image to their course.  The cover image should be relevant to the course (for example, a subject specific image with a course title), and should not be a provider logo.  Where will the cover image appear?  Currently, your course cover image will appear… Read more

What’s changing?  From 6th July, we will be changing the way in which discounts are advertised on Reed Courses. Instead of course providers controlling their discounts, we’ll be moving towards a data-led approach which more accurately advertises a legitimate deal a customer could benefit from.   This means a ‘discounted price’ will  only appear if the… Read more

What’s changed?  We’ve changed the minimum advertised price of courses on our eCommerce model from £10 to £12.  Who does this affect?  This update only affects courses on our eCommerce and Learning On Demand models that were previously priced between £10 and £11.99. Courses on our Cost Per Lead (CPL) are unaffected by this change. … Read more

What’s changed for course providers? We’ve made some updates to the way in which course providers can list their courses as CPD accredited.   When uploading your course(s), you’ll now only be able to select from the five CPD accrediting bodies that Reed Courses recognises. These are:  The CPD Certification Service CPD Quality Standards The CPD… Read more

What’s changing?  We’ve introduced a new feature that makes it possible to add certificate information to your course listings.  This feature will enable providers to add any certificates a student can receive on completion of their course to an ‘Optional extras’ section within their course listing.  Here, you’ll be able to specify whether there is… Read more

What’s changing?  We’ve introduced the ability for course providers to save a draft of a course that is already live.  This is particularly useful for providers seeking to convert existing courses to our Learning On Demand (LOD) platform.  Previously, when converting a course to LOD, all course content had to be uploaded in one go… Read more

Courses come in all shapes and sizes… To make the course selection process easier for students, our course listings will now feature the format a course is primarily delivered in.  Here’s everything you need to know:  What’s changed?  We’ve introduced a new ‘course format’ feature to be included within course listings.  This will enable providers… Read more

What’s changed?  We’ve introduced the ability for course providers to add descriptions to their LOD course lectures.  The description should be a short summary of what a student will learn in each individual lecture, outlining the topics it covers and its key takeaways.  Why have we introduced this feature?  We’ve introduced this feature to provide… Read more

We’re making it even easier for course seekers to engage with your brand… Did you know that more than 23,000 users visit a reed.co.uk provider profile page every month, seeking to learn more about you and your courses? If you’re looking to grow your audience, and convert researchers on reed.co.uk into buyers on your website,… Read more

What’s changing?  We’re changing our LOD terms to prohibit course providers from offering additional course components that can only be accessed off-site. This means that any bonus content or extras you wish to offer – such as free courses or gifts – must be made available to students only via the LOD platform. The additional… Read more

In order to improve our customers’ experience on Reed Courses, and to speed up the refund process, we’re changing the way we issue refunds.  Here’s everything you need to know about automatic refunds: What are automatic refunds?  We want to ensure students are receiving the best possible customer experience when buying a course on Reed… Read more

Discount codes such as ‘ONLINE10‘ are occasionally made available to buyers and used at checkout to get an extra (%) discount off purchases on Reed Courses. Please be advised that the ‘ONLINE10’ discount code will expire on Sunday 31st October 2021. For any providers that are currently featuring or promoting this code, it will stop working… Read more

If you are using the Courses API – more particularly, if you poll our Leads or Orders API – you may have been affected by a technical error causing our provider API to stop working between 4:50pm and 9.15pm on 06/10/2021.  Here’s what it means, and how you can retrieve any missing leads or orders: … Read more

We’re making some (more) changes to our qualifications taxonomy.  To ensure Reed Courses is aligned with the latest qualification frameworks, we’re removing QCF qualifications from the site on the 7th July 2021. Here’s everything you need to know, and what you need to do:  What’s changing?  From 7th July 2021, course providers who have a… Read more

We’ve made (more) changes to our qualifications taxonomy…  To ensure your courses are categorised correctly, and to improve the journeys of our users, we’ve added a new ‘regulated qualifications’ category.  Here’s everything you need to know about the changes:  What’s changed?  As part of our ongoing changes to our qualification taxonomy, we’ve added another new… Read more

Looking for a better way to view your transactions?  You’re in luck. We’ve recently updated the way you view your transactions report, helping you to see your revenue and refunds more clearly.  Here’s what’s new:  What changes have been made to transactions reports?  Here’s a list of the changes that have been made to transactions… Read more

We’re always looking for new ways to improve the courses platform…  That’s why we’ve made an update that allows you to showcase one of the key benefits of taking a selected course – a job guarantee programme. It’s quick and easy to add via the course description, and could improve your courses’ popularity.  Here’s everything… Read more

You asked. We listened.  This year, live classes have become an increasingly popular choice for course providers and students alike. That’s why we’ve made it easier for you to specify the dates of your courses, with the inclusion of a ‘date’ section within your course description. Here’s everything you need to know about our brand… Read more

According to a recent survey carried out by reed.co.uk, many UK workers are considering a course to boost their employability during COVID-19.  With a number of people out of work as a result of coronavirus, we wanted to find out how jobseekers are adapting their approach in order to stand out from the crowd. How… Read more

We want to make the value of your courses clearer to course seekers…  That’s why we’re making some changes to our qualifications taxonomy – to ensure each qualification type is accurately represented across the courses site. This will not only create a better experience for users, but it will also ensure that what your courses… Read more

Demand is always evolving, so we are too…  We’re always looking for new ways to ensure the courses on reed.co.uk are getting the exposure they deserve. That’s why we regularly review and update our subject taxonomy, based on search demand.  Here are the new subjects and certifications we’ve added recently, and our advice on how… Read more

We want to make learning available for everyone, no matter what their budget… That’s why we introduced a brand new way to pay on Reed Courses. By teaming up with DivideBuy, we’re allowing course seekers to benefit from a range of flexible payment plans – with absolutely no hidden fees or interest.  Here’s everything you… Read more

To survive in these unprecedented times, training providers must transition their face-to-face courses to live online. To help you make the move, we’ve teamed up with Arlo – the #1 software for commercial training providers. Software to sell live online training Arlo is a software to sell and deliver online and classroom-based courses. Their solution… Read more

What has lockdown in the UK done to our site performance? Three charts help to explain what’s going on, and how it can benefit your business… This is the second in a series of updates sharing insights on how reed.co.uk/courses is performing during the spread of coronavirus in the UK. If you haven’t already, read… Read more

The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of the most serious global health threats in decades. As the outbreak intensifies in the UK, no doubt many of you reading this will already feel anxious about you and your loved ones. Given we are facing an unprecedented situation, we wanted to provide an insight into what’s… Read more

Here’s what you can do to stand out and give your courses a boost this Black Friday… Black Friday is on Friday 29th November this year, however, we have already started our campaign on site. Launched on the 13th November and ending on 6th December, our 2019  Black Friday campaign is not just one weekend,… Read more

Please be advised that Reed Courses will be changing their revenue share rates which will affect all providers on our eCommerce model, effective Saturday 16th November, 2019. In most instances, these changes will lower costs for providers. Why are we changing our costs? To better serve the growing number of providers selling courses on our… Read more

We’ve updated the cost of our self-service sponsored keywords to make them even better value… What are sponsored keywords? If you’re looking to get maximum exposure for your courses, sponsored keywords could be the perfect product for you. This guide covers the pricing of our self-service tool, however, if you’d like an overview about how… Read more

We’ve improved the way students can find courses on exclusive discount… Our price drop tag is a new feature available to all providers, designed to help course seekers quickly identify those courses that have recently dropped their price. This will also improve your course visibility and click-thru-rate on search results pages during our promotional campaigns…. Read more

We are excited to announce a new partnership with Arlo Training Management Software, the #1 platform for commercial training providers. Who is Arlo? Arlo manages your training business end-to-end. It’s a complete training management solution to promote, sell, and deliver courses and events. Popular features include course management, website, online registration,, finance & invoicing, CRM… Read more

This is an important message to all providers: please read and ensure you take the necessary steps to ensure your ongoing compliance with both our Courses Advertising Guidelines and the UK’s Advertising Standard Agency (ASA/CAP) code. With over 50% of courses currently advertised on discount, it is important all providers take the necessary steps to… Read more

We’re making it easier for course seekers to choose the right course… For the past 12-months, we have been collecting reviews on our courses marketplace. This guide is designed to give an overview of our plan to launch reviews to students in 2019. Why are we introducing reviews? There are two main reasons for introducing… Read more

We’ve made it easier for you to track your account health… We’ve introduced a brand new homepage for the course provider portal, allowing you to track everything from your average review rating to your Q&A response time on reed.co.uk. Here’s a quick guide on everything you’ll need to know: So, what’s new? When you login… Read more

We’ve now made it clearer for learning providers to communicate the difference between the average time a course should take (Duration) and the length of time students will get access to the materials of a course.   What is access to content? ‘Access to content’ refers to the time a student will be able to… Read more

We’ve improved the way students shortlist courses Having conducted several user tests, studying closely how prospective course seekers use our site, it was clear that a save course feature was needed to enhance our search experience. On Wednesday 27th February, our new ‘Save a course’ feature went live, and its popularity became immediately clear when… Read more

To help make your courses even more effective, here’s a quick step-by-step guide on how to write the perfect course listing:

January is our busiest time of the year – and one that we’d love you to take full advantage of to ensure you gain maximum visibility to your course listings.   In January, we’re excited to announce some impressive performance results to date, and multiple records broken:   Visits in January are up +29% YoY…. Read more

With a number of great deals live on the courses site over the Black Friday period, we did our best to capitalise on them, ensuring course providers gained the most exposure possible. Here are the results…

We’ve already covered what we’re doing to promote your courses – but here are some key things providers can do to make the most of Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Black Friday is coming. Here’s everything we’re doing to promote courses this Black Friday/Cyber Monday – and what your business can do to get involved.

We’re always looking for new ways to improve the popularity of your courses – which is why we’re giving you the opportunity to add subtitles to your course listings. Here’s everything you need to know about courses subtitles.

Are you an E-commerce customer? We’ve just entered a new financial year on reed.co.uk, meaning we have new payment dates for the next twelve months. Here are the dates for the next twelve months, and a quick guide to how our invoicing works:   Download the PDF.     Want to find out more? Contact… Read more

We’ve improved the way we display courses on reed.co.uk. Here’s a quick guide on what the new features mean – and how they can help your business.

We’re committed to ensuring you’re getting the best possible experience. To make sure you’re up-to-date with our latest features, here’s a quick rundown of our new and improved courses functionality:

We’re changing the way sponsored keywords work on reed.co.uk. Here’s everything you need to know about our new self-service sponsored keywords:

Here’s a quick guide to the new CPC model, and how you can use Career Guides to reach even more people with your courses.

We’re improving the way that refunds are processed on reed.co.uk. Here’s what you need to know.

We want to help you expand your reach. So we’ve introduced a brand new way to sell your courses. Here’s everything you need to know about the reed.co.uk Courses B2B marketplace.

Here’s a quick introduction to APIs, and how you can start using them on reed.co.uk:

Ready for a better payment process? Here’s a quick intro to self-billing – and how it will benefit your business.

We’ve recently launched a brand new feature for your courses. Here are four reasons you should use Q&A.

Want your course listings to be seen by more people?   Although sponsored keywords are the only sure-fire way to feature at the top of our search results, there are a few key ways you can improve your listings to ensure you get as much exposure as possible. And as our algorithm is based on… Read more

We’ve made it even easier to track your performance. Here’s a quick guide on everything you need to know about the new reporting for courses.

We want to help you make the value of your courses clear. Here’s everything you need to know about our all-new qualification section.

Want to make your course listing stand out? To make sure you know what they’re all about, here’s everything you need to know about sponsored keywords, along with four reasons you should start using them:

Due to recent upgrades to our processes for Leads, Clicks and Telephone Leads, we’re changing the date you’ll be billed for them – starting this month.

Want to make your course listings even more effective? At reed.co.uk, we’re always looking at new ways to improve our service and provide our customers  with the best possible experience. As part of this commitment, we’re introducing a brand new feature to our courses – Q&A.   What is Q&A? Q&A is a brand new… Read more

Solus emails are a great way of reaching a really targeted audience with your courses. Not only do they give you the opportunity to get your brand in front of thousands of potential students, they also allow you to link straight to your own landing page. To help you get-to-grips with some best-practices, here’s everything… Read more

We’re introducing rolling subscriptions, to make your contracts less frequent and easier to sign. Your rolling subscription will have no defined cancellation date – and will only end upon the request of one of the involved parties. Please note, your current rate and our terms and conditions have not changed. We’ve also included a short… Read more

You can now showcase all available venues and dates in one listing to help your customers pick the one that suits them best. How does this benefit my students? Our market research shows that information about where and when the course will be held is a key factor to over 40% of our customers when… Read more

What are provider profiles? Students want to ensure they’re making the most informed decision when it comes to choosing a course. And a lack of information is often cited as the reason they don’t purchase, favouring providers offering clear benefits, trust and transparency. Our provider profiles help to reassure students that they’re choosing the right… Read more

You can now highlight courses which are regulated by Ofqual, Qualifications Wales, CCEA or SQA to reed.co.uk students. Why would I want to do this? This new feature makes it easier for students to differentiate between course offerings within their search results, and see which ones are regulated within search results. Students are proactively looking… Read more

Edit multiple courses with ease using our new ‘Bulk Update’ option. From today, you can update the price on multiple courses at once within your Course Provider login – helping you save a little of your precious time.   – OK, so, how do I use it?   Here’s an example: Navigate to your courses… Read more

Since 2009, reed.co.uk has been matching candidates with a wide range of hand-picked, career-focused learning opportunities. And, as part of our ongoing commitment to being the UK’s go-to destination for career-minded course seekers, we’ve just launched our most effective site to date – featuring a host of improvements. In its first week alone, its already… Read more

You can now search for courses within your Provider account. Easily find the course you’re interested in editing – whether it’s live, in-draft or archived – using the title, your own reference number, or the reed.co.uk reference. Give it a try right now, or let us know how we can improve by leaving your feedback.

Our latest release includes an update of the course subjects structure. From Sage payroll to dog grooming, we’ve added hundreds of new subjects to reed.co.uk enabling you to list your courses where the most relevant audiences will find them. How does this benefit me? Many of our users search by subject, so choosing the right… Read more