About Spooniversity

“Chronic illness does not end ambition.
It changes the route.”

— Roi Shternin, Founder

Flare Mode

A simplified UI you can toggle when your brain or body is struggling. Same content, less cognitive load — bigger text, fewer elements, one action per screen. Built specifically for brain fog and high-symptom days. Not a "lite" version. The full experience, reduced to what you can hold right now.

No deadlines. Ever.

Your progress saves permanently. Come back in three weeks. Come back in three months. There is no expiry. No "your access ends in 30 days." You are not being timed. This is not a race. You will not be penalised for living your life at the pace your body requires.

Spoon-aware lesson design

Lessons are designed to fit within 15-20 minute energy windows. Not because we think you're slow — but because we know how much it costs to push past what your body can give. You can complete a lesson in one sitting on a bad day. That's the design constraint everything is built around.

One price, one door

€299/year or 12 × €24.90/month. All Bed programs. No subscriptions, no surprise charges, no complicated tiers. Pay once or spread it across a year — both get permanent access.

Real credentials

Spooniversity programs issue verifiable, employer-recognizable credentials. Each one is backed by a portfolio of real work — not just course completion. Employers see what you built, not just the name of a platform. Spooniversity graduates work in tech, healthcare, policy, education, and advocacy. They've returned to the workforce. They've launched independent practices. They've negotiated their value in a world that underestimated them. This matters when re-entering after illness, when applying for advisory roles, when building a career from constraint.

Built from the inside

Roi Shternin spent 7 years bedridden with POTS, ME/CFS, MCAS, and fibromyalgia. Variable capacity. Post-exertional malaise. The same constraints every student here manages. He's also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker in 27 countries, and the author of 7 books — built during and despite illness, not after it resolved. Spooniversity is not an ally to the chronic illness community. It is a member of it. That changes what gets built, how it gets designed, and what the bar is.

Bedvocates

Learn to navigate healthcare systems, communicate with providers, and advocate for yourself and others. The foundation track — a good starting point for anyone.

Bedcoders

Learn to code from bed. Real skills, real projects, Claude as your pair programmer. No prior experience needed. Build a portfolio you can show employers.

BedTeacher

For educators, tutors, and anyone who teaches — with or without a classroom. How to teach well when AI is in the room, and how to adapt when your own body is unreliable.

BedData

Turn your hard-won research skills into a real credential. Data literacy, health data analysis, reading studies. Skills that transfer to research, policy, and advocacy work.

BedMaker

Run a one-person digital operation from bed if you need to. Async-first workflows, digital systems, client management. Designed for low-overhead independent work.

BedOps

Healthcare operations — for patients and professionals changing the system from inside. How the system is organised, how it makes decisions, and how to move within it.

BedCare

For people who coordinate care — for themselves or others. Care coordination, family systems, navigating social services. Turns invisible labour into recognised skill.

BedLeadership

Graduate-level credential for patient leaders entering advisory, consulting, and policy roles. For the people who lead differently — from lived experience.

BedBusiness

Business fundamentals for chronically ill founders and independent operators. Build something real, from bed, without burning out.