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Hi. I'm Spoon.
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Spooniversity is a school built for people with chronic illness. No deadlines. No streaks. No inspiration porn. This is the honest path in — no pressure, no upsell.
Free — no payment required
Not sure yet? Start with the free Bootcamp.
A free 5-day intro to Spooniversity. Each day is ~60 minutes — read at your own pace, complete the exercises, keep the content forever. No payment, no commitment. Just see if this feels like your kind of place.
Is this for me?
Spooniversity is for you if any of these are true:
- You have a chronic illness — diagnosed, suspected, or still fighting for answers.
- You want to learn, build, or advance, but standard education wasn't built for your body.
- You've started courses before and had to stop during a flare. And then felt like a failure.
- You want a career that works with your capacity, not against it.
- You want to turn your lived experience into something the world actually values.
- You need flexibility that isn't just a tolerance setting — it's the foundation.
- You're tired of being an afterthought. You want to be the person who built the thing.
You don't need a diagnosis. You don't need to prove anything to anyone. If you are living with limited capacity and you want to do something with it — you belong here.
Six tracks. One flat fee each.
Each track is 4 modules. €299 once, or €24.90/month for 12 months. Yours permanently. Start with the one that fits where you are right now — you can do others later.
Bedcoders
For people who want a tech career.Cohort 1Learn to code from bed. Real projects, Claude as your AI pair programmer. No experience needed. Everything is paced around limited energy and brain fog.
BedOps
For patients moving into healthcare operations.Cohort 1Healthcare management and operational leadership. For patients who understand the system from the inside — and clinicians moving into leadership.
Bedvocates
Good first track for most people.Navigate healthcare systems, communicate with clinicians, advocate for yourself and others. Four modules: Healthcare Navigation, Body Literacy, Medical Communication, Advocacy in Action.
BedData
For researchers and advocates.Data Literacy, Health Data, Research Methods, Communication & Impact. Turns your lived-experience research skills into a recognised credential.
BedTeacher
For educators and tutors.Keep your teaching career. Four modules: Teaching Principles, Teaching Patients & Professionals, Building Coherent Learning, AI in Teaching + Portfolio.
BedCare
For carers and care-receivers.Family Systems, Emotional Resilience, Advocacy & Rights, Professional Practice. Turns invisible caregiving labour into a recognised professional skill.
BedMaker
For independent and freelance workers.Systems & Workflows, Client Management, Operations & Tools, Business & Growth. Built around variable capacity — async systems, one-person operations.
The honest pricing section.
We know what it's like to have medical bills stacked next to a laptop screen at 2am, wanting to do something with your life and not being sure you can afford the risk.
Each track is €299, one flat fee. Not a subscription. Pay once — the track is yours permanently. Installments available if you need to spread the cost.
For context: a BCPA patient advocate certification costs $425 just to sit the exam. A CSU prep programme costs thousands. We're priced to be accessible, not premium.
Price still a barrier? Email hello@spooniversity.org — no form, no process, no proof required. We handle it as humans.
14-day refund if it's not right. No questions. EU withdrawal right also applies.
How it actually works.
Start with Bootcamp — free
5 days of content, no payment required. Get a feel for the teaching style, the community, and whether this is your kind of place. Most people start here.
Join a cohort or wait for the next one
Cohorts run in small groups — 10–12 people per track. Cohort 1 opens May 5, 2026. Bedvocates, Bedcoders, and BedTeacher are open for enrollment now.
Work through 4 months of content
Each track has 4 modules. Lessons are 10–15 minutes — designed for the time and energy you actually have. No deadlines. Pause when you need to. Resume when you can.
Use Flare Mode on bad days
One toggle. Larger text, fewer elements, simplified view. Same content — reduced to what you can hold on a crash day. No record kept of when you use it.
Complete the track and earn your credential
Finish all 4 modules and receive your Spooniversity credential — yours to keep, permanently.
Questions people ask first.
What if I have a flare and can't log in for a month?
Nothing happens. Your progress saves permanently. There are no deadlines, no streaks, no "we noticed you haven't logged in" emails. Come back when you're ready. Your work will be exactly where you left it.
Do I need any technical experience for Bedcoders?
Zero. Bedcoders starts from the beginning. It's built for people who have never written a line of code and may be learning from a horizontal position with brain fog. Everything is paced around that reality.
I'm not sure I belong here. I'm not "sick enough."
This is one of the most common messages we receive. There is no "sick enough" threshold for Spooniversity. If your body limits your capacity in ways standard education ignores, you belong here. The community will not compare diagnoses.
What is Flare Mode, actually?
A toggle in the course UI that activates a simplified view — larger text, fewer elements on screen, one action at a time. The same content, reduced to what you can hold on a bad day. You can switch in and out freely. No record is kept.
What if I can't afford €299?
Email hello@spooniversity.org. There is no form, no process, no proof required — just an email. We will find a way.
I'm in the middle of a medical crisis. Is now the right time?
Probably not — and that's okay. The Bootcamp is free and you can start it anytime. The paid tracks will still be here when you're in a more stable phase. There's no pressure.
Can I do more than one track?
Yes. Each track is a separate flat-fee purchase. Many people start with one track and add a second later. They build on each other.
Ready when you are.
Start free with Bootcamp. No payment, no commitment. If it's your place — you'll know.