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Around the world, governments are grappling with the same question: how do you prepare young people for careers shaped by emerging technologies? In the UK, part of the answer is TechFirst, and we’re proud to be playing a central role in it. Through the new TechFirst partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and…

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I am delighted to share the news that Blythe Masters has been appointed as the next Chair of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Blythe brings a wealth of experience to our governance at a time when our mission to enable all young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing…

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Coolest Projects returned for its second year in India on Saturday 19 September, taking place in Telangana’s state capital Hyderabad once more. This year’s India event brought together 326 young technology creators who showcased 132 projects: India’s young tech creator community is clearly growing stronger. From AI to hardware to the web, young people’s projects…

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Computing education in England is in a stronger position than it was a decade ago. Increased access to technology, free learning resources for young people, and improved training for computing teachers has put us on a path to success.  But the subject is also at an important inflection point. Young people are growing up in…

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AI technologies, such as smart speakers or streaming recommendations, are becoming part of everyday life for children and teenagers. It’s therefore increasingly important to help young people understand not just how these systems work, but how to question them. When AI systems generate outputs such as a recommendation, these outputs are often accompanied by an…

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Imagine this scenario: Alex, a teenaged learner, reads a homework assignment, ponders a little, and then opens an AI chatbot. A quick prompt produces a structured, well-written answer within seconds. Alex pastes the text into a document, tweaks a few words, and submits the work. For many young people, this is becoming the norm. Recent…

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Walk into Allison Knoph’s fifth grade classroom in Edina, Minnesota in October and the creative writing station will be the loudest place in the room. That is by design. “I use it at my creative writing station,” she says of Experience CS, which she has run each fall for the past couple of years. Kids…

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Are you a computing teacher in England, Scotland, or Wales who works with 11- to 14-year-olds and is interested in how young people learn about AI ethics and sustainability?  The Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre is launching an exciting new research study, and we would love you to get involved. In this study, we…

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is already part of young people’s everyday lives, from the content recommended to them on social media to the generative AI tools they increasingly encounter. But AI technologies are also being used to tackle challenges in the wider world, from forecasting floods to monitoring our environment. That’s why we believe AI literacy…

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Strap yourselves in for an out-of-this-world journey! The European Astro Pi Challenge 2026/27 officially launches today, 14 September 2026! Young people across Europe and Canada are invited to participate in two fun coding missions, offering them the amazing opportunity to run their programs on the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Every…

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