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Earlier this year, we announced that we’re expanding Experience AI, our AI literacy programme, across Latin America to bring AI education to nine more countries through support from Google.org. Working with local partner organisations, we offer Experience AI training and resources that teachers can use to enable young people to learn a foundational understanding of…

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We’re celebrating National Engineering Day in the UK with our friends at the Royal Academy of Engineering. National Engineering Day aims to make the UK’s engineers and engineering more visible, and celebrate how they improve everyday lives and shape the world around us. Now hiring: The engineers of 2076 This year, the Royal Academy of…

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There are a few Coolest Projects events still to come in the Coolest Projects 2026 cycle, but we are already getting ready to kick off Coolest Projects 2027. Before we do, we’re taking a  look back at some of the incredible things the young tech creators in the global Coolest Projects community have achieved this…

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Code Classroom — formerly known as the Code Editor for Education — is our free, safe tool for teaching and learning computing and programming. We’re delighted to share that Code Classroom now includes our new Blocks editor, based on the open-source Scratch editor. With the Blocks editor, Code Classroom offers the familiar creative programming experience…

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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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