The BBC has developed a computer to be used by thousands of students across the UK. While not very powerful in terms of hardware, it comes with an interpreted language that will get students writing ...

Micro:bit Educational Foundation has annonced a Python editor for the BBC micro:bit educational single-board computer, “purpose-built to address the hurdles learners usually face in working with the ...

Unlike many STEM toys that rely heavily on building-block pieces, the Rider kit is ready to use out of the box and you don’t ...

We took part in a coding workshop as the pocket sized computer got an update - see what we made and try them for yourself! Recently at BBC Research & Development, we got our hands on the new BBC micro ...

It’s a rather odd proposition, to give an ARM based single board computer to coder-newbie children in the hope that they might learn something about how computers work, after all if you are used to ...

There is a whole generation of computer scientists, software engineers, coders and hackers who first got into computing due to the home computer revolution of the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Machines ...

The way computing is taught in schools is going through its greatest upheaval since the subject was first introduced at the turn of the century. After considerable lobbying by the industry, ...

It's National Apprenticeship Week! As part of our BBC micro:bit – the next gen campaign, we spoke to apprentices Coel and Matilda and student Lowena about why the micro:bit matters. They told us how ...