Code Club Conference 2025: Creativity, community, and collaboration in Cambridge
Over the first weekend in November, members of the global Code Club community came together for two inspiring days of learning, creativity and connection. The annual event celebrates the people who make Code Clubs happen, allowing them to share ideas, explore new tools, and connect with others who help young people learn to code. Exploring…
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Debunking myths about space science with Astro Pi impact evidence
The European Astro Pi Challenge is a collaboration between ESA, the national European Space Education Resource Offices, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The 2025/26 challenge, which is currently open for registration, marks 10 years of incredible opportunities for young people to send their code into space. In this blog post, we are pleased to share…
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Designing for every learner in every classroom
One of the things I love most about my role as Chief Learning Officer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation is hearing from teachers around the world. A teacher in Kenya told me how their students debugged their first programming projects on a shared laptop. In Scotland, another explained how our resources gave them the confidence…
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How AI shapes your feed: An explainable social media simulator for the classroom
Social media can have a powerful impact on the way we see and experience the world. What we see in our feeds is not random: it is determined by AI-driven systems that collect vast amounts of data, build user profiles, analyse engagement, and generate recommendations. But while young people are prolific users of social media,…
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Celebrating the UK’s National Engineering Day 2025
We’re happy to celebrate National Engineering Day in the UK with our friends at the Royal Academy of Engineering. Today they launch the AI-Z of Engineering, an online collection showcasing more than 100 current engineering jobs, and over 100 more engineering jobs envisaged for the future. Their aim is to inspire more young people to…
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Celebrating young tech creators: Coolest Projects 2025 and what’s next in 2026
Coolest Projects is all about celebrating young digital creators and the brilliant things they make with technology. This year, we’ve seen just how much taking part can boost young people’s confidence, creativity, and sense of belonging. Today, we’re sharing the impact of Coolest Projects 2025 and looking ahead to what’s next for 2026. Highlights from…
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What should be included in a data science curriculum for schools?
Current artificial intelligence (AI) methods, especially machine learning (ML), rely heavily on data. To complement our work on AI literacy, we have been investigating what data science teaching resources and education research are currently available. Our goal is to work out what data science concepts should be taught in a data science curriculum for schools.…
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The new home for Blockly
I am delighted to announce that the Raspberry Pi Foundation is the new home for Blockly, the world’s leading open source library for visual programming. What is Blockly? Blockly is a free, open source library that enables developers to build applications and websites that use block-based coding interfaces. That means that instead of typing code,…
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Play, pedagogy, and real-world impact: What we learned from the AI Quests webinars
How do you teach AI in a way that resonates with 11- to 14-year-olds long after the lesson ends? In two recent Experience AI webinars, we explored that question with collaborators from Google Research, Google DeepMind, and the Stanford Accelerator for Learning. During the webinars, we also showcased AI Quests, a gamified, classroom-first experience where…
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Experience AI receives global recognition from UNESCO
I am very proud to share the news that Experience AI has been recognised as a laureate for the 2025 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education. What is Experience AI? Experience AI is a free educational programme that helps teachers and students learn about artificial intelligence (AI).…
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