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The first micro:bit was invented by the BBC and partners and launched in 2015, honouring the BBC’s legacy of computing that ...

The BBC micro:bit has finally dropped into the hands of many Year 7 students across the UK and there's already a wealth of tutorials and resources out there to help both students and teachers get ...

The BBC is giving schools a million free micro:bit computers. It hopes it will kick-start a coding revival. This is the inside story ...

The micro:bit is a small computer board with an ARM Cortex-M0 microprocessor plus sensors and LEDS. It is part of an initiative to get kids coding.

A tiny computer intended to encourage UK kids to get programming is finally being delivered to schools, some half a year later than originally planned.

The Micro Bit is central the the BBC's Make It Digital initiative, which is aimed at raising proficiency and understanding of coding and digital creativity across the country.

It's the first year of a major new coding curriculum in the UK, and now the BBC wants to play its part in training the next generation of star programmers. The broadcaster is developing a ...

A new coding tool will help make it easier for children to portably program a popular educational micro-computer on the fly. Researchers from Lancaster University's School of Computing and ...

The BBC has finalized the design of the micro:bit, the tiny computer it will give to 1 million British schoolchildren later this year to help them learn about computing. With its technology ...

On Tuesday, the BBC sent one million of Micro: bits, pocket-sized programmable devices to teachers and students across the country.

The Micro:bit educational foundation is donating the devices alongside partners Nominet and the Scottish government in a bid to boost coding skills amongst primary school students.