24 results for “microbit”

Committing to diversity

Young girls today struggle to find role models in the technology industry. Estimates suggest that only 17% of the tech/ICT workers in the UK are female, despite women constituting almost half of the country’s workforce. How will the female coders of the future recognise a place for themselves in the industry when women are so...

Getting into Digital

I can’t have been the only child with a passion for Manic Miner. My enthusiasm for games led me to carefully gather up my car washing money to buy the cheapest computer available – the Spectrum – and teach myself to code. At that level, coding seemed accessible; the games were simple, so why couldn’t...

Nominet invests in the nation’s digital talent to address digital skills gap

 …Nominet Digital Neighbourhood offers training and paid work experience connecting digitally savvy youths with local SMEs to help them both prosper… Oxford, 24th July 2017: Nominet, the internet company best known for running the .UK internet infrastructure, is today launching Nominet Digital Neighbourhood – the digital skills training and work experience programme. Unlike many other...

Glimpsing a vibrant digital future at the IoT Showcase

Last week we hosted an evening to showcase the innovative projects of our R&D team to explore the potential of Internet of Things (IoT). The potential of the IoT lies beyond connecting your fridge or toaster to the internet – instead it can help to tackle social, educational, environmental and economic problems. That was the...

Empowering the next generation with the micro:bit

I’m passionate about the micro:bit because I can honestly say it changed my life, albeit in an earlier incarnation. When I first got my hands on the BBC Micro in my school days, I had a lightbulb moment that startled me out of my academic listlessness: here is something I can do. Fast forward three...