A Media Pack about the BBC micro:bit, including technical specifications, partner info, teaching resources and legacy aims, is available here: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre ...

This week the BBC unveiled the design of the BBC micro:bit, part of the BBC's Make it Digital initiative, at an event for its partners in London.element14 is a major partner in the project to produce ...

The partnership of BBC Education, Micro:bit Educational Foundation and Nominet, will give nearly 700k micro:bits to UK schools and is boosted by familiar CBBC brands In an ever-evolving digital age, ...

Micro:bits are being used to help primary school pupils get an understanding of machine learning. Back in 2015, the BBC micro:bit was created to help pupils understand the world of coding in a ...

Inside the BBC Radio Theatre this morning, the enthusiasm was palpable. From the BBC's director general to senior executives from technology companies, from Dara O'Briain to teenage techies, everyone ...

The BBC has a great idea: Send a free gadget to a million 11- and 12-year-old students in Britain to help them learn programming. Called the micro:bit, it started being delivered to kids in March; ...

An interview with Richard Curtin – senior director, strategic alliance, at element14 – the man responsible for manufacturing a million BBC Micro:bits, within a few months. The BBC Micro:bit initiative ...

Earlier this month, the BBC unveiled the Micro:bit computer. Part of the Make It Digital initiative, the Corporation will distribute 1million MicroBits free in October to Year Seven children across ...