What’s next for computer science education in 2026?

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Welcome to another episode of the Hello World podcast. In this special episode James is joined by members from across the Raspberry Pi Foundation's learning team to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2026.

Tune in as Bobby, Laura, and Rehana, as well as colleagues and partners from across the globe share their perspectives and expertise on what shaped computing education in 2025 and explores what to expect in the next year.

Meet our guests

James Robinson

James Robinson is a highly experienced computing educator & trainer, with a background in Computer Science and 10 years of classroom experience teaching a range of STEM subjects. James currently works to promote evidence informed and effective practices in computing education Pedagogy.

Dr Bobby Whyte

Dr Bobby Whyte is a computing education researcher with a background in primary education and educational research. Alongside this, he completed his PhD in Learning Sciences at the University of Nottingham. His work to date has been published in the fields of computing education, the learning sciences, and education research.

Laura James

Laura James is a Learning Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, creating engaging content for the Ada Computer Science platform. With over a decade of classroom experience, she brings practical insight from UK secondary schools to her work.

Rehana Al-Soltane

Rehana is a Learning Manager working on 'Experience AI', where she designs award-winning AI literacy and AI safety resources for global audiences. Her work empowers educators and young people to critically understand, use and create with AI technologies, drawing on research-informed pedagogies, ethics and interdisciplinary curriculum design.

What’s next for computer science education in 2026?

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