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💡For History Day North, find out how we can help you with your research project on the history of IT, telecommunications and computing.
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Only a week to go until #HistDayNorth 2025!

We can't wait to showcase our collection of oral history interviews with tech pioneers to more students, researchers & budding historians.

Check out this video from last year for an introduction to our archive & start exploring: bit.ly/40yqLRo.

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Last month, AIT CEO Tola Sargeant had the privilege of sitting down with a true #spacetech pioneer, Professor Sir Martin Sweeting at Surrey Satellite Technology, to hear his inspiring story.

Follow the link to our website, or subscribe to our YouTube channel, to watch the interview 👉 bit.ly/45fi9l6

We are delighted to share a personal story on the mobile phone revolution from founding MD of Cellnet John Carrington.

Here, John takes us back to the late 1980s when he was part of delegations that secured a pan-European agreement on a mobile network standard.

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Technology Books for Children – Browse by Theme or Topic Browse our collection of technology books for children, grouped by category. Discover engaging tech-themed stories to inspire young readers aged 7–11.

Thanks to @techbooks4kids.bsky.social for collaborating with us on this challenge. You can find some great ideas for books to read on their website 👉 www.technologybooksforchildren.org/books/

#TeamCompSci #CSEd #EduSky

📢 Calling all teachers & parents... looking for a summer activity for 7-11 year-olds that is tech-related but doesn't involve screen time?

Download our free 'Summer of Stories & Discovery' activity booklet & encourage your young people to take on the summer reading challenge! 📚 🙌

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🚀 We’ve launched a tech-themed summer reading challenge in collaboration with @techbooks4kids.bsky.social.

📚 The 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 is aimed at children aged 7 to 11 and offers screen-free fun over the summer holidays. Please download and share! archivesit.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Our #summerreadingchallenge is launching on Monday! Read more about what to expect www.technologybooksforchildren.org/2025/07/03/s...

#BookSky #Technology #ChildrensBooks #EduSky

AIT publishes interviews with Reading’s trailblazing Digital Equipment Corporation workers - Archives of IT The personal stories of 21 former workers of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) have been curated and published on Archives of IT’s website in collaboration with Reading Museum’s and The National...

✳️ AIT is proud to publish the personal stories of 21 former workers of the Digital Equipment Corporation — pioneer of the minicomputer — in collaboration with @readingmuseum.bsky.social and The National Museum of Computing.

#TechPioneers #OralHistory

➡️ Read more: archivesit.org.uk/interviews-w...

CODE Award winners announced – celebrating the digital achievements of young innovators - Archives of IT Main image: Young innovators getting involved in engineering. Photo by Vanessa Loring The Digit<all> CODE…

🏅 The winners of the Digit<all> CODE (Champions of Digital Engineering) Awards have been announced.

✳️ The awards were created to help young digital leaders shine and this year Archives of IT sponsored the inaugural IT Pioneer Award.

#STEMEducation

➡️ Read more: archivesit.org.uk/code-award-w...

Mandy Chessell CBE - Archives of IT Mandy Chessell CBE  is a software engineer, who is recognised with multiple honours for her key role in the technology which is at the heart of business critical operations around the world. She was a...

For International Women in Engineering Day, why not watch this fascinating interview with Mandy Chessell CBE, awarded a CBE for services to engineering and the first woman to be awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering 🏅
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Today is mathematician Alan Turing's birthday! 🎂
As well as his achievements at Bletchley during WWII, did you know he also had a hand in one of the first computer programmes? Find out more below!

Today, let’s take a moment to recognize and celebrate the namesake of our most prestigious award: Alan M. Turing, who was born on this day in 1912. His work cracked the Enigma code, helped win WWII, and laid the groundwork for #AI. More on him, here: amturing.acm.org/amtv.cfm

It is 75 years since the Pilot ACE computer ran its first programme at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington. Find out more about the history of this early computer with our archivist 👇
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A group of smartly dressed people standing on a stage with trophies & certificates - they are all winners, finalists or judges at the 2025 Enterprise Awards.

A lady in a silver dress standing at a lectern with the words Enterprise Awards on the screen behind her.

We were delighted to support the Enterprise Awards as Impact Partner this year with our CEO Tola Sargeant chairing the Judging Panel & co-hosting the Awards ceremony at Drapers' Hall in London last night.

Many congratulations to the winners and finalists all inspiring tech entrepreneurs! 🏆 🚀

Thankyou!

YouTube video by The Centre for Computing History Acorn Archimedes - A Technical Introduction - 1987 BBC VHS Video

This is a good (section of the) video, produced for the launch of the Acorn Archimedes, that explains how a RISC processor works. #TeamCompSci
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKTa...

🎂 2025 marks the 40th birthday of the ARM1 microchip.
Find out more about this iconic piece of tech hardware from our archivist 👇
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🗣️ Check out our June newsletter which features a comment on London Tech Week from CEO Tola Sargeant and a special blog by Chair of Trustees, John Carrington on what it was like being part of the mobile phone revolution 40 years ago as MD of Cellnet.

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International Archives Week starts today!
The International Council on Archives have organised free webinars everyday open to everyone: www.ica.org/join-the-iaw...

Because making archives accessible is much more than digitising them. 🙌🏽

#IAW2025

75 years since: Alan Turing-designed National Physical Laboratory Pilot ACE computer - Archives of IT Main Image: The Pilot ACE computer at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington in 1950. Part…

It’s 7️⃣ 5️⃣ years since the Alan Turing-designed, National Physical Laboratory-built Pilot ACE computer became functional. It was one of the first computers built in the UK and one of the earliest with general-purpose, stored-program capabilities.

Read more: archivesit.org.uk/75-years-sin...

A Chinese perspective on IT professionalism and cancel culture - Archives of IT Ziyu Wang and Lang Cheng are undergraduate students studying at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society in…

We have really enjoyed having Lang Cheng and Ziyu Wang from UCL on placement with us over the last few months.

Read their perspectives on digital norms in the Chinese context - "Professionalism" and "Cancel Culture" - inspired by AIT's Forum on 'Norms in the Digital Age' 👍

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Great photo!

Today, we're highlighting Dina St Johnston, a pioneering woman in #Computing whose company, VPS, once owned our Elliott 803!

Learn more about Dina from Simon Lavington, TNMOC's Honorary Fellow from 2024 👉 buff.ly/kkHEChO

#RetroComputing #Museum #RetroTech

Check out our May newsletter to hear about...
🔍 our #STEM work with primary schools
🎉 the 40th anniversary of Arm's first microchip
🫖 how a pioneering British teashop developed the world's first business computer & called it LEO
... & much more!

👀👉 bit.ly/4kfCo79

#TeamCompSci #HistTech #CSEd

Archives of IT - Capturing the past, Inspiring the Future Green background and 'polaroid' style photos on individuals - some in black and white, some in colour. Plus text explaining AIT Education resources and QR code linking to their free computing curriculum resources.

Did you know we provide free computing curriculum resources for KS1 & KS2, as well as themed whole school content, perfect for primary school assemblies?

🔍Check out our website to learn more and download the resources 👉 bit.ly/3Rw44IA

#EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM

YouTube video by Archives of IT Sir Peter Knight

For World Quantum Day, listen to British physicist and professor of quantum optics Sir Peter Knight talk about where he sees the direction of quantum computing
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#EYAEarth 🌍
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Black and white image shows young woman from the 1950/60s feeding punched paper tape into a machine (early computer) at the post office

Our latest LinkedIn newsletter is out! Check it out for a quick taste of what the team has been up to recently, including highlights from our Forum in January and our IT education work.

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🎂 Did you know 2025 is the 300th anniversary of punched paper tape?

First used in 1725 by Basile Bouchon to control textile looms, this perforated data storage paved the way for modern #Computing 🖱️

Visit us to see how data storage has evolved👉 buff.ly/JBY2QBF

Know a young tech wizard? Do they have an IT hero that inspires them?
Why not nominate them for a @digitallcharity.bsky.social CODE award. Categories (including our own 'IT Pioneer' award) prizes and nomination forms can be found on www.digitall.charity/codeawards
Good luck! 🍀