Programming
Start programming for the first time and build real projects straight away. We’ll teach you the basics, help when you get stuck, and get you making cool stuff fast. New for 2026: Learn how machine learning and AI systems are built!
Want to make games, build exciting electronics, edit videos, solder robots, or create your own gadgets? This is where the fun stuff lives.
You’ll learn by actually building things — and yes, you take your projects home afterwards.
You’ll have time for two or three different projects. This page should help you choose!
Stop just using tech: learn how to bend it to your will. Build games, apps, websites, bots and other exciting creations using real programming tools.
Start programming for the first time and build real projects straight away. We’ll teach you the basics, help when you get stuck, and get you making cool stuff fast. New for 2026: Learn how machine learning and AI systems are built!
Once you’ve got the basics of programming, you can build a game using JavaScript and our games course. Rebuild your favourite mobile game, or make something gloriously chaotic from scratch.
Make things people want to see and hear. Edit videos, produce music, create 3D worlds, or make cinematic masterpieces with new friends.
Design characters, objects, scenes or entire worlds using Blender - the same 3D software used for games, animation and VFX.
Build actual gadgets with LEDs, switches, screens, sensors and tiny blinking components. You’ll solder, wire, test, debug and occasionally ask “why is that component suddenly hot?”
Choose from a huge range of projects designed to make the most of your time with us.
Every electronics project involves some soldering, and we’ll teach you everything you need to know.
Some projects also include building circuit boards, cases and mechanical parts from scratch, but don’t worry: we’ll guide you through it!
There’s a small extra cost for these activities, which we’ll tell you beforehand.
Each project has two difficulty ratings: the first for the ⚡️ electrical work (soldering and wiring) and the second for 🪛 mechanical building (PCB, drilling, filing, nuts and bolts etc.).
Whether you’re into music tech, robotics, retro gaming, LEDs, or strange little machines, there’s probably a project here for you.
~£30-£35 | ⚡️ advanced | 🪛 easy
New for 2026: build your own retro-style analogue synth and create bleeps, drones and full-on chiptune chaos. Features a touch-sensitive 1-octave keyboard, 8 sound-shaping knobs, analogue filters and a huge 5-octave range.
~£25-£30 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 easy
Build your own programmable mini-keyboard with mechanical switches, LEDs, a screen and a chunky volume knob. Launch apps, mute Discord instantly, or create shortcuts for games and editing.
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 easy
Turn your voice into an echoey sci-fi wonder. Plug in a microphone or music source and experiment with delay, feedback and weird sound effects. Great for music, sound design, or just making strange noises.
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 medium
Build your own distortion pedal and give your guitar some extra crunch. Perfect if you like music or electronics. Even better if you like both!
~£15-20 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 advanced
Redesigned for 2026! Build a glowing 3D cube. Looks incredible in the dark, but requires patience and careful soldering for the cube structure. Now with an online animator for custom animations
~£25-£30 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 advanced
Build a tiny autonomous robot that escapes mazes using sensors and code. Basically: robot brain + problem solving + chaos.
~£35-£40 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 medium
Visualise music in real time with a colourful spectrum display. Plug in instruments or audio sources and watch the frequencies bounce around live on screen.
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 medium
This little creature repeats your words… but in its own voice! Complete with microphone, loudspeaker and custom case.
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 medium
Create a stealthy beam-break alarm using light sensors and electronics. When someone crosses the beam: instant dramatic warning noise!
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ easy | 🪛 none
Build your own mini arcade machine and play classic Pong on a real TV. A brilliant first electronics project with plenty of soldering, buttons and retro-gaming energy.
~£15-£20 | ⚡️ easy | 🪛 easy
This little critter is looking for the light! Driven by two miniature motors it can direct itself to where it detects the most light.
~£35-£40 | ⚡️ advanced | 🪛 medium
Build a PC-powered oscilloscope and explore what electronic signals actually look like. Great for curious minds who want to go deeper into how circuits, sound and electronics really work.
~£20-£25 | ⚡️ medium | 🪛 medium
Make music by waving your hands through the air like a wizard! Weird. Dramatic. Surprisingly fun.