List of hackathons in Carrville, United Kingdom in 2016

Ever wanted to understand what a hack day is? Come along and Newcastle Libraries staff will show you how to do stuff! This is the premise for Newcastle Libraries' second hackathon -- a day-long hackathon to learn new skills and collaborate on ideas for using data and content released by Newcastle Libraries. Following on from the first hackathon -- Wuthering Hacks -- which was mainly for developers and people with programming skills or data visualisation experience, this event is open to people who want to learn some of those skills too.

The NEData meetup is open to anyone interested in open data. You will hear from people and organisations that have used open data, some practical ways of using open data and what datasets they'd like to see opened up by Councils and others. This is a monthly meetup with presentations from people across the UK who are doing some brilliant things with open data. This event is in collaboration with James Rutherford from NE Sparks who have delivered a number of hackathons across the region.

The BBC is giving a micro:bit computer to every Year 7 student. This is a unique event for all Y7 Computing teachers interested in using these devices in their lessons. it is an opportunity to work together, to share resources and to investigate the micro:bit's potential. The aim of the day is to boost teacher's confidence in using the micro:bit in their lessons and promoting it's use in other STEM subjects.