GitHub Education

There’s one week left to apply for the GitHub Campus Experts program (deadline 📅 July 31). Campus Experts are student leaders who bridge the gap between classroom theory and real-world, open-source collaboration. Over a six-week remote training you’ll learn to: • Design inclusive tech events—hackathons, meet-ups, workshops • Master public speaking & technical writing • Secure sponsorship, budget, and swag for your community • Grow a network of peers and GitHub mentors around the globe Why apply? 🎤 Build in-demand leadership skills before you graduate 🤝 Put your school on the map by hosting industry-grade events 🛠️ Get firsthand experience with GitHub’s developer tools ✅ Eligibility: enrolled students with ≥1 academic year remaining, GitHub account for ≥6 months, verified through the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Feel free to share with students who love building community! 🔗 Learn more at gh.io/campusexperts

What happens when you give talented high schoolers four days, PCB mills, soldering irons, 3D printers, and free rein to build? In July, Hack Club’s Undercity brought together a group of inventive young hackers at GitHub’s headquarters in San Francisco. These students earned their way to the event by completing hardware challenges through Hack Club’s "Highway" program—and once there, they dove into four days of intensive, creative engineering. We're showcasing highlights from 64 mind-blowing teenage student projects created at Undercity. Here are the first three: 🎮 Jukebox by Daniel Davidson (16, USA) Ever wanted a real-world Minecraft jukebox? Daniel built one using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and an RC522 NFC scanner. Insert custom-made discs, and the tunes start playing—straight out of the game. 💻 Icepi Zero A Raspberry Pi Zero-sized FPGA dev board featuring 28 GPIO pins, USB-to-JTAG programming, and 256Mb SDRAM. Open-source, ultra-flexible, and ready to power ambitious emulation projects—with over 250 hours of development invested. ✈️ Lover Jet by Emely Lugo (16, NJ) An Arduino-powered RC transmitter controls a cardboard F-22 Raptor jet using NRF24L01+ transceivers. Built from scratch, this jet proves cardboard and code can truly take flight. "It's a lover, not a fighter." Stay tuned—this is just the beginning. Each week, we’ll highlight more groundbreaking creations from this inspiring generation of builders.

🤩 ToDiagram and SlideCoach Join the Student Developer Pack! Looking to impress at your summer internship or prepare for the school year? Explore ToDiagram and SlideCoach for software designed to help your work stand out. That’s right! We have not one, but two new additions to the Student Developer Pack. We’re thrilled to welcome these offers and can’t wait to hear how they help you level up how you think, build, and present. ToDiagram makes it easy to edit and explore complex data via interactive diagrams. Designed for anyone who works with JSON, YAML, XML or CSV files, we’re partnering with ToDiagram to offer students their Pro Plan including full editor access, no data limits, and up to 10 documents stored in the cloud. The best part? By visually representing your data, you are able to quickly spot patterns, relationships, and errors. Once noticed, ToDiagram’s internal functionality allows you to edit the data directly. To get started, claim your offer here: gh.io/todiagramsdp SlideCoach harnesses the power of AI to help you practice your presentations, giving you instant feedback and essential performance analytics. Enjoy 2,000 free credits for SlideCoach—equivalent to 40 AI-powered presentation sessions—valid for an entire year after redemption. Not only does SlideCoach allow you to practice your presentation, but its AI acts like a member of your audience asking relevant questions and helping you prepare for the real thing! To get started sign up via your GitHub account here: gh.io/slidecoachsdp

School might be out for summer, but your next side project is in session. This summer, build it - for the joy, for the vibes, For the Love of Code 🧡 https://lnkd.in/ek48De32

It begins. SheBuilds a 24-Hour In-Person Women-Only Hackathon Presented by VLIV in partnership with HackCulture & GitHub India’s flagship all-women hackathon returns — bringing together Working Professionals and Students from across the country to innovate, build, and lead. Why Participate - Prize pool of INR1.75 Lakh+Goodies - Access exclusive hiring and funding opportunities - Collaborate with like-minded women from across India When: 1st & 2nd August Where: Greater Noida Register Now: https://lnkd.in/gqpBkCbN Have Questions? Contact Soham, +91 99014 423 VLIV | HackCultureGitHub | Geek Room | SheBuilds | Zyni Innovations | Women in Tech®India | AnitaB.org | Women Techmakers Vivek RAJ | Adarsh Nair | SUDHARSHAN REDDY | Shreyas Aradhya | soham vyas | Rachit Ranka | Manvendra Singh Chouhan | Chandan S Gowda | Varun U | Dhanashri Chavan | Dr Divya Rajput #HappyBuilding #Inclusivity #Hackathon #Innovation

GitHub Certifications are now delivered through Pearson VUE—book your exam today As of July 1 2025, every GitHub certification exam—Foundations, Administration, Actions Developer, and more—is available on the Pearson VUE platform and integrated with Microsoft Learn. Why this matters • One streamlined portal for scheduling, online proctoring, and accommodations • 5 000+ Pearson VUE test centres plus robust online-proctored options • Automatic badge sync to your Microsoft Learn profile (rollout mid-August) Extra value for students & educators Learners verified through the GitHub Education Program already receive: • Free individual Copilot Pro seats (Copilot Education Benefit) • 90 hours/month of Codespaces cloud dev-environment credits • 100+ partner offers in the Student Developer Pack Combine those resources with a GitHub Certification to demonstrate both practical experience and validated skills. 👉 Browse exams & schedule your seat: https://gh.io/AAx1rsg

Teach smarter with AI – join GitHub Copilot Fridays: Copilot for Educators on July 11 at 9:30 AM IST (12 PM SGT / 2 PM AEST). Led by Dhanashri Chavan, Senior Developer Advocate at GitHub, this session will explore: ✅ Real-world lesson planning using Copilot ✅ Personalized coding experiences to engage students ✅ Live demo followed by Q&A to answer your teaching questions Empower your CS or software development classroom with AI tools designed for the next generation of developers. 📍 Free, online, and global. 🔗 Sign-up here: https://gh.io/AAwu20p

Educators! Our Sr. Developer Advocate for Education Dhanashri Chavan is hosting a session on using GitHub Copilot for Educators on July 11. Join us to gain valuable insights on how to use Copilot to enhance teaching, provide personalized learning experiences, and streamline curriculum development.

Congrats to our Student Developer Pack partner Educative on the launch of their new GitHub Copilot course!

Big news for all the vibecoders out there: There’s a new version of GitHub Copilot live in VS Code today, with updates to bring you more MCP support, smarter chat tools, and better source control. Here’s the rundown: The Remote GitHub MCP Server is here. 🔑🤖We're expanding the GitHub MCP Server with a new hosted option alongside our existing local server. No more local installation needed, no more manual updates, no more runtime. Just copy the server URL, paste it into your MCP client, authenticate, and you're ready to build the software of your dreams with popular agentic pathways – like a USB port for intelligence. Toolsets have entered the chat. ⚒️VS Code now enables you to define tool sets in chat, either through a proposed API or through the UI. Run the Configure Tool Sets > Create new tool sets file command from the Command Palette and boom, you’ve got new tools. Source control is better than ever. 👀🟩We’ve added highly requested features to the GitHub PR extensions allowing you to assign a PR or issue to Copilot from VS Code, see all the PRs that Copilot is working on, and check the status of the Copilot coding agent in browser. Check out the full release notes here. What will you use it to build? 🤔