Public Policy and Governance + Software Development
Build a civic-tech prototype to report local problems
Build a site where residents mark potholes or broken lights on a map and track their status.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
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Software Development · Developer Tools
Contribute a fix to an open-source project
Find a beginner-friendly issue, fix it and get your pull request merged.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Entrepreneurship · Startup Concepts
Design a startup idea and test it with real customers
Find a real problem, build the smallest possible version of a solution and see if anyone wants it.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- 250–500
Graphic and UI/UX Design + Software Development
Redesign an app you use every day
Find real problems in an app through user tests, redesign one flow and prove your version is better.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Health Technology + Software Development
Design an app that reminds elders to take medicine
Build a simple reminder app with large text and test it with an older relative.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Games, Graphics and New Tech · Blockchain
Build a simple blockchain
Implement blocks, hashes, proof of work and validation to see how a chain resists tampering.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Teaching and Learning · Lesson Experiments
Compare two ways of teaching the same lesson
Teach one topic by lecture to one group and by activity to another, and compare a quiz.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Software Development · Backend
Create a URL shortener with a database
Build a service that turns long links into short codes, redirects visitors and counts clicks.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Agri-business and Food Science + Business Studies
Study how a farmer producer group works
Visit a farmers' cooperative or producer company and study what it buys, sells and returns to members.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Industrial and Manufacturing + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Analyse and reduce waiting time at the canteen
Time each step of the canteen queue, find the bottleneck and test one improvement.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Data + Operations, HR and Supply Chain
Build a sales dashboard
Turn a public retail dataset into a one-page dashboard that answers a manager's questions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Teaching and Learning · Special Education
Make learning material for a child with a learning difficulty
Adapt one lesson for a learner with dyslexia, low vision or attention difficulties, guided by a special educator.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- 250–500
Systems and Cloud · Containers
Containerise an application with Docker
Package one of your own apps and its database so anyone can run it with one command.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Artificial Intelligence + Marketing
Cluster customers into groups
Group customers by spending behaviour with k-means and describe each group in plain words.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Electronics and Communication + Data
Filter noise from an audio recording
Record speech with a hum, find the hum's frequency and remove it with a digital filter.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Cybersecurity · Digital Forensics
Recover deleted files from a test drive
Delete files on a spare USB drive, image it and see what can be recovered and why.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
Operations, HR and Supply Chain + Development and Applied Economics
Study the gig economy through delivery workers' experience
Interview ten delivery or ride-hailing workers about earnings, hours and security.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Free
Data · Data Engineering
Clean a messy real-world dataset
Take a messy government dataset and produce a clean, documented version with a script.
- Intermediate
- 2–7 days
- Free
EdTech and Study Tools + Data
Analyse quiz data to find what a class misunderstands
Use anonymous quiz results to find which questions and wrong answers reveal misconceptions.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Public Health and Epidemiology · Healthcare Management
Study how a hospital or clinic manages its queue
With permission, time each stage of an outpatient visit and suggest how to cut waiting.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Cybersecurity · Secure Coding
Write a secure-coding checklist from real bugs
Study ten public security fixes in open-source projects and turn them into a review checklist.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Industrial and Manufacturing · 3D Printing
Optimise a 3D print for strength and time
Print test bars with different infill and layer settings and find the best strength per minute.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- 500–1,000
Teaching and Learning · Curriculum Design
Design a week of lessons on one topic
Write five linked lesson plans with objectives, activities and a final assessment.
- Intermediate
- 1–2 weeks
- Free
Civil Engineering · Water Resources
Design a rainwater drainage plan for your campus
Map where water collects on campus after rain and design drains and recharge pits.
- Intermediate
- 2–4 weeks
- Under 250
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