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New prize draw, and updated information on our competitions

June 19, 2019

Good news: the prize draw for How to Think Like a Coder will be run very soon, for subscribers to the Digital Education newsletter. Here’s what you need to know:

A review of the book may be found in this article: Review of How to Think Like a Coder.
I’ll be sending out the newsletter containing the entering instructions on 20 June 2019 at 7.15pm BST.
To be eligible you have to have subscribed, and confirmed your subscription, by 20 June 2019 7.10pm BST.
To subscribe, read the information and complete the form here: Digital Education.

How I run competitions

The rules for entering competitions are on the newsletter page. They conform to UK regulations. I’m also very fussy about how I process your data. If you’d like to find out more, go to that page and download a pdf on the subject.

That’s all for now!

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