16 October Information and registration is now available for BIO 2010. The first round will run from 23 November - 24 December 2009.

29 March The final of the 2009 BIO took place this weekend at Trinity College, Cambridge. The questions are now available, as is a list of the finalists.

19 February 2009 Certificates (for all non-finalists) have now been distributed. Teachers who have not received their certificates by the end of February should contact the organisers.

January All the students who have reached the final of this year's olympiad have now been invited. Congratulations to everyone who took part.

Founded in 1995, the British Informatics Olympiad (BIO) aims to encourage students to take an active interest in information technology, and to allow them to meet and exchange ideas, through a challenging competition in computer programming.

The BIO information pack gives a quick link to find out more about the BIO. Many other countries run competitions like the BIO, including the All Ireland programming competition for students in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.

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