Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Next Gen
Innovation has no limits
Back for its fifth year, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Next Gen is designed for 11-15 year olds to inspire the next generation of innovators. Designed to make it simple for Teachers to deliver to their students, the programme offers interactive video lessons, design thinking, online safety and careers resources, and a fun easy-to-enter challenge.
The theme for the 2025 tech for good idea challenge is Living Well: Tech for a Happier, Healthier World, which will challenge students to explore how positive use of technology can enhance our wellbeing. There are some fantastic tech prizes to be won for students, teachers and schools.
So far the programme has reached 180,093 young people, and 2,864 tech for good ideas have been entered into the challenge.
Free resources for Teachers
Access free resources for secondary school teachers, including interactive activities, lesson plans and careers resources for your students, along with our exciting tech for good idea challenge entry idea builder workbook.
Next Gen 2024 highlights
Congrats to our 2024 winners and runners up
Learn more about the winners and runners up of our 2024 challenge. There were some incredible tech-for-good ideas with 1,153 inspiring challenge entries.
Millie with Teacher, Mr. Wright
Winner 11-13
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Millie from William Farr School
Millie created ‘My Bear’ which teaches and rewards young people to tackle hate by learning about other cultures.
Safety Bangle entry
Winner 13-15
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Lorelei, Ruby and Riya from Croydon High School
The team designed a covert bangle to support safety of girls and women when traveling alone.
Runners-up entry
Runners-up 11-13
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Heinrich, Olly and Charles from Somerhill School
The team designed an asthma focused smartwatch able to reduce attacks.
Runners-up entry
Runners-up 13-15
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Natalia and Tammie from Thornhill College
The team designed an app which enables mute and non-verbal children to communicate through imagery.
Tech for good idea challenge and prizes
Students are encouraged to explore how positive use of technology can enhance our wellbeing as part of our 2025 challenge theme, Living Well: Tech for a Happier, Healthier World.
Winners
Samsung Galaxy Tab and a VIP invitation to the 16-25 Solve for Tomorrow launch event hosted at Samsung KX.
The Teacher of each winner will win a Samsung Galaxy Book, and their school will receive a Samsung Smart TV.
Runners-up
Each will win a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds.
The teacher of each runner-up will win a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Most competition entries
The school with the most competition entries, in proportion to its number of students, will receive a Samsung Smart TV.
Educational innovation for the next generation
• Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Next Gen launched in 2020 and so far has reached 180,093 young people and over a third of secondary schools across the UK and Ireland
• 571 secondary schools across the UK and Ireland signed up to receive free resources in 2024, with 67,501 young people engaging with the content
• Interactive video tutorials, including one for British Sign Language users, help to inspire the next generation of innovators
• The theme is refreshed every two years and has so far included Sustainability and Inclusivity. The 2025 theme is Living Well: Tech for a Happier, Healthier World.
Teacher feedback on the programme
“Really fantastic, the students enjoyed it. It is fantastic for getting students to think outside the box and really does promote creativity.”
“Very easy to follow program, simple instructions and very creative for the students, resources were brilliant.”
“This was an excellent challenge. I will roll this out across the whole school next year. It was very well organised, great resources and easy to upload to the drop box. I will promote it in the Business teacher Facebook forums next year.”
“I loved the resources and structure- students were enthused by the tasks set and it sparked empathetic conversations.”
About
Samsung, together with the National Schools Partnership , runs Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Next Gen. The initiative supports the next generation of innovators, offering education in design thinking, online safety, and careers resources and insights, and invites schools annually to take part in a challenge to develop a tech for good idea. All resources are designed for 11-15 year olds and are free for teachers across the UK and Ireland.
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