# Blog

Notes for parents and students on how BugClub HQ works and why I built it this way. I'm [Josh](https://bugclubhq.com/about), and I teach every cohort.

## Posts

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### [Applications for the winter cohort are open](https://bugclubhq.com/blog/winter-cohort-applications)

What applying involves, what it costs and what happens after you hit send. Short version: it's free and takes about five minutes.

Course newsOct 28, 2026

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### [What the parent account shows, and what it doesn't](https://bugclubhq.com/blog/parent-account)

You see progress, badges and where each write-up stands. You don't see what your kid wrote. Here's where that line sits, and why I put it there.

For parentsOct 21, 2026

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### [Why week 0 is about permission](https://bugclubhq.com/blog/week-zero-permission)

Before any lab opens, every student spends a week on ethics and permission, then signs an agreement with a parent.

For parentsOct 14, 2026

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### [The course ends with an email to a company that doesn't exist](https://bugclubhq.com/blog/fake-companies)

Finding the bug is half of it. Week 7 is about the other half: working out who to tell, and telling them the right way.

The courseOct 7, 2026