Learning is created and nurtured through joy, engagement and play
Welcome to our Playful University Club! We aim to CO-CREATE and promote a culture that can foster PLAY. This website is to share and develop playful academic practice.
Ultimately, we aim to make the University a place where learning is created and nurtured through joy, engagement and play, where learning to solve problems and overcome obstacles is a reward in its own right.
The Playful University Club will support students and colleagues to integrate play and playfulness within their daily lives and through their teaching, facilitating playful learning as part of a Compassionate University Community. In practice, this will occur through the co-creation and promotion of a culture that can foster play.
Next Monthly Meeting – 24th February, 7:00pm. We are delighted to announce Shanissa Meah and Tom Nancarrow as this month’s speakers! Their session is titled 'A reflective evaluation and student experience of playful learning in higher education'.
Come spend some time playing games with us during our Playful University Game Night on Zoom! We host a fun and relaxed evening session, perfect to unwind after a day of work. We play games such as ‘Just One’, ‘Bring Your Own Book’ and the recently enjoyed 'Codewords'.
Browse through the online Games Library to find games available to borrow. You can use them in your teaching sessions!
We would like to share with you our values, ideas and stories through writing blogs about journeys as playful academics and our experiences within and outside the playful University Club. Enjoy reading en let us know your stories on playfulness!
Andy Field has received an Arts and Culture Creative Fellowship and will be working with The Playful University Club.