Articles for the Journal of Play in Adulthood have been coming in thick and fast recently, please let us know if you’d be willing to peer review for the journal! We’ve also got Rosie Jones and Andy Walsh editing a special issue on Playful Leadership: Playful attitudes, approaches and activities in leadership and management. Papers due …
The schools are going back, the new uni term is just around the corner, this winter squash is ripe from my allotment, the nights are slowly starting to close in, it must be time for another newsletter? Our friends in Denmark, the Network for Practice-Based Research in Play and Playful, have an event coming up …
The latest heatwave has broken in the UK, but still lots of hot Playful Learning news for you lovely people wherever you are and whatever the weather. We’re still giddy from another successful Playful Learning Conference in Brighton, we’ve little write up and links to the programme for you separate to this! The Journal of …
Last week’s Playful Learning Conference in Brighton was three days of playful people coming together to think, play and create. The full programme is still available (it will be archived off later in the year) for you to remind yourself of the range of sessions. And here are some pics to give you a flavour! …
Lots of stuff happening with the journal at the moment! We have 2 calls for papers for special issues, as well as our always open call (2025 conference presenters, why not write something up?), plus lots of recent articles published. Liz Cable and Laura Mitchell are guest editing a special issue on Table-top Games for …
Hello all, and welcome to our June update! We were at Strathclyde last week for one of our community meetings and lots of lovely things went on, from thinking about Psychological Safety to Lego Serious Play – you can get a flavour of them from the Padlet, or from Lynn Pilkington’s LinkedIn post. We try …
A Spring update from the PLA for you all! The daffodils are out, the hares are racing about the fields near me, and we’ve lots to share with you. Our next in person meet up is coming up soon and there aren’t many places left before we’re full, so get your place booked quickly now …
Hi all, welcome to our next (vaguely) monthly update! A bumper one for the start of February (yeah, I know it’s technically not February until tomorrow, but I’m away for 2 weeks!) First of all, for all you fellow procrastinators out there, the deadline for submissions to the annual Playful Learning Conference is Monday 3rd …
Welcome to December’s update from the Playful Learning Association! We recently had a lovely meetup at Exeter University in their fabulous Creative Quadrant on the theme of “playfulness on a budget”, see our last post for what went on, lots of lovely stuff there for your delight. Our next meetup will be an online one, …
Last week, 25 Playful Learners came together at the University of Exeter to explore the theme of Playfulness on a Budget. Over two days, we shared ideas, experimented with low-cost playful approaches, and connected with a like-minded community. This blog post offers a quick snapshot of the event, but if you’re curious for more, check …
