Just a quick few bits this month! A reminder that Katie Piatt is stepping down as PLA co-chair and you have a couple more days to express an interest in taking over. Under our rolling model, we are seeking a new co-chair to work alongside Andy Walsh. This is a four year term to lead …
Can you help us bring quick moments of joy, energy and interaction to lectures? David Anderson, supported by the PLA, is launching No More Boring Lectures! (NMBL), a collaborative initiative to curate playful, 5 minute, ready to run activities that any educator can drop into their sessions, regardless of subject, class size or mode of …
Has everyone melted yet in this extreme UK summer? No? Then we’ve got a newsletter for you! We’ve recently had our amazing annual conference in Brighton (at the University of Sussex), you can get a tiny taste of it in our playful conference report! Next year we’ll be in Manchester (Manchester Metropolitan University) on 7th …
Welcome to the June 2026 PLA roundup! Last week we had one of our regular in-person meetups, thank you to Northumbria Uni and RE:PLAY for hosting us! We had talks, workshops and activities from a wide range of people, hearing about RE:PLAY, a mentoring card card game, playful and compassionate communication, Theatre and neurodiverse communication, …
Hello everyone and a belated Happy New Year for 2026! The woods are damp and mysterious this time of year, but come into the woods with us when they are bright full of life this summer! The PLA annual conference returns 1st to 3rd July and our call for sessions is about to close, you’ve …
It’s nearly Christmas, we hope everyone has the opportunity to take a break, play, and refresh ready for a new year ahead! First of all, a reminder that the Playful Learning Conference (1st-3rd July, 2026) is open for submissions. Get those ideas submitted by the 2nd Feb! Theme this year is “into the woods”, just …
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 …
