I ❤️ the Playful Learning Conference! If you come down to the woods with us in 2026, you'll definitely be in for a surprise! Call for papers out now, deadline 2 Feb. #PlayLearn 2026 theme: Into the Woods youtu.be/jPfK6Q6yL4A playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/

Looking forward to a great day at #NET2025 today presenting our @unilancashire.bsky.social #IPE programme with Matt Rees and HEI collaborative project with Leah Greene, Peter Roberts, Abhi Jones and @neilwithnell.bsky.social

Fantastic couple of days at MMU for the Playful Learning Association meetup! Conversations about killer robots, imposter queens, being weird and hairy deer legs were just what I needed. Such a joyful, creative and inclusive atmosphere! 🎲🧩 #playlearn Join in here playfullearningassoc.co.uk

Fantastic couple of days at MMU for the Playful Learning Association meetup! Conversations about killer robots, imposter queens, being weird and hairy deer legs were just what I needed. Such a joyful, creative and inclusive atmosphere! 🎲🧩 #playlearn Join the community here playfullearningassoc.co.uk

This is so, so, sad, he was a genius and legend! RIP Mani, love to all his family and friends. *Madchester forever*

Thank you to the amazingly fabulous @rachelleeobrien.bsky.social @katiepiatt.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social, Dawne Irving-Bell & Clive Palmer for sharing stories with @unilancashire.bsky.social staff thinking about @advancehe.bsky.social #NTFS or #CATE today. What a stellar panel!

Thanks to the @unilancashire.bsky.social School of Nursing and Midwifery and wider Burnley campus teams for making today's Burnley community and open day a massive success! Had to bring a few playful learning #playlearn activities along of course 😀

It is happening again...https://socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/call-for-papers/

Can you help spread the word? @gemmaspencer.bsky.social 's #PhD is looking at the experiences of UK #nursing or #midwifery female students who identify as having ADHD. This research is vital in helping us in the HE sector shape the best possible student experience. Thanks!

Great workshop from the fab @lizcable.bsky.social at #playlearn25 on game making - business as usual playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/c...

Shining the Spotlight #SOS will enhance the scholarship of educators. Congrats to all colleagues involved, including Earle Abrahamson, @suebecks.bsky.social @archaeocobb.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social @juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social Dawne Irving-Bell, @egillaspy.bsky.social Susan Smith #ANTF2025

It was a real pleasure to chat to you on the podcast @rogerjsaunders.bsky.social and @jimt77.bsky.social about all things playful learning #playlearn. If anyone is thinking about sharing their practice, I can highly recommend the L&T Chatshow podcast experience!

#LoveLD L&T Chat Show double bill: Amina Easat-Daas & Simon Stevens talking about decolonising the curriculum: open.spotify.com/episode/1A9z... & Markus Wohlfeil talking about Film Theory and Marketing: open.spotify.com/episode/56Ky...

Love it! This is such a fab and inspiring team to be part of, do check out the website scholarshipspotlight.uk and let us know what you think 😁 Is there anything else you would like to see on there that might help you with your scholarship activities?

So proud of our whole Interprofessional Education team, we only went and won the Educate North student experience award 🎉🥂 Very well done to all the winners and finalists, @unilancashire.bsky.social scooped 3 awards and a highly commended in total, what a fantastic night!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the wonderful and powerful women, there are so many of you and the world is better as a result!

Gender equality doesn’t just 'happen.' Women’s rights must be fought for and protected. Our responsibility is clear. To lead by example and create a world where opportunities are fair for all. Not just today, but every single day. #InternationalWomensDay

#LoveLD Punk it out! Our latest #Take 5 #123 blog is brought to you by Maria King from the University of Leeds, an educational developer and former academic librarian whose teaching and learning practice is underpinned by punk pedagogy aldinhe.ac.uk/take5-123-pu... .

Join us Wednesday 8pm GMT for #LTHEchat with guest Dr Paul Ian Campbell @drpauliancampbell.bsky.social to talk about Closing the Race Award Gap: A New Approach to Inclusive Assessment in Higher Education  lthechat.com/2025/01/27/c...

Today's L&T Chat Show podcast episode is Paul Kleiman on Creativity in Teaching. open.spotify.com/episode/31fO... If you've used any of the ideas in the 100+ episodes or if you have something to share contact [email protected]

Thanks @lthechat.bsky.social @sfaulknerpando.bsky.social for a fab chat! It's been a while since I've been on these chats so it's been awesome to see you lovely folks again tonight. Will remember to use a laptop next time so I can type quicker 😂

A5 @colldash.bsky.social If you're looking for ideas, the Playful Learning Conference is a great place to try out different playful learning activities, magpie them and adapt them to fit your setting. #LTHEchat playfullearningassoc.co.uk/conference/

A6 I think it’s important to build the evidence base not for now but the future, the lack of unsupervised risky play in gen alpha ect and its effects on socialisation mental health and anxiety could lead to a reduction in play in learning in the future #lthechat

A6 LTHEchat definitely! How else would SoTL happen? We need conceptual frameworks and theory but also understand how it's experienced. You can design the impact measurements into the playful activity rather than just having 'happy sheets' too

A4 #LTHEchat create a space for people to share and celebrate their practices is vital Loads of practice from UCLan and beyond on this padlet uclan.padlet.org/EGillaspy/pl... Make sure you join the playfullearningassoc.co.uk to share more widely. There are more of us out there than people think!

A4 #LTHEchat show people what's possible through being brave enough to experiment yourself. Be by someone's side the first time to support and coach them, gently nudging to take calculated risks. Gather the data to show them it works!

A3 #LTHEchat I see barriers as a challenge to rise to! If someone says you can't possible do that in this space, it just makes me roll my sleeves up and prove them wrong 😂

#LTHEchat the taskmaster template @gemmaspencer.bsky.social and I created is on the @ntrepository.bsky.social if you want to nosey at the tasks and play the audio clips #airhorn doi.org/10.25416/NTR...

#LTHEchat Defo! Watching our staff at an away day have such fun making and throwing paper airplanes from the top step of the lecture theatre in taskmaster was awesome. Seeing the Dean in full on competition mode and transforming what can be a study and formal space into one with energy and life!

A2 #LTHEchat it helps to level any hierarchies and sets up the space for you to step back and observe. The magic of the debrief after play creates massive learning opportunities!

A1 #LTHEchat inviting others into a space where we can laugh together. I love a gameshow spinoff, and also being a bit tongue in cheek evil 😂

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the #LTHEchat which will explore Playful Learning with @kiusum.bsky.social and @sfaulknerpando.bsky.social. Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com

This Pod Save the UK episode is well worth a listen. The interviews with @jogrady.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk and NUS president Amira Campbell highlight the real picture of UK HE for staff and students www.crooked.com/podcast/how-...

Is there a leading light in your community? Someone who always makes an effort to help others and figure out the possibilities? It's time to nominate them as you community champion for Digifest 2025! See how to submit here ⤵️ #Digifest25

For anyone that missed it, here's the recording of the book launch (our chapter is last in the video) 😀 @mauragflynn.bsky.social sussex.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Delighted to be showcasing 'Playful practicals: breaking free from educational norms with online escape rooms' with fab co-authors Abhi Jones, Gemma Spencer & Julia Robinson at this book launch today, 10am www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-lab-t... Read the open access book here: doi.org/10.20919/VTI...

The call for abstracts for #SocMedHE24 closes today Monday 21 October at 5pm (British Summer Time). Please submit here: forms.office.com/e/E2BKHM6C0F More conference info here: blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/soc...

It's been a great morning so far exploring permissions and provocations for creativity and innovation, looking forward to sharing our thoughts on growing creative cultures in HE 😁 docs.google.com/presentation... @altuk.bsky.social

Ooh, it’s arrived. Envelope suggests a tortuous journey. Reading will not be! #HigherEd #Teaching #Artistry thanks @emmakeddev.bsky.social for leading on our research and @profhelenking.bsky.social for overseeing a great compendium

If (like me) you have been looking for alternatives to Jamboard (no longer available from 1 October), you may be interested to know that padlet has a replacement feature called sandbox which looks fab! padlet.com/site/sandbox It's dead easy to import your old jamboards too!

For new educators joining Bluesky - suggestions for people to follow go.bsky.app/VYFDyG

I've been waiting for a replacement for Twitter and hoping BlueSky is it! Great to see so many of my favourite people on here already 😍