Are you already using playful learning in your teaching? This is your chance to share it with the world.
RE:PLAY is a national research study exploring playful learning across UK higher education. We’re looking for case study participants with established, tried-and-tested playful practice who will be teaching between January 2027 and January 2028, in the specific areas listed below.
Applications close on 18th December 2026.
What we’re looking for
We’ve had a strong response so far, and this call is open only to submissions that fit one of the following approach and discipline combinations:
- Roleplay: Arts & Humanities, Health
- Simulations: Arts & Humanities
- Traditional Play: STEM
- Digital Play: STEM, Health
- Hybrid Play: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences & Business
- Game/Play Making: Social Sciences & Business, STEM, Health
- Gamification: Social Sciences & Business
- Playfulness: Social Sciences & Business
What’s involved?
Our team will come to you for a short 1-2 day on-site visit, interviewing teaching staff, running student and support staff focus groups, observing your teaching, and filming a short case study. Visits will take place while your module is running between January 2027 and January 2028.
What do you get?
- RE:PLAY Innovation Fellow status and a £500 honorarium
- Recognition and showcasing to an international audience
- Networking opportunities with researchers and practitioners across the sector
Am I eligible?
To be eligible, you must:
- Teach a module at a UK HE institution that already uses playful learning as an established part of its design (not a new or pilot approach)
- Have that module running between January 2027 and January 2028
- Fall within one of the approach and discipline combinations listed above
- Be able to facilitate access to students and support staff for data collection
How to apply
Complete the form below, stating which approach and discipline your submission falls under, and email it to Anna Carter at anna.r.l.carter [at] northumbria.ac.uk by 18th December 2026.
[Case Studies Submission Form V1] [Download]
Your practice deserves to be seen. Come and play with us.