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Prashant Agrawal<\/strong>
Dr Prashant Agrawal is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Programme Leader of the BEng\/MEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering Programme. His research covers the theme of nature-inspired systems for mass and energy transport application blending principles from material science, engineering, and physics. As an educator, he is focused on embedding employability through programme level interventions and problem-based learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carly Foster<\/strong>
Carly is currently Head of Educational Partnerships with oversight of Experiential Learning at Northumbria\u2019s innovative London Campus and leadership of the International Pathway College and Distance Learning Portfolio. Her research interests include the application of data and analytics methods in higher education with a focus on improving student outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Harland<\/strong>
Kate is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at Northumbria University with a research focus on hospitality technology innovation, guest-host relationships, and customer experience. With 14 years of industry experience and PhD research in hospitality, she bridges academia and industry through innovative teaching approaches. Kate\u2019s profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Rooksby<\/strong>
John Rooksby is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Northumbria University. His teaching mainly focuses on software development. He holds a PhD from Manchester University and has held research positions at Glasgow and St Andrews. His research focuses on Human Computer interaction and Digital Health.
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Dom Simpson<\/strong>
Dominic Simpson is a Nursing academic and Play Fellow exploring joyful approaches to health and care education. Guided by the mantra \u201cWhat would this look like if it was fun?\u201d, he champions playful pedagogy to enhance deep learning, wellbeing, and creativity in clinical practice and academic environments.
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Kelly Stockdale<\/strong>
Dr Kelly J. Stockdale is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Senior Fellow of the HEA. Her main research relates to criminal justice, restorative justice, and peoples\u2019 lived experiences when in contact with criminal justice agencies. She also researches the criminology curriculum – focusing on whose voices are marginalised and whose are prioritised in criminology, why it matters, and what we can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leonardo Garcia-Garcia<\/strong>
Leonardo is an Assistant professor in Engineering at the University of Sussex. His research is focused on the use of emergent technologies such as 3D modelling, simulation, 3D printing, and smart textiles for Rehabilitation and Human Motion Monitoring. Leonardo interested on how Technology and Play-Based Learning can be used effectively to improve the learning process by incorporating new experiences to enhance the meaningful learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Stuart-Kelly<\/strong>
Alex is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience on the Education and Scholarship track at the University of Sussex, with a keen interest in what makes students engage (or perhaps not!) in university teaching practices. He is a particular believer in active learning approaches and have a real investment in science outreach, especially physiology, to wider audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Van Yperen<\/strong>
James is an assistant professor in the mathematics department at the University of Sussex. He did his training in numerical analysis and then was drafted into the COVID-19 response team at the university to forecast for NHS Sussex and the Local Authorities. He now researches mainly into parameter estimation techniques, but his side project is digital technologies and active learning. He specialises in building interactive dashboard for learning, and wants to help encourage mathematicians to engage with new learning approaches, in particular enabling smooth transitions for students from pre-university to university learning. He has lived quite a varied life and will happily chat (often nonsense) into the early hours of the morning about almost anything (which makes him very easy to distract). James is absolutely terrified of eels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adnan M. S. Fakir<\/strong>
Dr Adnan M. S. Fakir is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Faculty Education Enhancement Lead at the University of Sussex Business School. Adnan\u2019s research spans development economics, particularly on gender, labour markets, and political economy. Adnan also has a strong interest in evidence-informed teaching practice and curriculum innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yusra Abdelatif<\/strong>
Dr Yusra Abdelatif is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing & Health Sciences based in Peterborough. Her teaching focuses on professional development and student support. She is passionate about innovative and inclusive pedagogies and is committed to enhancing student engagement and professional development through playful and evidence-informed approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roberta Blake<\/strong>
Roberta Blake is a veterinary surgeon, researcher and Professor of Animal Performance Science in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University. Her teaching and research explores animal health, particularly how intrinsic and extrinsic factors<\/em> influence animal movement and the risk of injury, with particular emphasis on animal biomechanics, equitation science, sports medicine, and regenerative therapies for musculoskeletal injuries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheryl Greyson<\/strong>
Dr Cheryl Greyson is a Senior Lecturer and Faculty Lead of business and law at ARU Peterborough. She is a Senior Fellow (HEA), Certified Management Business Educator (CMBE) and Trained Facilitator of LEGO\u00ae SERIOUS PLAY\u00ae method and materials specialising in using simulations, live briefs, and playful techniques in marketing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carrie Ho<\/strong>
Dr Carrie Ho is a dramatist, therapist, and educational researcher specialising in transdisciplinary arts-based methods. A Senior Lecturer at ARU and RE:PLAY Fellow, she pioneered Children\u2019s Participatory Research Theatre and leads research on aesthetics, child trauma, neurodivergence, and generative AI in-and-for education across the UK, Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, Japan, and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jane Scott<\/strong>
Jane is a clinical psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at ARU.  She has extensive experience in the UK and internationally, training students in clinical skills including psychological assessment, diagnosis and formulation, and psychological therapies.  
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Nicola Walters<\/strong>
I am a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and a registered nurse. My research explores strategies for teaching written reflection. I\u2019m passionate about learning theory, reflective practice, and inclusive pedagogy, with a focus on developing accessible, engaging teaching approaches to meet the diverse needs of learners in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johanna Dennis<\/strong>
Johanna was a freelance illustrator in publishing, editorial, packaging & advertising, then flash animator \/ interactive designer before her current role in Camberwell. Illustration, animation & interactivity (including Extended Reality \/ 3D Modelling) continue in her teaching \/ creative practice. Research interests: Site-specific narratives. The social and environmental impact of storytelling & interactive experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thom Kaczmarek<\/strong>
Thom is an award-winning game developer & senior lecturer at the University of the Arts London. He is GIC.GD\/ZTG Founder, Regional Organiser for Global Game Jam (UK & Ireland), and has been making games since the late 1990s. He has a constructionist and playful approach to teaching and learning.
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George Mellor<\/strong>
George Mellor is a Senior Lecturer in Illustration on BA (Hons) Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. Her teaching research seeks to understand the concept of \u2018wandering\u2019 as a form of creative practice and the role this has in nurturing student identity, knowledge and belonging. In her illustration practice she works with drawing, animation, and game design, exploring ideas informed by nature, folklore, technology and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evan Raskob<\/strong>
In addition to developing and leading the BSc Computer Science course at UAL\u2019s Creative Computing Institute (CCI), Evan Raskob creates computational art using data and interactive programming for 3D printers; develops live architectures for interactively programming 3D printers and creating generative art; consults with small and large businesses for software development, especially on the web; creates science fiction\/speculative design card games (Peek), composes and performs live music, sculpture and visuals, often with code, and organises livecoding events in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jacky Chan<\/strong>
Jacky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, mainly teaching research methods and statistics, which can be intimidating for many. Through this project, they hope to experiment how playful learning can make teaching more engaging and interesting.
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Gary Dewey<\/strong>
Gary joined Durham Business School as an Associate Professor in Accounting in 2019, and prior to joining Gary was a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Liverpool. Gary has over 20 years\u2019 experience working within industry for UK and global organisations and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA). Gary teaches a range of accounting and business subjects, including Management Accounting, Business Strategy and Corporate Governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pippa Coffer<\/strong>
Pippa is Associate Professor and Director of Teaching in Chemistry at Durham University. She chairs the Enhancing Pedagogy in Chemistry (EPiC) scholarship group, with research interests in inclusive laboratory teaching, skills development and digital learning. Passionate about pedagogy, she is bringing playful learning into laboratory modules because chemistry should sparkle, not just fizz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salvatore Campisi<\/strong>
Salvatore Campisi has taught Italian at various UK universities since 2005 (Salford, Manchester, Leeds). He was awarded a PhD with a thesis on Hermann Hesse in 2011 and is currently Assistant Professor in Italian Studies at Durham University. His scholarly interests include independent learning, artificial and human memory in language acquisition, music and language, as well as identity in a transnational perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ladan Cockshut<\/strong>
Dr Ladan Cockshut (Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University) is a visual culture and games scholar, creative methodologist and cultural evaluation specialist. Director of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture, her research and teaching explore games, heritage and participation, focusing on playful methods and how games create, communicate and challenge cultural meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Asinyaka<\/strong>
Michael Asinyaka is Lecturer and Course Director for Construction Project Management and Construction Apprenticeships at Coventry University. With international teaching and consultancy experience, his interests span project management, sustainable construction, and energy retrofits. He enjoys developing student-centred, engaging approaches to teaching and is keen to explore playful learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annesha Makhal<\/strong>
Dr Annesha Makhal joined Coventry University in 2020 as Lecturer in Marketing and Advertising in the School of Management, College of Business and Law. Annesha completed her PhD in Marketing from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her doctoral research focussed on the socialisation of food appearance preferences and its relation to food rejection and waste. Annesha\u2019s research work received national media coverage on multiple New Zealand media outlets. She has taken that work forward to creating the Edibility project, multi-pronged research to understanding why people waste food. At Coventry University, Annesha leads modules on sustainability marketing, brand management, and research methods across all levels. In 2022, Annesha became the ASPiRE Fellow at the Centre for Business in Society<\/em> Research Centre (CBiS) (now called the Centre for Resilient Business and Society). She co-organises the Future of Food Symposium annually with food sustainability researchers. She is currently the Course Director for all undergraduate marketing programs at the School of Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neil O’Shea<\/strong>
After +20 years working in the wild world of manufacturing, Neil spent the last 3 in the new exciting environment of university education. He is a family man, a keen reader and learner, and has many interests he won’t bore you with here. His dog is called Bramble, and she’s a good girl.
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Tara Rutledge<\/strong>
Tara Rutledge is a Lecturer in Film and Media Production and a multidisciplinary visual artist. Her creative practice is informed by a broad range of artistic influences and diverse media. Based in the West Midlands, Tara\u2019s work is driven by a passion for learning, collaboration, and the sharing of creative knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ali Shafiq<\/strong>
Ali Shafiq is lecturer in advertising and marketing at Coventry University. He has been in the higher education sector since 2008, has taught in 3 different countries and across 2 continents. His research interest includes religion-based consumption behaviour and ethical practices in marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alice Ogunlolu<\/strong>
Dr. Alice is an Assistant Professor and Course Director for the MSc CPCM. She has over a decade of experience spanning teaching, research, construction and consultancy. Her expertise cuts across Cost control, smart cities, Sustainability and digital innovation. She is keen about integrating playful learning approaches to enhance student engagement. Alice’s Profile<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arnaldo delli Carri<\/strong>
Dr Arnaldo delli Carri is Associate Professor in Stress and Dynamics and Curriculum Lead for Mechanical and Design Engineering at Coventry University. A Chartered Engineer and Senior Fellow of the HEA, his teaching centres on interactive, playful approaches to engineering education, including his internationally adopted “Explorable Explanations” platform for visualising complex concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darren Sparkes<\/strong>
Darren is an Accounting academic at Warwick Business School and co-developer of an accounting, finance and sustainability focused business simulation, ‘Accounting Bissim+’. The simulation is used for specialist and non-specialist accounting modules across UG, PG and MBA programmes. It has previously been shortlisted for the A4S ‘Finance for the Future’ and PQ Magazine ‘Innovation in Accountancy’ awards and is now used at higher education institutions across the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia. In 2022, Darren received the \u2018Best Innovation in Teaching\u2019 award at the British Accounting and Finance Association Accounting Education Conference for his work in using the Accounting Bissim+ simulation to enhance Graduate outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Matt Davie<\/strong>s
Matt Davies is an Associate Professorial Teaching Fellow in Accounting and Finance at Aston Business School, a National Teaching Fellow, and a Principal Teaching Fellow of Advance HE. He is a Chartered Accountant and an experienced accounting and finance educator and trainer, with special interests in executive and entrepreneurship education, online and blended learning, gamification, and business simulations. Matt is co-creator of the Accounting Bissim business simulation and has extensive experience integrating it into his teaching \u2013 from Undergraduate and MBA modules to short courses for entrepreneurs and corporate clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlie Lea<\/strong>
Charlie is a Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Brighton. She has spent the last 10 years leading and delivering Research Methods and Statistics modules, utilising playful learning approaches to challenge students\u2019 negative preconceptions about these challenging topics. Through playfulness, Charlie has increased student engagement, belonging and confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Mitchell<\/strong>
Dr Laura Mitchell is a senior lecturer in the School for Business and Society at the University of York and an advocate of learning playfully. Her work focuses on how play can support inclusive and emancipatory education, and she is a co-leader of the interdisciplinary Playful Learning at York Group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jenny Shepperson<\/strong>
Jenny Shepperson is a Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology at Bangor University, with a particular interest in teaching data analysis, and developing engaging, inclusive approaches to a subject many students find challenging. Her work explores ways to build confidence, participation and skills development, including through playful approaches to learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mollie Duggan-Edwards<\/strong>
Mollie is a Teaching and Scholarship Lecturer in Marine Ecology at Bangor University with research interests in constructivist pedagogy within the marine sciences. Their scholarship focuses on developing active learning approaches that enable students to build transferable skills alongside disciplinary knowledge, supporting their academic development and preparation for careers in marine science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brianna L. Kennedy<\/strong>
Brianna L. Kennedy is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Transformative Change in Schools at the University of Glasgow. Her research centres on the marginalization and belonging of students from nondominant social backgrounds with a particular focus on educational and school policy, classroom teaching, and the reimagining and reworking of education and schooling toward social justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Collett<\/strong>
David Collett is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Manchester. His work focuses on the use of playful learning to promote active engagement in theoretical nursing concepts. David also co leads the UoM Playful Learning community, aiming to engage colleges and spread innovation throughout the organisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Traczykowski<\/strong>
Dr Lauren Traczykowski (PFHEA) is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston University. Lauren’s recent research and teaching focus on areas of social justice, specifically disaster ethics and decolonisation. Lauren is a pedagogy expert, with excellent outcomes related to enhancing the quality of student learning and informing the improvement of teaching staff practice. She has delivered teaching in Colombia, the US, and at Cambridge University (UK) using her playful learning approach to teaching areas related to disaster\/crisis management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Richard B. Gibson<\/strong>
Richard B. Gibson received his PhD in Bioethics & Medical Jurisprudence from the University of Manchester as well as his FHEA. He is now a Lecturer in the School of Law at Aston University. His primary research interests are in (unsurprisingly) bioethics and jurisprudence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pieter Koornhof<\/strong>
Dr Pieter Koornhof is a visiting Senior Teaching Fellow at Aston University, as well as an attorney in South Africa. He holds degrees in law, education, philosophy and economics. Currently, he specialises in both the practical and academic side of digital entertainment law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Casey<\/strong>
Rebecca Casey is a digital innovation scholar and Lecturer in Information Systems Management at Newcastle University Business School. <\/strong>With a PhD in Information Systems Management and a background in both academia and applied research, she specialises in realising digital value through socio-technical and interdisciplinary methods. Rebecca has led significant research and pedagogical initiatives exploring the role of digital tools in public and private sector transformation, with a particular focus on healthcare and immersive technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bas Olthof<\/strong>
Bas Olthof is a Lecturer in Neurobiology and Head of Graduate Entry Medicine at Newcastle University’s School of Medicine. Bas is a member of the steering group for the Newcastle Centre for Transformative Neuroscience and has spearheaded numerous outreach and public engagement initiatives. As Head of Graduate Entry Medicine, he developed innovative and engaging teaching sessions, including Neuroscience escape rooms and technology-driven interactive neurology clinical reasoning sessions. As a firm believer in interprofessional collaboration, Bas has developed a significantly number of interprofessional education sessions within the medical programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rebecca Hancock<\/strong>
Rebecca Hancock is a Lecturer in Interprofessional Education (IPE), and the Director of IPE at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, where she leads initiatives to enhance collaboration across healthcare disciplines. With a background in medicine, she transitioned into medical education, beginning at the medical school before expanding her impact to the wider faculty. Her academic work centres on preparing students for clinical practice through robust IPE. Her current research explores how student perceptions of IPE vary between online and in-person formats, contributing valuable insights to evolving educational models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Darbyshire<\/strong>
Emma is the Deputy Lead for Interprofessional Education (IPE) for medicine at the University of Lancashire. She is passionate about preparing students from all health disciplines to work collaboratively and is driven to embed playful learning approaches in medicine. Current research interests include the role of serious games in developing IPE competencies, and IPE faculty training. She believes leopard print is a neutral and sausage dogs make the world a better place! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Simon Grey<\/strong>
Dr Simon Grey is the Programme Leader of the Games Programming degrees at the University of Hull. His PhD investigated how engagement techniques used by game designers can be applied to learning and teaching. Simon believes passionately that play is a central element of learning, and that sometimes institutional standardisation can get in the way of a good game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Anderson<\/strong>
David Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in Business at the University of Lincoln. His research focuses on playful learning, games-based learning, and educational innovation in higher education. He is particularly interested in designing scalable, transferable learning approaches and exploring how innovative teaching practices can be successfully embedded and sustained across institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ian Dickson<\/strong>
Ian Dickson is Associate Professor (Education) and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Durham University Music Department, where he leads modules on historical composition techniques, orchestration, and music and philosophy. He has PhDs in composition (York University) and musicology (Cambridge University). https:\/\/www.durham.ac.uk\/staff\/ian-m-dickson\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benjamin Hall<\/strong>
Benjamin Hall is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University. In his research, Hall utilises creative practice to instigate opportunities that explore alternative pedagogies and consent-based learning communities. Through playful and participatory workshops, he draws upon collaborative methods that enable the open exploration, expression and articulation of lived experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Helen Tidy<\/strong>
Dr\u00a0Helen\u00a0Tidy\u00a0is an Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching at Teesside University.\u00a0Helen\u2019s research focuses on how memes can be used for reflection and expression of emotion in a playful manner within Higher Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fiona Lomas<\/strong>
Fiona Lomas FCIM FHEA is a Lecturer in Marketing at Coventry University with extensive international industry experience in strategic brand leadership. Her consultancy employs playful, narrative-driven approaches to enhance engagement. She is interested in researching how such approaches can be adapted to support pedagogical innovation and skill development in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Loretta Lou<\/strong>
Loretta Lou (DPhil, Oxon) is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Durham University. Her research explores the green movement and regenerative practices aimed at healing both people and the Earth. At Durham, she teaches modules on the Anthropocene, Critical Global Health, Planetary Health, and Social Movements. In 2024, she was a finalist for \u201cOutstanding Contribution to Teaching\u201dand\u201cInspirational Educator.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Fisher<\/strong>
Mark is an Associate Professor in Accounting, working within the Accounting and Finance Department here at the University of Sussex Business School. Mark’s profile<\/a>.
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Simon Ward<\/strong>
Simon Ward teaches and researches in Visual Arts and Film and German at Durham University. His teaching portfolio focuses mainly on documentary film-making and creative engagements with all forms of visual art.  His research focuses on the intersections of  visual culture with memory in Berlin, and petrocultures. He is at present  the Departmental Director of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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