Benjamin Hall
@benjaminhall.bsky.social
Erm… alternative education, animation, digital stuff, food, games, illustration, languages, music-making, words, writing. I’ll update when I work out any others.
My teenage son’s back prickles when he sees it.
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
My teenage son’s back prickles when he sees it.
Ah that’s awesome! I love what he does 🙏
January 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Ah that’s awesome! I love what he does 🙏
Also Nic Whitton, Ian Truelove and lots of others are working on Re:Play, a project that advocates for playful learning in HE: research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/
Welcome to RE:PLAY - RE:PLAY
Researching the Effectiveness of Playful Learning in Higher Education RE:PLAY is a three-year ESRC-funded project that aims to explore how […]
research.northumbria.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Also Nic Whitton, Ian Truelove and lots of others are working on Re:Play, a project that advocates for playful learning in HE: research.northumbria.ac.uk/replay/
Albert Potrony's work is wonderful and spans children's play and democratic communities: albertpotrony.co.uk/play/play-as.... There's a great essay by Anton Franks and Pat Thomson called Changing Play based on his work.
Play as Radical Practice / Serpentine Galleries – Albert Potrony
albertpotrony.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Albert Potrony's work is wonderful and spans children's play and democratic communities: albertpotrony.co.uk/play/play-as.... There's a great essay by Anton Franks and Pat Thomson called Changing Play based on his work.
These are the course books Nicholson authored.
January 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
These are the course books Nicholson authored.
Hi, Penny - Simon Nicholson transposed his Theory of Loose Parts from children to adult learners on Art & Environment, a unit he chaired for the OU in the 1970s. Some libraries (inc. unis with arts courses) have the course-books available for loan.
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Hi, Penny - Simon Nicholson transposed his Theory of Loose Parts from children to adult learners on Art & Environment, a unit he chaired for the OU in the 1970s. Some libraries (inc. unis with arts courses) have the course-books available for loan.
Coincidently I was reading about Michael Young’s book when your post popped up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ris...
The Rise of the Meritocracy - Wikipedia
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December 24, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Coincidently I was reading about Michael Young’s book when your post popped up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ris...