• Together with the Lego Foundation, Cambridge University is looking for a ‘Lego Professor of Play’ to help run its Education, Development and Learning research centre!
• The centre will focus on the ‘importance of play and playfulness globally’, with the aim of equipping children with skills such as problem-solving, teamwork and self-control.
• According to Anna Vignoles from the University, the aim is to determine how ‘playful learning can be used to improve students’ outcomes’.
• According to the Guardian, the applicant will be a playful, curious, open-minded, imaginative and creative academic with a ‘childlike mindset’.
• It’s reported that the Lego Foundation has provided £2.5m for the position and a further £1.5m to support the play research centre.
• The job pays approx £84,000, but applications close January 20, so go go go!

Read more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38656481/university-of-cambridge-is-recruiting-a-professor-of-lego

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cambridge-university-lego-professor-of-play_uk_587dfaa6e4b078d7f247b6f4

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/17/lego-professor-play-education-job-cambridge-university

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