Thank you so much for joining us in the CHEF Talks for the first half of September 2020. If you were not able to participate and missed (one of) the two first talks, you will find a brief summary here.

The invited speakers for the first two CHEF Talks were:

• Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor
  University College London, IOE, UK
• Alison James, Professor Emerita
  University of Winchester, UK

CHEF Talk: The Philosophy of Higher Education: Concepts, Contours, Challenges (September 8^th )

Professor Barnett’s Talk was aimed at trying to identify key concepts, challenges, and future possibilities for higher education.

• Read the abstract for the CHEF Talk
• See the slides from the CHEF Talk

CHEF Talk: Play to Connect: Embedding Playfulness into Higher Education, Learning and Research (September 10^th)

Professor Alison James’ talk focused on the importance of play as a means of connection, not just within higher education but also across other parts of our personal, societal, and cultural contexts. In the talk, Professor James included preliminary findings from an ongoing research project titled “The Value of Play in Higher Education”.

• Read the abstract for the CHEF Talk
• See the slides from the CHEF Talk

To see the full list of upcoming and past CHEF activities, please visit the CHEF website.