In June 2026, we received news that Dr. Sherice won a Teaching Enhancement Grant for Learner-Educator Collaboration! This grant was awarded based on the strength of the pilot version of the course, and it will enable us continue our collaboration on 'Sophistia' and bring this immersive experience to future Games and Philosophy students. 

We were especially lucky in the pilot to have talented improv performers from Yale-NUS and NUS College volunteering their time to give life to our fantasy setting, but no one should work for free. This grant on Learner-Educator Collaboration will allow us to establish an official working relationship with Yale-NUS and NUSC Improv. Future improvisers who work with us will get paid for their time and skills, and we will have the funds to address obstacles faced by our performers in the pilot.

Thanks to the NUS Department of Philosophy for believing in our vision for Games and Philosophy and Prof. Tang Weng Hong for supporting Dr. Sherice's application. Thanks also to Alex Mitchell and the 'Exploring Playful Approaches to Teaching and Learning' Learning Committee for directing us to the grant, and to Mark Gan and everyone at NUS CTLT for their support in navigating the grant application process. 

In December 2025, Dr. Sherice and Isa presented their poster on Everyday Philosophy: Playful Learning in the Liberal Arts Classroom at the Higher Education Conference in Singapore. The Play as Pedagogy Project (NUS Teaching Academy) and the Learning Community on 'Exploring Playful Approaches to Teaching and Learning' (CTLT) came up with the idea to "playfully disrupt" the conference with play artefacts, poster installations, and booths showcasing the fun things that we've been doing in courses at NUS and Yale-NUS. 

Dr. Sherice, Isa, Joash, Dylan, and Silver participated in the Playful Minds Installation, alongside fellow lecturers from the NUS Playful Pedagogy Learning Community. We shared about the playful shenanigans that the team has concocted over the years, including Isa's tabletop roleplaying game Everyday Philosophy and solo-journaling micro-RPG You Are An Idea, Sherice's anātman: a buddhist philosophy zine, Joash's Buddhist philosophy board game Saṃsāra, and Ryan and Dylan's improv workshops on Theatre of the Oppressed and Embodying Gender Through Improvised Theatre. 

It was also a joy to be able to feature character art, zine art, and photography by Shannae Desker, Sam Cheng, Loe Luo, JX Soo, Mark Sng, and Amogh Narain Agarwal. Thanks so much to Alex, Ee Cheng, Ahmed, and NUS' Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology for their hard work in putting all of this together!