The phrase "academic play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to playful or experimental approaches within an academic context, such as in teaching, research, or discussions.
Example: "The professor encouraged academic play during the seminar, allowing students to explore unconventional ideas without fear of judgment."
Alternatives: "scholarly exploration" or "intellectual playfulness".
She's having an affair with an academic played by Jemaine Clement.
But those rationalizations ignore what I suspect you already realize: This kind of scholarship exists to help level the academic playing field.
INDIANA JONES is the ultimate action-hero academic: played by Harrison Ford, the indomitable professor outwits Nazis and other villains in search of religious relics, lost temples and alien artefacts.
While her father, an academic, plays war games with tiny toy soldiers and her mother moves out to satisfy her extramarital appetites, Elizabeth devours -- and is awakened by -- a provocatively illustrated edition of "The Arabian Nights".
Last year a dozen schools went on a "virtual field trip" to Antarctica, with scientists beamed in by satellite, and a school in Birmingham has been liaising with a counterpart in Wales.As for the goal of levelling the academic playing field, the state is pleased so far.
"The Vertical Hour," which begins previews on Nov. 9 at the Music Box, is about a reporter turned academic, played by Ms. Moore, who is caught in a triangle between her lover, played by Mr. Scott, and his father, played by Mr. Nighy.
The inclusion of new technologies for monitoring learners and customizing assessments will improve online learning as a whole, while continuing to level the academic playing field for learners globally.
But it's being done to try to create a level academic playing field.
Robert Dudley's interest in the theatre was manifold, from academic plays at Oxford to the protection of the Children of St . Pauls and of the Royal Chapel, and their respective masters, against hostile bishops and landlords.
Cohn - Minerva, which is primarily funded by New York philanthropists Bert and Barbara Cohn, is dedicated to its teams of Palestinian and Israeli scholars who debate these issues on the academic playing field.
