Cambridge University To Offer Lego Professorship

Cambridge University To Offer Lego Professorship
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Marli Williams, 9, plays in a Lego building area on the opening day of BRICK 2014 at the Excel Centre on November 27, 2014 in London, England. The four day event showcases creations by some of the world's best Lego builders and runs until November 30th. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Marli Williams, 9, plays in a Lego building area on the opening day of BRICK 2014 at the Excel Centre on November 27, 2014 in London, England. The four day event showcases creations by some of the world's best Lego builders and runs until November 30th. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Is this your dream job? The Lego Foundation, which owns 25 percent of the Lego company, is endowing a Lego professorship and research center at Cambridge University.

The Lego Foundation gave Cambridge 2.5 million British pounds (about $3.9 million) to endow a "professorship of play in education, development, and learning," according to the Cambridge University Reporter.

An additional 1.5 million pounds (about $2.3 million) will establish a research center within Cambridge's Department of Education to study the role of play in childhood development and learning.

Lego did not immediately respond to a question about whether the center will feature Lego products in any of its research.

Scientific evidence suggests that play helps children learn and benefits their cognitive development. "The experience of play changes the connections of the neurons at the front end of your brain," Sergio Pellis, a researcher at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, told NPR.

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